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… DAN: You’re listening to the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute’s “Natural Prodcast,” a podcast about the … ag[riculture] and I really liked – I became interested in plant disease in part because of what happened in my Peace … or natural product called T-toxin. And this kills corn plants. So I became very interested in toxins – phytotoxins …

… help solve energy and environmental challenges.   Usually, plants have the upper hand against any kind of biomass … years evolving tactics against potential threats. “Because plants can’t run away, they’ve evolved these really tough … genomics and transcriptomics to discover another advantage these fungi wield: the capacity to form enzyme …

… was the last major crop without a reference quality genome and now crop researchers can work toward advancing … protect other crops facing similar pathogens. Summary Many plants, sugarcane included, are polyploid and have multiple … caused by the fungus,  Puccinia melanocephala . This plant pathogen used to cause sugarcane crop losses of up to …

… we want to talk a little bit about. It’s sort of early stages. But I think that is emblematic of some of the … local marine environment. I went out and picked up marine plants, I picked up animals. And I asked the simple … So, this was when we started saying, we have to have the genomes. We have to look at the full picture of these. And …