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… Mikes worked with mentors Yi Zhai and John Vogel from the Plant Functional Genomics Group to study the effects of  Brachypodium distachyon plant root exudates on the plant microbiome. This year, however, …

… work included investigating sphagnum moss and the role the plant’s sex plays in its resiliency, as well as a Nature Plants study identifying colonization patterns in eelgrass . Igor Grigoriev’s recent …

… the bait designed to attract specific catches. A similar technique has been developed by researchers led by Tanja … uncover more about cellulose-degrading microbes. The new technique is another tool for microbial ecologists to learn … (LDRD) entitled ‘Tackling microbial-mediated plant carbon decomposition using “function-driven” genomics’. …

… Laboratory (BNL) led a team that  identified a protein , PtrbHLH011, within poplar involved in plant growth, lignin production, and disease resistance.  … land, drought and disease.  Summary In the 1970s, the DOE  targeted poplar as its primary wood crop for bioenergy …