Yuan Fu

TL;DR: Molecular evidence is used to ask how the current pattern of plant species with NFN symbiosis evolved and to suggest that this symbiosis is subject to an underestimated adverse selection pressure.

TL;DR: Evidence that genes that increase resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses in land plants, in particular desiccation, originated or expanded in the common ancestor of Zygnematophyceae and embryophytes are provided, and were gained by horizontal gene transfer from soil bacteria.

TL;DR: The 10KP (10,000 Plants) Genome Sequencing Project will sequence and characterize representative genomes from every major clade of embryophytes, green algae, and protists (excluding fungi) within the next 5 years.

TL;DR: Draft genome information for five agriculturally, biologically, medicinally, and economically important underutilized plants native to Africa will be useful to identify and characterize agronomically important genes and understand their modes of action, enabling genomics-based, evolutionary studies, and breeding strategies to design faster, more focused, and predictable crop improvement programs.

TL;DR: The African Orphan Crops Consortium (AOCC) successfully initiated the ambitious genome sequencing project of 101 African orphan crops/trees with 6 genomes sequenced, 6 near completion, and 20 currently in progress.