J. T. Lovell

JGI Plant Gene Atlas: An updateable transcriptome resource to improve structural annotations and functional gene descriptions across the plant kingdom

The paper introduces the JGI Plant Gene Atlas, a resource that improves gene function annotations by analyzing transcript abundance across 18 species and 604 tissues, identifying 64,620 genes with unknown functions.

Host genetic control of succession in the switchgrass leaf fungal microbiome

The paper examines how host genetics influence fungal microbiome succession in switchgrass leaves across time and environments, identifying immune-related genes linked to microbiome structure.

A pleiotropic flowering time QTL exhibits gene-by-environmental interaction for fitness in a perennial grass

This study identifies a flowering time QTL in Panicum hallii that shows gene-by-environment interaction affecting fitness, with coastal allele advantage only in its local habitat.

Furanoditerpenoid biosynthesis in the bioenergy crop switchgrass is catalyzed by an alternate metabolic pathway

This study identifies and characterizes five cytochrome P450 monooxygenases in switchgrass that catalyze an alternative pathway for furanoditerpenoid biosynthesis, bypassing the canonical class I diterpene synthase pathway.

The Ceratodon purpureus genome uncovers structurally complex, gene rich sex chromosomes

The paper compares genomes of male and female mosses to study sex chromosome evolution, finding gene-rich, non-degenerated UV sex chromosomes.

The genetic architecture of shoot and root trait divergence between upland and lowland ecotypes of a perennial grass.

The paper investigates the genetic basis of trait divergence between upland and lowland ecotypes of a perennial grass, focusing on adaptation to soil water availability.