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Genomics of Wheat and Biomes of Microbes: Kellye Eversole Brings Agricultural Factors Together
Category: Technology
Duration: 00:31:38
Publish Date: 2020-04-29 00:59:00
Description:

Kellye Eversole has been involved with agricultural development since the early 1990s and is currently directing two international research projects. She explains these projects to listeners, covering along the way

  • The benefits of tailoring the genomics of wheat to particular fields,
  • How these practices will reduce ineffective fertilizer use and produce more resilient crops, and 
  • Why understanding the phytiobiomes of different spaces has an impact.

Kellye Eversole specializes in agricultural genomics, biotechnology, and information technology. She directs the  International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium and the International Alliance for Phytobiomes Research.  The wheat genome effort is a way to build the foundation for a new paradigm in wheat breeding utilizing genome sequencing in agriculture. She explains that while it generally takes 12 to 15 years to develop a new wheat genome, this consortium is trying to bypass some of those years through some computational methods and genome breeding—she adds that it is necessary to have a high-quality sequence to do this. As with our advances in human genome sequencing where we are targeting healthcare with a genetic makeup in mind, we can do the same thing in agriculture to create a disease-resistant genome in our wheat before a disease wipes out a crop.

She also explains that the Phytobiomes Alliance addresses factors beyond genome sequencing in agriculture—regardless of how much you know about a plant, she remarks, growth will be influenced by what's in the immediate environment down to the specific site and farm—what works in Oklahoma won’t work In New York, for example. Examining the phytobiome is a holistic system that strives to understand microbes that impact a plant in a particular field or forest, so we can have the best crop genetics and management practices for a particular area.

For more see www.wheatgenome.org/ and www.phytobiomesalliance.org/ as well as the web site for Kellye Eversole's company, www.eversoleassociates.com.
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