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Right now, our natural rubber comes from just one tree species: Hevea brasiliensis . It’s great at producing latex that becomes rubber, but it’s vulnerable to disease and climate shifts. So researchers are looking into a desert shrub that’s native to North America: …

Survey of Setaria's natural diversity reveals seed dispersal in wild populations for the first time. For years, Elizabeth … (Danforth Center) drove up and down the highways of the continental United States, occasionally pulling over to the side … Kellogg added, and shattering genes may be specific to species or groups of species.  The genome data also revealed …

… switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum ) has long been a tantalizing potential biofuel feedstock. But switchgrass has a complex genome and, as a species, encompasses dizzying diversity. So, a team of scientists made an ambitious …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements … his team tracked the thousands of bacterial and archaeal species using a DNA-based array developed at Berkeley Lab. …

How sex chromosomes “older than dinosaurs” could help improve crop yields.  The Science The … sequences of the male and female plants, each representing a single set of chromosomes, are available. The genome …

Sphagnome data would enable researchers’ insights on their potential carbon cycling impact.   The Science Enabled by the JGI’s Community … to have two high quality reference genomes for peat-forming species that occupy different microhabitats – Sphagnum …

A nuanced understanding of peat moss drives insight into carbon storage   The Science Boggy peatlands, … hills and valleys, on a smaller scale. Depending on the species, some sphagnum may prefer the dryer, more elevated …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have revisited a number of notable achievements … to their involvement with the 1KFG project. Over 1,000 species have been nominated for the project by more than 100 …

In our warming world, we’ll need corn, sorghum and other crops to grow well in worse conditions: with more heat, less water and less … crops.  One grass they studied just happened to be the same species that covered World Cup pitches in 2022.             …

In honor of the JGI's 25th anniversary in 2022, we have … to those who study it) a powerful reference organism for studying photosynthesis and cell motility. It’s also a model for studying lipid production in other algae that may be more …

… the sex chromosomes of mammals is, for the first time, seen in a plant. The Science Sex in plants can be befuddling. Most species are hermaphrodites, expressing both male and female …