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… Every fall, a mysterious green growth appears on top of farmers’ fields: a microbial community that might be quietly improving the soil. Penn State researchers Mary Ann Bruns and Terry Bell are digging in to understand how. …

… at least 15 zealexins, they suspect there are even more to find. Zealexins are produced in every corn variety and … as  Sorghum bicolor — a  candidate bioenergy feedstock and  JGI Flagship Plant — could produce at least 15 zealexins. … proteomics to home in on precise biosynthetic enzymes elicited by fungal infection. They analyzed differences among …

… in the Northern Hemisphere, making them tantalizing plants to harness for bioenergy. In this episode, hear from Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists who have uncovered remarkable genetic secrets that bring us closer to making poplar an economical and sustainable source of …

… help improve crop yields.  The Science The fire moss Ceratodon purpureus is a short plant with a complex genome . … to evolve so rapidly in gene content and structure. He and JGI Plant Program head Jeremy Schmutz already see how … crosses. The work wraps more than a decade of working with researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint …

… diverse environments. The Science Cyclic di-GMP (Guanine Monophosphate) is found in nearly all types of bacteria … of environments, including plants, soil, and the gut. To better understand the dynamics of this molecule, … cyclic di-GMP in bacteria through work enabled by the JGI’s Community Science Program (CSP) . The Impact Cyclic …

… are abundant and yet exceptionally small, with mini genomes to match. As a result, they cannot process all of the … provides new views of these relationships.  Recently , researchers used population genomics to find that while … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at …

… world’s leading soybean producer , and soybeans are used to produce biodiesel. The fungus  Phakopsora pachyrhizi … to counter soybean rust disease. Soybean itself is a  JGI Flagship plant genome , and JGI  published its genome sequence in 2010.       … and environmental characterization and cleanup. The JGI provides integrated high-throughput sequencing and …

… virologist and postdoc at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, is using bioinformatics and isotopes to track how viruses influence the flow of carbon in …

… A nuanced understanding of peat moss drives insight into carbon storage   The Science Boggy peatlands, which hold much of the … growth rates, decomposition, and carbon sequestration. Researchers wanted to better understand how sphagnum adapts …

… In this episode, we peer into plant cells. Researchers are using measurements from single cells to understand which genes help plants grow, get nutrients, …