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… of chemicals called terpenes. Terpenes are important in plant growth, defense, and environmental interactions, and … also have industrial applications, including bioenergy. All plants make terpenoids, which carry out a diverse array of … function of zealexins and related compounds for other plants, including those cultivated for bioenergy. The …

… C. californicus in particular, as a model system for venom-microbe interactions. Cone snail venom has a number of applications, including pain relief. The microbes in cone snails may be involved in venom activity, … has started, known as the Initiative for Venom Associated Microbes and Parasites. Ul-Hasan credits her JGI-UC Merced …

… Scientists find bee gut microbes have a division of labor when it comes to … Honey bees are invaluable pollinators — cupids of the plant world facilitating the remixing of genes in the next … vegetation. In return for their services, bees eat plant nectar and pollen. Nectar is an easily absorbable …

… a regulator of lipid metabolism in microalgae .  Nature Plants 1: 15107 Lupiáñez DG, Kraft K, Heinrich V, Krawitz P, … De novo transcriptome assembly of drought tolerant CAM plants, Agave deserti and Agave tequilana. BMC Genomics  14, …

… – that’s managed to have a big impact. UC Berkeley plant biologist Sabeeha Merchant explains why she works on … and what it has to teach us about other organisms – like plants. [ Editor’s Note: Merchant is also a faculty …

… Baxter is a principal investigator at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, where his group focuses on interactions underlying plant adaptation in different environments. He’s been involved in several plant genome projects through the Community Science Program. …

… less fertilizer. Grasses do better in these conditions, so plant biologists James Schable, Guangchao Sun and Vladimir …

… Oh, the magical world of the cow stomach. Rumen – and its microbes – are really a powerhouse. Rumen microbes have the ability to break down hardy plant cell walls and therefore hold clues to how humans … one of the challenges of developing alternative fuels from plants is the high cost and resource requirements of …

… of the wider genomics community. Jan. 13 workshop: BER Plant Genomic Science In this workshop, we will present … genomic sequence information to BER funded activities of plant systems. We will describe how to apply for a project … and how you can use the KBase system to accelerate your plant genomics research. …