Plants with unique properties—subsample of candidates for transcriptome sequencing Diesel tree Copaifera officianalis http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/webb/Bot410/Secretion/BrazOilTree300.jpg Sequiterpene production in oleoresin—potential for biofuel. Demonstrates antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus aureus 27708.
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Plants with unique properties—subsample of candidates for transcriptome sequencing Diesel tree Copaifera officianalis
http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/webb/Bot410/Secretion/BrazOilTree300.jpg Sequiterpene production in oleoresin—potential for biofuel. Demonstrates antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus aureus 27708.
www.floridanature.org/species.asp?species=Ple... Can lose almost all of its free water (97%) and still recover –most plants die if they lose 10-15% of their water.
http://jardin-mundani.info/selaginellaceae/selaginella-jerico.jpg Noted for its ability to survive almost complete desiccation; during dry weather in its native habitat, its stems curl into a tight ball and uncurl when exposed to moisture
http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/images/pit_res_5739.jpg The fruits of the tree burn brightly when ignited, and can be used for illumination as torches or candles. The oil can also be distilled into a very pure form of n-heptane.
http://cricket.biol.sc.edu/acmoore/527/plants/Hedera_helix1.jpg Produces nanoparticles in the aerial roots that enables it to bind tightly to horizontal surfaces.
http://www.vrtnarstvo-pustovrh.si/eng/images/foto_utrinki/parthenocissus_tricuspidata_veitchi_01.JPG Produces nanoparticles that enables it to bind tightly to horizontal surfaces.
http://www.collectorscorner.com.au/Carnivorous%20Plants/Carnivorous%20Pictures/AvftNo1.jpg Catches and digests insects by a trapping structure formed at the terminal portion of the leaves caused by rapid leaf movement—interest in comparing leaf transcriptome and trap transcriptome.