Advances in functional genomics of major rubber-producing plants
Natural rubber is an important industrial raw material and plays an irreplaceable role in the field of na-tional economy and people's livelihood.There are more than 2 000 plants producing natural rubber.Of which,He-vea brasiliensis,Eucommia ulmoides,Taraxacum kok-saghyz are the main sources of natural rubber around the world.Due to the lack of genomic information,the research on functional genomics of rubber-producing plants has been slow for a long time.With the release of several versions of genome sequences,functional genomics research on rubber-producing plants has made great progress in recent years.In this paper,the important prog-ress of functional genomics of rubber-producing plants in genome sequence,important functional genes identi-fication,and molecular markers development are reviewed,and the future research focuses are prospected.