De novo assembly of transcriptomes, mining, and development of novel EST-SSR markers in Curcuma alismatifolia (Zingiberaceae family) through Illumina sequencing

• Main Authors: Taheri, Sima, Abdullah, Thohirah Lee, Rafii, M.Y., Harikrishna, Jennifer Ann, Werbrouck, Stefaan P.O., Teo, Chee How, Sahebi, Mahbod, Azizi, Parisa
• Format: Article
• Published: Nature Research 2019
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QR Microbiology
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/23348/; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-39944-2

Curcuma alismatifolia widely used as an ornamental plant in Thailand and Cambodia. This species of herbaceous perennial from the Zingiberaceae family, includes cultivars with a wide range of colours and long postharvest life, and is used as an ornamental cut flower, as a potted plant, and in exterio...