Transcriptome Sequence Analysis of an Ornamental Plant Ananas comosus var. bracteatus Revealed the Potential Unigenes Involved in Terpenoid and Phenylpropanoid Biosynthesis

摘要

Background Ananas comosus var. bracteatus (Red Pineapple) is an important ornamental plant for its colorful leaves and decorative red fruits. Because of its complex genome, it is difficult to understand the molecular mechanisms involved in the growth and development. Thus high-throughput transcriptome sequencing of Ananas comosus var. bracteatus is necessary to generate large quantities of transcript sequences for the purpose of gene discovery and functional genomic studies.