Christine Shyu

TL;DR: The Bellwether Phenotyping Platform for controlled-environment plant growth and automated multimodal phenotyping is described and significant effects of genotype and environment on height, biomass, water-use efficiency, color, plant architecture, and tissue water status traits are detected.

TL;DR: It is shown in Arabidopsis that desensitization to JA is mediated by an alternative splice variant of JAZ10 that lacks the Jas motif, which provides an explanation for how the unique domain architecture of J AZ10.4 links transcription factors to a corepressor complex and suggests how JA-induced transcription and alternative splicing of Jaz10 premessenger RNA creates a regulatory circuit to attenuate JA responses.

TL;DR: It is proposed that a broader adoption of green foxtail (Setaria viridis) as a model system for millets could greatly accelerate the pace of gene discovery in the millets, and available and emerging resources in S. viridis and its domesticated relative S. italica are summarized.

TL;DR: Current knowledge of JA biology in panicoid grasses-the group that consists of the world's emerging bioenergy grasses such as switchgrass, sugarcane, Miscanthus, and sorghum is summarized and the importance of utilizing emerging grass models for molecular studies to provide a basis for engineering bio energy grasses that can maximize biomass accumulation while efficiently defending against stress is highlighted.

TL;DR: Topics presented in the conference including inflorescence architecture, C4 photosynthesis and abiotic stress are highlighted, which will allow broader adoption of Setaria as a model system to translate fundamental discovery research to crop improvement.