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… plant host health. The Science Researchers compared the genomes of fungi that colonize Arabidopsis thaliana roots … health and diversity, which can in turn boost yields for both food and for candidate bioenergy feedstock crops. … colonize roots by degrading the plant cell wall component pectin. The results therefore predicted that these …

… relevant to living on a changing planet. Transcript for Audio   ALISON:  Hey! I’m Alison Takemura at the US … I recently caught up with Karolina at the Plant and Animal Genomes, or PAG conference, when in-person meetings were … to deal with hot and dry conditions could help us to one day develop plants that are more drought-tolerant. These …

… The Science A reference genome sequence and genomic toolkit for the perennial grass Miscanthus sinensis has been … plants are diploids with two copies of each chromosome, one inherited from each parent. Some plants, known as … Understanding the evolution of polyploidy, and how genomes respond to extra chromosome and gene copies, will …

… decades of technological development, dozens of reference genomes and thousands of resequenced sorghum varieties, a resource for breeders and researchers to harness the traits that let … and more — however, a single reference genome shows only one slice of the adaptation possible for this plant. In …

… A workflow for capturing the genetic make-up of specific uncultivated … marine bacteria called “Vis6” that are found in North Sea algal blooms. The workflow starts by tagging specific cells … (HCR-FISH). In contrast to standard FISH where a one probe adds one fluorescent molecule when bound to a …

… State University, Jonathan Eisen of the University of California, Davis, and Michael Köpke of Lanzatech are the latest … with both domesticated and wild animal and plant hosts. One main focus of his service to the community is in the … service on the UEC and we thank them for their advice. Christopher Schadt stepped into the UEC chair role effective …

… 80 full proposals, resulting from 95 letters of intent. For the first time, 63 percent of the accepted proposals … Several accepted proposals reflect JGI’s interest in algal research for bioenergy production and algae’s roles in … more than 10,000 undergraduate students each year. Brian Looney of Duke University is interested in understanding which …