Abstract Sesquiterpenes are the major pharmacodynamic components of agarwood, a precious traditional Chinese medicine obtained from resinous portions Aquilaria sinensis trees that form in response to environmental stressors. To characterize sesquiterpene synthases responsible for production A. , bioinformatics analysis genome identified six new terpene synthase genes, and 16 genes were as type ...

Agarwood is the dark resinous heartwood of injured ordinary Aquilaria sinensis (OA). Recently, some new clones A. (Qi-Nan) that intensively produce high-quality agarwood were selected and cultivated by grafted clonal seedlings. However, very little known about their formation mechanism, it unclear whether current method distinguishing Qi-Nan from OA observing its leaf apparent morphology scient...