Better Crops With a Pointillist Approach to Plant Genomics

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 eventually, their findings could help us grow better crops, with less impact on our planet.Links from this episode:Episode transcriptMonet’s Waterloo Bridge at Sunset (1904)Serat’s A Sunday on La Grande Jatte (1884)Submit a proposal to work with the JGI: https://jointgeno.me/proposals Margot’s 2021 Berkeley Lab SLAM talk The JGI’s Genomics of Plant-Microbial Interactions group Plant Single-cell Solutions for Energy and the Environment (Workshop report)JGI Blog: A Plant Root Atlas for Tracking Developmental TrajectoriesBen Cole’s DOE Early Career AwardGenome Insider is a production of the Joint Genome Institute. This episode uses two pieces of music from Free Music Archive: Sad French Accordion by Dana Boulé (CC BY-NC 4.0)Sonata No. 20 in G Major, Op. 49 No. 2 - I. Allegro ma non troppo by Daniel Veesey (Public Domain)