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… Over 40 percent of the cereal crop’s genes respond to drought stress. The Science Fields of drooping stalks and … due to more extreme weather events such as heat waves, droughts and floods. The planet’s resources are being … and increasing demand for agricultural products.  Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench is an African grass that …

… that will help solve energy and environmental challenges. Sorghum stands out as a candidate feedstock for biofuels thanks to its drought and flood hardiness. Even with little water, full … and sequesters carbon. 2015: Epigenetic Control of Drought Tolerance in Sorghum (EPICON) begins. Peggy Lemaux (UC …

… construct a bioenergy plant single-cell atlas comprising Sorghum, Switchgrass, and Brachypodium datasets. We recently …

… dozens of reference genomes and thousands of resequenced sorghum varieties, a resource for breeders and researchers … thrive. Within its genome, Sorghum bicolor holds keys to drought and flood resilience, biomass production for fuels, … reference genomes have generated insight into drought tolerance, biomass production and more — however, a single …

… to explore the vast and diverse world of microbes. Studying bacteria and archaea, including those associated …

… You might know sorghum as an edible grain. But there are some sorghum varieties, grown on marginal land with little water, … Mullet, a biologist at Texas A&M University, tells us how sorghum’s historical — and literal — roots could play a big …

… Linking lignin engineering to drought stress resilience: RNA-seq and metabolomic insights …

… in defense, nutrient acquisition and communication. Studying how these compounds are biosynthesized and their …

… to assess microbial activity across ecosystems.  By studying microbial communities and their interactions, the …

… Community Science Project proposal with JGI, in which she’s studying a special kind of plant metabolism. This … could help us to one day develop plants that are more drought-tolerant. These kinds of innovations are … what genetic features make CAM possible. So, she’s studying yuccas, a group of plants in the Agave family with …