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… JGI interests in algae and secondary metabolites. A total of 27 proposals have been  approved through the annual  … to crowdsource antimicrobial discovery for the control of plant pathogens, partnering with 600 instructors worldwide … User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in support of DOE …

… learning methods were applied on sequenced fungal genomes to classify gene families. The Science As a proof of concept, researchers developed an algorithm that … nutrients from decaying organic matter (saprobes), and many plant pathogens known to infect most major food crops and …

… complex compounds — an energetically expensive feat thought to be too costly for them. The Science Anaerobic fungi, which die in the presence of oxygen, dwell in herbivore guts and help them digest … compounds may also be involved in how the fungi metabolize plant biomass, which could inform how scientists can more …

… less than previously believed.  The Science Eelgrass, one of the most abundant plants in the ocean, originated in Japan before spreading … when and how eelgrass adapted and evolved throughout its history. Their research, published in  August 2023 in  Nature … by a PhD scholarship from the China Scholarship Council to L.Y. (number 201704910807), by a fellowship to M.K. in …

… Scientists find bee gut microbes have a division of labor when it comes to metabolizing complex polysaccharides. Honey bees are invaluable pollinators — cupids of the plant world facilitating the remixing of genes in the next … User Facility  located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is committed to advancing genomics in support of DOE …

… A fungus relies on bacteria to regulate key components of its reproductive machinery The Science To better … endobacteria, the Rhizopus fungus cannot act as a plant pathogen, it cannot reproduce asexually, and … the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. The work conducted by the U.S. Department of …

… More than 20 UC Merced students have contributed to the research of 13 JGI scientists since the program’s inception. In 2014, … Ben Cole, a project scientist in Visel’s Genomics of Plant-Microbial Interactions Group who has mentored several …

… world’s leading soybean producer , and soybeans are used to produce biodiesel. The fungus  Phakopsora pachyrhizi … causes Asian Soybean Rust (ASR) and is the major pathogen of soybean. Left uncontrolled, soybean rust could reduce … soybean rust disease. Soybean itself is a  JGI Flagship plant genome , and JGI  published its genome sequence in …

… . The Science Most species are diploids and have two sets of chromosomes, one from each parent. In contrast, many … “polyploid”) and their complex genomes are more difficult to sequence and assemble, in turn limiting the use of … crop that very efficiently converts solar energy into plant biomass, which can then be crushed to extract the …

… Describing the largest analysis to date of the modified DNA base 5mC variations in fungi. The … than 500 species of fungi. The Impact Interactions between plants and fungi run the gamut from mutually beneficial to … The work conducted by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science …