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New Awards for Plant Genome Program (Image 1)
Rice has a "no frills" genome and a short life-cycle that makes genetic studies feasible. It is a model organism for cereals.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) made 24 new awards totaling $72.5 million in the ninth year of its Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP). The two- to five-year awards--ranging from $600,000 to $6.6 million--support research and tools to further knowledge about the genomes of economically important crop plants such as potatoes, poplar and corn, and will also reveal how networks of genes control basic plant processes.
This image accompanied NSF press release, "NSF Supports 24 New Projects to Get at the Root of How Genes Control Plant Growth." [See related image Here.]
Credit: Nicolle Rager Fuller, National Science Foundation
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