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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, …

… Terpenes are made via a tangled network of enzymes in plants. To better pinpoint the biosynthetic routes that … to foster interdisciplinary collaborations,” says Philipp Zerbe, the lead PI on this project. “I view the program as … of DNA constructs encoding a molecular tool to repress targeted genes in the organism. The team demonstrated that …

… approaches, that species specific sets of single cells harbored mobile genetic elements that were missed within … and uncultivated microbes through metagenomics. Such techniques take advantage of bioinformatics tools for … used as a complement to isolate sequencing, i.e. when the targeted cells cannot be cultivated in the lab. What makes …

… 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 … To uncover the enzymes, the team used a battery of techniques. They screened panels of hundreds of maize lines …

… the evolutionary past may hold key insights. The way that plants process nutrients has a rich back story — they rely … play a crucial role in how an organism processes both carbon and nitrogen. This research team combined computational … work was our focus on all the kingdoms, including animals, plants, bacteria, archaea and fungi. We thought this kind of …

… with Paul Hergenrother at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. And, when I was working with him, I was … with Bill Metcalf, also at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I had a two body problem, and it was a … things very distal from them. So just because they're nearby doesn't necessarily mean they won't. They've been turned …

… fundamental aspects of fern biology and, more broadly, land plant evolution. Recent findings in Ceratopteris richardii … ancient gene transfers from bacteria have all armed the plant with an array of defense mechanisms. The Impact There … will illuminate the evolutionary history of a pivotal plant as well as the evolution of seed plants, the fern’s …

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

… Group to better understand what this sulfur-oxidizing, carbon fixing bacterium was doing in the mangroves. “Mangroves … at relatively high magnification. Using various microscopy techniques, such as hard x-ray tomography, for instance, he … which is a process analogous to photosynthesis for plants.” Another outstanding question is whether the new …

… also approved to learn more about the roles of diatoms in carbon fixation and in aquatic food webs. Finally,  Debashish … to crowdsource antimicrobial discovery for the control of plant pathogens, partnering with 600 instructors worldwide … their  genome sequences to improve breeding by genetic improvements. Apomixis is asexual reproduction through …

… methods 18 (12), 1499-1505 Shulse et al. 2019. Engineered Root Bacteria Release Plant-Available Phosphate from Phytate. Appl Environ …