A5045659640- Phytase and its Applications
- Bioenergy crop production and management
- Moringa oleifera research and applications
- Forest Biomass Utilization and Management
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Biofuel production and bioconversion
- Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics
- Cassava research and cyanide
- Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
University of California, Davis
2022
University of Wisconsin–Madison
2016
Abstract Background Digitaria exilis, white fonio, is a minor but vital crop of West Africa that valued for its resilience in hot, dry, and low-fertility environments the exceptional quality grain human nutrition. Its success hindered, however, by low degree plant breeding improvement. Findings We sequenced fonio genome with long-read SMRT-cell technology, yielding ∼761 Mb assembly 3,329 contigs (N50, 1.73 Mb; L50, 126). The approaches high level completion, BUSCO score >99%. was...
Abstract The African Orphan Crops Consortium (AOCC) selected the highly nutritious, fast growing and drought tolerant tree crop moringa ( Moringa oleifera Lam.) as one of first 101 plant species to have its genome sequenced a draft assembly was published in 2019. Given extensive uses culture moringa, often referred multipurpose tree, we generated significantly improved new version based on long‐read sequencing into 14 pseudochromosomes equivalent n = haploid chromosomes. We leveraged this...
Switchgrass is undergoing development as a dedicated cellulosic bioenergy crop. Fermentation of lignocellulosic biomass to ethanol in system or volatile fatty acids livestock production strongly and negatively influenced by lignification cell walls. This study detects specific loci that exhibit selection signatures across switchgrass breeding populations differ vitro dry matter digestibility (IVDMD), yield, lignin concentration. Allele frequency changes candidate genes were used detect under...