The development of pollen exine is highly conserved across Poaceae, though surface ornamentation varies among species, with the gene EPAD1 playing a key role in exine patterning in some clades but not others.
Sweet Sorghum: A Resilient Crop for Bioenergy and Forage in Arid Environments Through Osmotic Stress Adaptation
Scientists from Northwest A&F University in China studied how different concentrations of PEG affect sweet sorghum’s growth and stress response, revealing that the upregulation of genes involved in osmolyte biosynthesis, including sugars and amino acids, enhances the plant’s tolerance to water scarcity.
Unraveling the Evolution of Cis-Regulatory Elements in C4 Photosynthesis Through Single-Cell Chromatin Accessibility
Researchers used single-cell ATAC-seq data to investigate the evolution of cis-regulatory elements (CREs) associated with C4 photosynthesis, revealing a mix of conserved and novel chromatin accessibility regions that drive cell-type-specific expression of C4 enzymes.
Unraveling sorghum functional genomics and molecular breeding: past achievements and future prospects
The review discusses the significant progress in understanding the genetic basis of sorghum’s agronomic traits, its tolerance to various stresses, and its potential for addressing food and feed security.
International Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics Conference in Little Rock/Stuttgart Arkansas, Sept 9-11, Abstracts Due June 14
The 2024 International Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics (2024 ISRFG) will be held in Little Rock/Stuttgart Arkansas from September 9-11, 2024. Celebrating the 20-year anniversary of the sequencing of the rice genome, the conference will seek to address the key
AG2PI Virtual Field Day: “Public-Private Partnerships in Education and Commercialization” on July 19, 2023
The Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative (AG2PI) is hosting a virtual field day entitled “Public-Private Partnerships in Education and Commercialization,” focused on public-private partnerships in education pertaining to agricultural genomic and phenomic analyses, on July 19th.
SorghumBase release 6 is out with BTx623 v5.1 and over 40 million new SNP and EMS variants
The SorghumBase Team is pleased to announce the sixth release of SorghumBase (https://www.sorghumbase.org) (see release notes #6). The current release includes the assembly version 5.1 of the Sorghum bicolor BTx623 genome from JGI’s Phytozome (restricted by the Ft Lauderdale Accord).
Jocelyn Holt – EEB Faculty Fellow, Rice University
Jocelyn is an evolutionary ecologist and entomologist who analyzes population genetic and microbial composition to understand how this modulates pest insect traits and symbiotic interactions. Related website: holtjocelyn.wixsite.com/ento
Christine Diepenbrock, Assistant Professor, University of California, Davis
Our team is focused on improving crop productivity and nutritional quality simultaneously, including under conditions of drought and/or high temperatures. We do so by measuring plant characteristics in the field and lab, identifying genes related to these characteristics, using DNA
Elizabeth Cooper – Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Related website: Elizcooperlab.com