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Over 40 percent of the cereal crop’s genes respond to drought stress. The Science Fields of drooping stalks and … and increasing demand for agricultural products.  Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench is an African grass that … For that reason, its genome was sequenced by the JGI in 2009 and it is considered to be a Flagship Plant. By …

… that will help solve energy and environmental challenges. Sorghum stands out as a candidate feedstock for biofuels thanks to its drought and flood hardiness. Even with little water, full … and sequesters carbon. 2015: Epigenetic Control of Drought Tolerance in Sorghum (EPICON) begins. Peggy Lemaux (UC …

… construct a bioenergy plant single-cell atlas comprising Sorghum, Switchgrass, and Brachypodium datasets. We recently … patterns in root cross-sections. … 10.1038/s41579-020-0381-4 10.1038/s41396-020-0637-z 10.1038/s41477-024-01666-3 …

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… to explore the vast and diverse world of microbes. Studying bacteria and archaea, including those associated …

You might know sorghum as an edible grain. But there are some sorghum varieties, grown on marginal land with little water, … Mullet, a biologist at Texas A&M University, tells us how sorghum’s historical — and literal — roots could play a big …

… seems hard to believe in retrospect. BILL FENICAL: Well, in 2021, absolutely hard to believe. But when you go way back, … of a microorganism. So around 1985, I said, why aren’t we studying microbes in the ocean? Why don’t we do that? DAN … you doing before bacteria then? BILL FENICAL: Well, we were studying marine animals, marine plants, things like sponges …

… in defense, nutrient acquisition and communication. Studying how these compounds are biosynthesized and their … of cell-free based expression platforms: Only 10-20% of BGCs are expressed under standard laboratory …

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… to assess microbial activity across ecosystems.  By studying microbial communities and their interactions, the …

In April 2020, we mark both the 50th celebration of Earth Day on … Community Science Project proposal with JGI, in which she’s studying a special kind of plant metabolism. This … could help us to one day develop plants that are more drought-tolerant. These kinds of innovations are …