PRJNA173491
Panicum virgatum Transcriptome or Gene expression
Robust winter survival is a key requirement for the sustainable production of switchgrass in the central Great Plains of the USA. Traits impacting winter hardiness are likely to be expressed in the crowns and rhizomes (below-ground) tissues of this perennial warm-season C4-grass.  In this report we explore the similarities and differences in transcriptomes and metabolomes between two switchgrass cultivars with contrasting winter hardiness harvested post-flowering.