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The CBGP supports EU-SAGE Letter to European Commission calling for a proportionate, non-discriminatory approach to innovative plant breeding
The CBGP (UPM-INIA) joins the Letter recently submitted to the European Commission (EC) by the European Sustainable Agriculture through Genome Editing network (EU-SAGE) to call upon the EC to promote a proportionate, non-discriminatory approach to innovative plant breeding in the EC study on novel genomic techniques.
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Computational predictions of receptor proteins-glycans interactions triggering plant immunity
Big congratulations to the CBGP’s Plant innate immunity and resistance to necrotrophic fungi research group. The Plant Journal has selected one of their recent articles as a cover picture of the last Plant Journal issue. CBGP researchers have developed a computational pipeline that predicts interactions between plant immunity receptors and glycoligands from microbial or plant cell walls, which trigger immunity. These results provide the bases for the identification and rational design of novel immunoglycans to be used in sustainable crops disease resistance.
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A peptide transporter participates in nodule metal homeostasis
Disregulation of peptide transporter MtYSL7 affects plant growth, nitrogen fixation rates, and nodule metal concentration.
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Old genetic resources and new genomic tools for a resilient agriculture
Plant genetic resources are potential sources of biodiversity, especially useful in the current climate change scenario. The genotyping of more than 500 varieties of the legume common vetch has allowed the construction of a representative core collection, which includes diversity for agronomic traits associated with yield and drought tolerance, now available for breeding programs.
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Plants in the fight against Covid-19
Dr. Fernando Ponz, PI of the CBGP’s Plant Virus Biotechnology research group co-edits the Research Topic ‘Plant Science’s Contribution to Fighting Viral Pandemics: Covid-19 as a Case Study’ published in the journal Frontiers in Plant Science.
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CBGP Balancing Gender Programme (cBGp)
Coinciding with 8M, International Women's Day, we launched the "CBGP Balancing Gender Program" (cBGp).
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