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Brachypodium: a new monocot model plant system emerges
Author(s) -
Garvin David F
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.2868
Subject(s) - brachypodium distachyon , brachypodium , genomics , biology , genetic resources , crop , agroforestry , botany , agronomy , microbiology and biotechnology , genome , gene , biochemistry
The small grass species Brachypodium distachyon (purple false brome) is potentially an ideal model plant system for grass crop research. To realise this potential, a range of genetic and genomic resources have been developed in a very short period of time, and more still are in the pipeline. David Garvin explains how these resources will establish B. distachyon as the newest model plant system and will fill a long‐empty void in genomics resources for grass crop improvement. Copyright © 2007 Society of Chemical Industry