Open AccessFoxtail Millet: A Sequence-Driven Grass Model System
Author(s) -
Andrew N. Doust,
Elizabeth A. Kellogg,
Katrien M. Devos,
Jeffrey L. Bennetzen
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
plant physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.554
H-Index - 312
eISSN - 1532-2548
pISSN - 0032-0889
DOI - 10.1104/pp.108.129627
Subject(s) - foxtail , biology , agronomy , sequence (biology) , genetics
Foxtail millet ( Setaria italica ) is a small diploid C4 panicoid crop species, whose genome is being sequenced by the Joint Genome Institute (JGI) of the Department of Energy. The rationale for sequencing foxtail millet is that it is closely related to the bioenergy grasses switchgrass ( Panicum
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