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LA JOLLA\u2014Investigadores del Salk Institute's Iniciativa de Aprovechamiento de Plantas<\/a> (HPI) han establecido una colaboraci\u00f3n de cinco a\u00f1os y 6.2 millones de d\u00f3lares, $, con Nadia Shakoor, investigadora principal y cient\u00edfica principal de investigaci\u00f3n, y su equipo en el Centro de Ciencia Vegetal Donald Danforth<\/a> identificar y desarrollar plantas de sorgo que puedan capturar y almacenar mejor el carbono atmosf\u00e9rico.<\/p>\n

The work, which will first involve gaining a better understanding of the genetics of sorghum, fits into the broader goal of HPI to address climate change by optimizing the ability of crop plants to remove carbon from the atmosphere and store it deeply in the ground for long periods.<\/p>\n

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From left: Todd Michael and Nadia Shakoor
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Credit: (L) Salk Institute; (R) Donald Danforth Plant Science Center.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe Harnessing Plants Initiative is excited to partner with the Danforth Plant Science Center, which, like Salk, is a world leader in applying basic plant research to solve important problems such as climate change,\u201d says Todd Michael<\/a>, a research professor in Salk\u2019s Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory and a member of the HPI team.<\/p>\n

Sorghum, one of the top five cereal crops in the world, already has a variety of uses\u2014as a gluten-free grain for humans, livestock feed, biofuel and sweet sorghum syrup, for instance. Farmers in the U.S. planted nearly seven million acres of sorghum in 2021. It\u2019s also known as an environmentally friendly, drought-resistant plant, making it an ideal crop to optimize for carbon capture.<\/p>\n

Shakoor, an expert in sorghum genetics, has developed high-tech sensors to monitor plants\u2019 environments and growth in real-time. Using these sensors and other crop phenotyping methods in the greenhouse and field, Shakoor\u2019s team will identify varieties of sorghum that already have the traits needed for optimized carbon capture\u2014such as large, deep root systems to store and move carbon into the surrounding soil. Michael and his colleagues at Salk will then analyze the genetic material of these plants and, together with Shakoor, work to identify which promising sorghum lines to select and further breed.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur research community has the opportunity to use cutting-edge science and innovation to help change the course of climate change,\u201d says Shakoor. \u201cSorghum is an incredible plant that holds great promise as a carbon-sequestering crop. We believe sorghum can be optimized to potentially capture and store more carbon and, combined with its inherent traits such as drought tolerance, make a positive contribution to both food security resiliency and the mitigation of negative climate impact. I greatly appreciate the support of HPI to undertake this research.\u201d<\/p>\n

Over the five-year collaboration period, the research teams aim to go through multiple iterations of plant breeding and genetic analysis to develop a sorghum plant that is more efficient at capturing carbon. An external advisory board and joint steering committee with representatives from research and across the sorghum value chain will be formed to support the project.<\/p>\n

The collaboration will be funded by the HPI and supported, in part, by a recent $30 million donation from the Bezos Earth Fund<\/a> and a $2 million donation from Sempra Energy<\/a> aimed at supporting the HPI mission.<\/p>\n

About the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Founded in 1998, the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center is a not-for-profit research institute with a mission to improve the human condition through plant science. Research, education and outreach aim to have impact at the nexus of food security and the environment, and position the St. Louis region as a world center for plant science. The Center\u2019s work is funded through competitive grants from many sources, including the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Agency for International Development, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Follow us on Twitter at @DanforthCenter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Acerca del Instituto Salk de Estudios Biol\u00f3gicos:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Toda cura tiene un punto de partida. El Instituto Salk encarna la misi\u00f3n de Jonas Salk de atreverse a convertir los sue\u00f1os en realidad. Sus cient\u00edficos, de renombre internacional y galardonados, exploran los cimientos mismos de la vida, buscando nuevos entendimientos en neurociencia, gen\u00e9tica, inmunolog\u00eda, biolog\u00eda vegetal y m\u00e1s. El Instituto es una organizaci\u00f3n independiente sin fines de lucro y un hito arquitect\u00f3nico: peque\u00f1o por elecci\u00f3n, \u00edntimo por naturaleza y audaz ante cualquier desaf\u00edo. Ya sea c\u00e1ncer o Alzheimer, envejecimiento o diabetes, el Salk es donde comienzan las curas. 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