Comparative transcriptome analysis reveals differentially expressed genes associated with the development of Jerusalem artichoke tuber (Helianthus tuberosus L.)

Biochemical Assessments of some Important Components in Tubers, Leaves and Calli Cultures of Three Jerusalem Artichoke Cultivars

“…Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.) has a growing body of literatures (Kaszás et al 2020a) because of its importance in the agricultural, economical, ecological and industrial sectors. It is considered as a promising crop for producing raw materials for foodstuff or functional foods, animal feed and biofuel production as an energy crop in recent years (Lv et al 2019 andZhao et al 2020). It is a perennial crop belonging to the Asteraceae family, which includes the sunflower genus and it is well known as wild sunflower or topinambur or sunchoke (Lv et al 2019).…”

“…4 (2020) NEAMA ABDALLA et al inulin and forage (Lv et al 2019). This crop has powerful ecological restoration features including a large biomass, rapid growth, low management cost, low water and nutrient requirements and strong adaptability which make its cultivation supporting food security (Kaszás et al 2020a andZhao et al 2020). Jerusalem artichoke; a tuberous perennial plant; might be cultivated as edible tubers, animal feedstock and folk medicine.…”

“…The tubers of JA are the main organ for feed and food processing, which have some changes during its development. These changes may require the following periods of weeks to reach to the maturity of tubers: the 9 th week for forming creeping stems, the 17 th week for forming tubers, the 22 nd week for tubers swelling and the 24 th week for tubers maturation (Zhao et al 2020).…”

“…The tubers of JA are the main storage organ of this plant, which have a high content of inulin and fructo-oligosaccharide (Kaszás et al 2020b). This inulin could be stored in the tubers as fructosebased inulin, used as a polysaccharide compared to other common plant species that store carbohydrates as sucrose-based starch (Zhao et al 2020). The inulin of JA has several health benefits such as reducing diabetes risk, improving the food taste in the human diet, lowering blood sugar and its fat, promoting the absorption of minerals and vitamins, regulating intestinal microbial flora and preventing the obesity as a prebiotic (Green et al 2020 andWan et al 2020).…”

Drought tolerance molecular responses of two cultivated varieties Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.) as revealed by RNA-Seq

“…Jerusalem artichoke has the advantages of a low planting cost and high biological yield. Therefore, Jerusalem artichoke will be an important plant for fuel ethanol and the large-scale development of the inulin industry with substantial strategic signi cance and broad prospects for application [13,14]. In recent years, the planting area of Jerusalem artichokes has been increasing yearly, particularly in the deserti cation and saline-alkali areas of north China.…”