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… in  Nature by an international consortium. With the genetic code of sugarcane, researchers were able to map the location of genes that provide resistance to the brown rust disease that … protect other crops facing similar pathogens. Summary Many plants, sugarcane included, are polyploid and have multiple …

… calls. Nearly 200 Terabases of data are expected to be generated for the accepted proposals, said Susannah Tringe, … Many fungi have beneficial symbiotic relationships with plants and bacteria; in many instances, fungal physiology is … “with unprecedented precision” the gene functional networks and regulatory networks of a single strain of  …

Dr. Cole is interested in studying how plants interact with their environment. Prior to joining the … their growth program, and on how plants coordinate their gene expression with light and temperature oscillations … how microbes can colonize plant roots, focusing on genetic components required for effective colonization. In …

… event that occured some 60 million years ago. Massive gene loss, rampant gene duplications, and even more ancient gene transfers from … history of a pivotal plant as well as the evolution of seed plants, the fern’s distant cousin. Ceratopteris richardii, …