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… believed.  The Science Eelgrass, one of the most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in Japan before spreading … Their research, published in  August 2023 in  Nature Plants , was able to assess absolute time estimates for … due to the wide and varied geographic footprint of the plant, that eelgrass began colonizing the oceans  about 3 …

… most widespread type of mycorrhizal fungi, live within a plant’s root system. They form mutually beneficial relationships with over 80% of land plants, which means they offer a lot of insights into how plant materials can be broken down for things like biomass …

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

… soybean rust disease. Soybean itself is a  JGI Flagship plant genome , and JGI  published its genome sequence in …

… carbon from lignocellulosic-abundant matters such as plant litter and to incorporate the assimilated carbon into … assistance from co-habitant microorganisms were unmasked. Plant polysaccharides such as starch and cellulose were … mechanism can keep the forests from over-accumulation of plant litter, which could cause forest fires. Compared to …

… could be generating these observed patterns. As many other plant species have natural cytotype variation, we also hoped … hundreds of naturally-occurring genotypes (in this case, a plant’s complete genetic makeup) and 10 common gardens. We … like switchgrass respond to pronounced climate shifts. (C4 plants use a more efficient form of photosynthesis that …

… than 500 species of fungi. The Impact Interactions between plants and fungi run the gamut from mutually beneficial to … that can move to another location in the genome. Many plant pathogens such as the fungi that cause poplar leaf … rich in transposons, which may help the pathogens evade a plant’s defenses. Understanding the role of transposons and …

… work included investigating sphagnum moss and the role the plant’s sex plays in its resiliency, as well as a Nature Plants study identifying colonization patterns in eelgrass . … fungi’s ability to break down lignin , the hardiest of plant components and a key barrier when breaking down …

… training for the JGI’s Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) portal for their sample analysis.  The …

… who represent the scientific areas of plant genomics, DNA synthesis and metabolomics, …