New genome sequence will aid study of important food, fuel crops

Saturday, February 13, 2010 - 16:01 in Biology & Nature

A global initiative that includes key scientists from Oregon State University has successfully sequenced the genome of the wild grass Brachypodium distachyon, which will serve as a model to speed research on improved varieties of wheat, oats and barley, as well as switchgrass, a crop of major interest for biofuel production...

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