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… A tall native plant of the North American prairie, switchgrass ( Panicum … of scientists made an ambitious plan to begin to link the plant’s varying traits — height, biomass, hardiness to cold, …

… Dr. Cole is interested in studying how plants interact with their environment. Prior to joining the Joint Genome Institute, his focus was primarily on how plants interpret different light cues by altering their growth program, and on how plants coordinate their gene expression with light and …

… the evolutionary past may hold key insights. The way that plants process nutrients has a rich back story — they rely … work was our focus on all the kingdoms, including animals, plants, bacteria, archaea and fungi. We thought this kind of … from each of six kingdoms: eubacteria, archaea, protist, plant, fungi and animal. This analysis led them to identify …

… could then use these proteins to recognize individual pathogens and pull them out, like fish on a fishing line, …

… Variation — From McClintock to Pangenomes Susan Wessler is plant molecular biologist and geneticist and currently a … these genes can change position within a genome — in plants to see how they impact gene and genome evolution. TEs … on cell biology and how the structure and function of chromosomes relate to inherited traits, and applied it to …

… organic matter, or as an endophyte, living between a plant’s root cells. The fungus is almost always found among … trees, and in an effort to understand its influence on the plant, a team of scientists studied what happens to the … associations with endophytes — a group whose effects on plants are still not well understood — scientists can better …

… — and dives into their work on all kinds of organisms, from plants and fungi to microbes and viruses. Listen in to …

… addition to bolstering sorghum fields, understanding this plant eventually offers avenues for translating its … shows only one slice of the adaptation possible for this plant. In other lines around the world, much more genetic … gene repertoire, and the phenotypic diversity across this plant in one accessible resource,” said John Lovell, a …

… 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, there was a new aspect …

… that allows for CRISPR-based detection of ssDNA pathogens. With few exceptions, the Cas14 proteins …

… Vogel on researching the effects of Brachypodium distachyon plant root exudates on the plant microbiome. They also took part in many enriching … Alabama A&M University this fall for my master’s in plant soil science and my career focus is plant breeding. …

… program (LDRD) entitled ‘Tackling microbial-mediated plant carbon decomposition using “function-driven” genomics’. …