Wilfried Wesselink

Budgetary constraints left Canada on the sidelines when the Arabidopsis genome was mapped. But the head of plant genomics research for the National Research Council says it’s time for this country to be directly involved in the next big steps in plant gene research. Bill Crosby, program leader for plant genomics at the NRC’s Plant […] Read more

An unassuming little weed with a short life cycle has revealed the secrets of its genetic code, opening the possibility of unimagined breakthroughs in agriculture. A consortium of scientists in the United States, Europe and Japan announced in December they had completed the six-year task of mapping the genes of Arabidopsis thaliana, also known as […] Read more