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Breeding of Euphorbia pulcherrima

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Euphorbia pulcherrima, a shrub or small tree native to Mexico and Central America, is a commercially important flowering plant known for its red and green foliage and widely used in Christmas floral displays. Euphorbia pulcherrima is widely loved around the world as an excellent decorative flower.

Lifeasible is dedicated to plant breeding research, and we offer complete and effective solutions for breeding ornamentals, including cut flowers, potted plants, and garden plants. So far, we have been working on the selection of new varieties of Euphorbia pulcherrima to produce new varieties of Euphorbia pulcherrima with distinctive flowers and more ornamental value.

Breeding of Euphorbia pulcherrima

What we offer

  • Flower color breeding. Euphorbia pulcherrima usually shows red bract color caused by the accumulation of anthocyanin-type anthocyanins. Orange-red varieties that accumulate geranophyllotype anthocyanins rarely occur, while blue Euphorbia pulcherrima does not occur naturally due to a lack of delphinidin formation. Breeding is a difficult process and requires much effort to obtain plants with the desired traits. Molecular breeding techniques such as gene editing that we utilize can help overcome the genetic background limitations of Euphorbia pulcherrima. This can help us produce new varieties of Euphorbia pulcherrima that are not achieved by conventional breeding methods. For example, we have intensively studied the mechanism of orange and blue Euphorbia pulcherrima color formation. Using genetic engineering techniques, we have now rapidly and effectively bred new orange or blue Euphorbia pulcherrima varieties.
  • Dwarf breeding. Plant height is one of the most critical traits in Euphorbia pulcherrima production. Therefore, breeding dwarf Euphorbia pulcherrima varieties is one of the key breeding objectives for Euphorbia pulcherrima variety improvement. We provide genetic engineering techniques that have been successfully used to control the elongation growth of Euphorbia pulcherrima. We utilized Agrobacterium transformation to overexpress the Arabidopsis short internode AtSHI gene controlled by the cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter in a pint of Euphorbia pulcherrima. This was to obtain new dwarf varieties of Euphorbia pulcherrima with compact growth and significantly reduced plant height. We used genetic engineering technology to breed dwarf varieties that exhibit typical developmental characteristics and flowering time in addition to the desired dwarf growth habit.
  • Euphorbia pulcherrima is a tropical plant without genes to withstand cold. We used genetic engineering to integrate cold resistance genes into Euphorbia pulcherrima's genome. The aim is to produce new varieties of Euphorbia pulcherrima that can grow and reproduce at temperatures as low as 12°C.

Advantages of our services

Fig. 2. Advantages of our services - Lifeasible

Lifeasible is a comprehensive plant breeding research company. We aim to provide the most comprehensive and efficient ornamental flower breeding solutions to help our clients solve their Euphorbia pulcherrima breeding challenges. If you are interested in us, please feel free to contact us.

※ It should be noted that our service is only used for research.

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