On this page we've gathered a number of additional resources related to the themes of the 25 April 2008 special issue on plant genomes.
RESEARCH PAPERS
- Metabolic Diversification-Independent Assembly of Operon-Like Gene Clusters in Plants
- Ben Field and Anne E. Osbourn
Science, 25 April 2008, 320: 543-547
- A Retrotransposon-Mediated Gene Duplication Underlies Morphological Variation of Tomato Fruit
- Han Xiao et al.
Science 14 March 2008; 319: 1527-1530
- Natural Genetic Variation in Lycopene Epsilon Cyclase Tapped for Maize Biofortification
- Carlos E. Harjes et al.
Science 18 January 2008; 319: 330-333
- The Physcomitrella Genome Reveals Evolutionary Insights into the Conquest of Land by Plants
- Stefan A. Rensing et al.
Science 4 January 2008; 319: 64-69
- Plants Tolerant of High Boron Levels
- Kyoko Miwa et al.
Science 30 November 2007; 318: 1417
- Boron-Toxicity Tolerance in Barley Arising from Efflux Transporter Amplification
- Tim Sutton et al.
Science 30 November 2007; 318: 1446-1449
- Trojan Horse Strategy in Agrobacterium Transformation: Abusing MAPK Defense Signaling
- Armin Djamei et al.
Science 19 October 2007; 318: 453-456
- The Chlamydomonas Genome Reveals the Evolution of Key Animal and Plant Functions
- Sabeeha S. Merchant et al.
Science 12 October 2007; 318: 245-250
- Widespread Role for the Flowering-Time Regulators FCA and FPA in RNA-Mediated Chromatin Silencing
- Isabel Bäurle et al.
Science 5 October 2007; 318: 109-112
- Mutual Feedbacks Maintain Both Genetic and Species Diversity in a Plant Community
- Richard A. Lankau and Sharon Y. Strauss
Science 14 September 2007; 317: 1561-1563
- The Evolution of Selfing in Arabidopsis thaliana
- Chunlao Tang et al.
Science 24 August 2007; 317: 1070-1072
- Common Sequence Polymorphisms Shaping Genetic Diversity in Arabidopsis thaliana
- Richard M. Clark et al.
Science 20 July 2007; 317: 338-342
- A Meta-Analysis of Effects of Bt Cotton and Maize on Nontarget Invertebrates
- Michelle Marvier et al.
Science 8 June 2007 316: 1475-1477
- Evolution and Development of Inflorescence Architectures
- Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz et al.
Science 8 June 2007; 316: 1452-1456
- Dicamba Resistance: Enlarging and Preserving Biotechnology-Based Weed Management Strategies
- Mark R. Behrens et al.
Science 25 May 2007; 316: 1185-1188
- Cross-Species Identification of Mendel's I Locus
- Ian Armstead et al.
Science 5 January 2007; 315: 73
- A NAC Gene Regulating Senescence Improves Grain Protein, Zinc, and Iron Content in Wheat
- Cristobal Uauy et al.
Science 24 November 2006; 314: 1298-1301
- From Plant Traits to Plant Communities: A Statistical Mechanistic Approach to Biodiversity
- Bill Shipley et al.
Science 3 November 2006; 314: 812-814
- The Genome of Black Cottonwood, Populus trichocarpa (Torr. & Gray)
- G. A. Tuskan et al.
Science 15 September 2006; 313, 1596-1604
- Plant Genotypic Diversity Predicts Community Structure and Governs an Ecosystem Process
- Gregory M. Crutsinger et al.
Science 18 August 2006; 313: 966-968
- The Effects of Artificial Selection on the Maize Genome
- Stephen I. Wright et al.
Science 27 May 2005; 308: 1310-1314 /dd>
- Rice Genome Special Issue
- Science 5 April 2002
REVIEWS AND PERSPECTIVES
- Qinghaosu (Artemisinin): The Price of Success
- N. J. White
Science 18 April 2008; 320: 330-334
- How Green Are Biofuels?
- Jörn P. W. Scharlemann and William F. Laurance
Science 4 January 2008; 319: 43-44
- Plant Speciation
- Loren H. Rieseberg and John H. Willis
Science 17 August 2007; 317: 910-914
- Genome Plasticity a Key Factor in the Success of Polyploid Wheat Under Domestication
- Jorge Dubcovsky and Jan Dvorak
Science 29 June 2007; 316: 1862-1866
- Engineering Plants and Enzymes for Biofuels Production
- Michael E. Himmel et al..
Science 9 February 2007; 315: 804-807
- Plant Volatile Compounds: Sensory Cues for Health and Nutritional Value?
- Stephen A. Goff and Harry J. Klee
Science 10 February 2006; 311: 815-819
- Biosynthesis of Plant Volatiles: Nature's Diversity and Ingenuity
- Eran Pichersky et al.
Science 10 February 2006; 311: 808-811
- The Path Forward for Biofuels and Biomaterials
- Arthur J. Ragauskas et al.
Science 27 January 2006 311: 484-489
NEWS ARTICLES
- The Blue Revolution, Drop by Drop, Gene by Gene
- Elizabeth Pennisi
Science 11 April 2008; 320: 171-173
- Dueling Visions for a Hungry World
- Erik Stokstad
Science 14 March 2008; 319: 1474-1476
- Corn Genomics Pops Wide Open
- Elizabeth Pennisi
Science 7 March 2008; 319: 1333
- Natural Selection, Not Chance, Paints the Desert Landscape
- Elizabeth Pennisi
Science 19 October 2007; 318: 376
- The Greening of Plant Genomics
- Elizabeth Pennisi
Science 20 July 2007; 317: 317
- GM Technology Develops in the Developing World
- Gunjan Sinha
Science 12 January 2007; 315: 182-183
- Tracing the Transatlantic Spread of GM Rice
- Gretchen Vogel
Science 22 September 2006; 313: 1714
- Poplar Tree Sequence Yields Genome Double Take
- Erik Stokstad
Science 215 September 2006; 313: 1556
- Painstaking Approach Pays Off for Rice Sequencing Project
- Dennis Normile
Science 12 August 2005; 309: 997
WEB RESOURCES
Scientific:
Plant Genomics Links
A comprehensive listing of sequencing projects and databases, bioinformatics tools, and more from the Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory, University of Georgia.
Plant Genome Database (PlantGDB)
Offers resources for plant comparative genomics.
NCBI Plant Genomes Central
Background information and sequencing data from completed and in-progress plant genome projects.
Eukaryotic Genomics at JGI
Details about current and upcoming genome projects, including plant projects, at the DOE Joint Genome Institute.
Plant Genomics at JCVI
Plant genome projects and databases headed by the J. Craig Venter Institute (formerly The Institute for Genomic Research, TIGR).
Education and General Interest:
Partnership for Plant Genomics Education
Offers education materials dealing with plant genomics and biotechnology that are targeted towards secondary level students; from the University of California, Davis.
Greenomes
Provides laboratory and bioinformatics exercises to introduce students to modern plant genetics and genome research; from the Dolan DNA Learning Center.
The Partnership for Research and Education in Plants
Provides research experiences to high school students and teachers while helping scientists to discover the function of previously uncharacterized plant genes; from the Fralin Biotechnology Center, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
20 Questions on Genetically Modified Food
Questions and answers from the World Health Organization (WHO).
SciDevNet: GM Crops
A collection of articles and links from the Science and Development Network.
Tree of Life: Green Plants
Information about plant phylogeny and evolution.
USDA Plants Database
Comprehensive source of information on plants found in the U.S. and its territories.
