Institution
United States Department of Agriculture
Recent research
- Biology
Colletotrichum species are important fungal pathogens that cause fruit rots leading to pre and postharvest losses of a broad range of Solanaceae crops, including bell and non-bell pepper and fresh-market and processing tomato. We performed a phylogenetic and pathogenic characteri...
- BiologyOpen access
MaizeGDB Phylostrata Tool: Exploring evolutionary origins of maize proteins
Abstract Motivation Phylostratigraphic analysis identifies the evolutionary origins and level of conservation of proteins, facilitating research in evolutionary biology and comparative genomics. Results We developed the MaizeGDB Phylostrata Tool, a custom web application that ena...
- Climate & Environment
Abstract Gravel transport is difficult to measure in streams and rivers, but it is needed for assessing the impact of dam removal on river systems, for studies of streambed ecology, for steam restoration, and for engineering design of in-channel structures. The measurement of gra...
- BiologyOpen access
A pair of duplicated SOC1 genes, DcSOC1-1 and DcSOC1-2, control vernalization requirement in carrot
Abstract Background Carrot vernalization requirement (VR), the amount of cold exposure needed for plants to become vernalized, strongly influences geographical adaptation of the crop and many agricultural practices, and this trait defines annual vs. biennial cultivars. Despite it...
- BiologyOpen access
Deoxynivalenol (DON), a Fusarium mycotoxin frequently detected in poultry feeds, impairs broiler health by damaging gut integrity, altering immune response, and compromising growth performance. Insect-derived proteins, such as those from yellow mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) larvae...