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Brachypodium genome project on Farm Futures

USDA scientists and their colleagues at the Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute say they have completed sequencing the genome of a kind of wild grass that will enable researchers to shed light on the genetics behind hardier varieties of wheat and improved varieties of biofuel crops. The grass, Brachypodium distachyon, can be used by… [Read More]

Brachypodium genome project on UPI

The scientists, led by Britain’s John Innes Center, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Oregon State University, said the genome sequencing was of the wild grass Brachypodium distachyon.   The researchers said three different groups of grasses, represented by corn, rice and wheat, provide most of the… [Read More]

Brachypodium genome project on UC Newsroom

“The sequencing and analysis of the Brachypodium genome is an important advance toward securing sustainable supplies of food, feed and fuel from new generations of grass crops,” said DOE JGI collaborator John Vogel of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (ARS). “Since Brachypodium has the traits required to serve as a functional model… [Read More]

Brachypodium genome on ScienceDaily

Representative genomes for two of the three major subfamilies of grasses ⎯ those that include rice, maize, sorghum and sugar cane⎯ have already been sequenced. Now in the February 11 edition of the journal Nature, the International Brachypodium Initiative, a consortium which includes researchers from the DOE Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI), presents the complete… [Read More]

Brachy genome work on ScienceDaily

Representative genomes for two of the three major subfamilies of grasses ⎯ those that include rice, maize, sorghum and sugar cane⎯ have already been sequenced. Now in the February 11 edition of the journal Nature, the International Brachypodium Initiative, a consortium which includes researchers from the DOE Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI), presents the complete sequence of… [Read More]

Brachypodium distachyon genome work on ScienceDaily

Representative genomes for two of the three major subfamilies of grasses ⎯ those that include rice, maize, sorghum and sugar cane⎯ have already been sequenced. Now in the February 11 edition of the journal Nature, the International Brachypodium Initiative, a consortium which includes researchers from the DOE Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI), presents the complete sequence of… [Read More]

CSP Catfish project on 7th Space

Through the Community Sequencing Program, a catfish EST sequencing project was carried out through a collaboration between the catfish research community and the Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute. Prior to this project, only a limited EST resource from catfish was available for the purpose of SNP identification. Read more at 7th Space Interactive‘s site…. [Read More]

Soybean genome on EcoSeed

The soybean is now the first legume species to have its complete genome sequence published, an achievement which could improve its potential as a biofuel feedstock. A research team made up of 18 institutions which included the United States Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, the Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Purdue University and… [Read More]

JGI soybean genome work in BMC journal article

The soybean genome was recently sequenced by the Department of Energy-Joint Genome Institute (DOE-JGI) and is publicly available. Mining of this sequence identified 5,671 soybean genes as putative transcription factors. These genes were comprehensively annotated as an aid to the soybean research community. We developed SoyDB – a knowledge database for all the transcription factors… [Read More]

Soybean genome on Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel blog

The research team for the project spenned 18 different institutions, including the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute. The soybean sequencing was the institute’s largest plant project so far, and is also the largest plant that has ever been sequenced using a technique called “the whole genome shotgun strategy.” Jeremy Schmutz, first author of the… [Read More]