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… Baxter is a principal investigator at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, where his group focuses on … has been an active user of the JGI at any time in the past two fiscal years is eligible for election to the UEC. … Members serve three-year terms and can serve no more than two consecutive terms.  …

… evidence shows anaerobic fungi can degrade the hardiest of plant components   The Science There are three main … enzymes highly efficient at making use of those other two components, which requires getting through the lignin.  … User Facility at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and two DOE Bioenergy Research Centers, the Joint BioEnergy …

… little water, full sunlight and hot temperatures, sorghum plants can photosynthesize and thrive — some varieties grow … climate has earned it a place on the JGI’s Flagship Plant Genome roster. Sorghum has an important feature in … It performs C4 photosynthesis, which is the fastest way for plants to convert carbon dioxide and water into sugars and …

… has been an active user of the JGI at any time in the past two fiscal years is eligible for election to the UEC. … Members serve three-year terms and can serve no more than two consecutive terms. In September, the JGI launched a … who represent the scientific areas of plant genomics, DNA synthesis and metabolomics, …

… to crowdsource antimicrobial discovery for the control of plant pathogens, partnering with 600 instructors worldwide … which species of mycorrhizal fungi are important for poplar plant health, in part to learn how these species can … their  genome sequences to improve breeding by genetic improvements. Apomixis is asexual reproduction through …

… from gut microbes — the bacteria and archaea breaking down plant matter. So since 2010, the JGI has supported …

… genome . The Science Most species are diploids and have two sets of chromosomes, one from each parent. In contrast, … sequencing programs generally focus on a genotype with two identical sets of chromosomes to produce a monoploid … crop that very efficiently converts solar energy into plant biomass, which can then be crushed to extract the …

… 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 …