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… Despite their diminutive stature, “short plants” such as mosses could be uniquely powerful in helping scientists link plant genetic sequences to what they do. But sequencing the genome of one short plant — fire moss — had an unexpected hurdle: ginormous sex …

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

…   ALISON:  Hey! I’m Alison Takemura at the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, or JGI.  Two special days … we’ll hear from Karolina Heyduk, an evolutionary plant biologist at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. I recently caught up with Karolina at the Plant and Animal Genomes, or PAG conference, when in-person …

… and decide on the order in which this fungus breaks down plant cell wall materials including lignin, cellulose and … present in plant biomass. This is of interest for bioenergy researchers looking to improve the industrial … This first paper integrating multi-omics data from this JGI fungal ENCODE proposal was  recently published in the  …

… in sugarcane could help protect other crops facing similar pathogens. Summary Many plants, sugarcane included, are polyploid and have multiple … Development (CIRAD), and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of … Botany (IEB) was supported by the ERDF project “Plants as a Tool for Sustainable Global Development” No. …