{"id":113,"date":"2021-11-25T14:40:15","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T14:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/v1097.nbi.ac.uk\/index.php\/2021\/11\/25\/brachypodium-distachyon-the-cute-grass\/"},"modified":"2021-11-25T15:12:55","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T15:12:55","slug":"brachypodium-distachyon-the-cute-grass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monogram.ac.uk\/index.php\/2021\/11\/25\/brachypodium-distachyon-the-cute-grass\/","title":{"rendered":"Brachypodium distachyon &#8211; &#8220;the cute grass&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"113\" class=\"elementor elementor-113\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-605501cf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"605501cf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b0420c\" data-id=\"2b0420c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-389d4c42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"389d4c42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/monogram.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/blog_2016_09_01-pgl6qb61t38rb1x1p8cojvdu1wkbhomn5tp8zl9fns.jpeg\" title=\"blog_2016_09_01.jpeg\" alt=\"blog_2016_09_01.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56b33834 elementor-author-box--layout-image-above elementor-author-box--align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-author-box\" data-id=\"56b33834\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"author-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"elementor-author-box__avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/monogram.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/blog_2016_09_02-e1637848139226.jpeg\" alt=\"Jan Bettgenhaeuser\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-author-box__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJan Bettgenhaeuser\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>2016 MECEA PhD winners Blog entry<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2dcaef elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2dcaef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Brachypodium distachyon &#8211; &#8220;the cute grass&#8221;<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57153295 elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"57153295\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-ba9c996 elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2016 MECEA PhD winners Blog entry\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-afbda51 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"about\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__item-prefix\">|  Part of <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/monogram.ac.uk\/index.php\/category\/mecea\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">MECEA<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-636909d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"636909d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When you work with someone for four years, inevitably you get to know them extremely well a lot better than you ever imagined in some cases. When doing a PhD or other research project in plant biology, funny enough, we also get to know our plants very well. I saw <i>Brachypodium distachyon<\/i> for the first time when I interviewed for my PhD and to me then, it was just another small grass. Four years on, I would almost say that different &#8220;Brachy&#8221; lines have their own personalities (and those who know me will confirm that I don&#8217;t normally lean towards esoteric statements such as these). Having worked with B. distachyon over the last four years, I would like to share some of my thoughts on working with a relatively new model system.<\/p><p>As not many people currently work on <i>Brachypodium<\/i>, the community is rather small, which is also reflected in the <i>Brachypodium<\/i> conferences. When I started my PhD I had the chance to attend the first <i>Brachypodium<\/i> conference in Modena, Italy, in 2013. This was great for me, as there was a big focus on developing techniques and resources at the time. However, this focus has been shifting over the past years and it was interesting to see a transition from resource development to both fundamental and applied research at the second <i>Brachypodium<\/i> conference last summer.<\/p><p>Just before I started my PhD, what was initially thought of as <i>B. distachyon<\/i> lines with different ploidy levels had been recognised as three different <i>Brachypodium<\/i> species: the diploid <i>B. distachyon <\/i>(2N = 10), the diploid B. stacei (2N = 20), and <i>B. hybridum<\/i> (2N = 30), the allotetraploid hybrid between the two diploids (Cataln et al., Annals of Botany, 2012). <i>B. distachyon<\/i> was first proposed as a model system for its larger (both in physical and genomic size) domesticated relatives, such as wheat and barley, in 2001 (Draper et al., Plant Physiology, 2001) and over the past 15 years a range of genetic and genomic resources have been developed. On the Norwich Research Park, I constantly meet people working on wheat and barley and I have come to appreciate <i>Brachypodium<\/i> with its small, sequenced genome.<\/p><p>The focus of my PhD has been on the interaction between plants and non-adapted pathogens, in particular the interaction between <i>B. distachyon<\/i> and yellow rust. Several collections have captured the natural diversity found among <i>B. distachyon<\/i> lines from around the Mediterranean and my goal was to initiate a map-based cloning approach to find resistance genes against yellow rust. However, this approach highlights the major obstacle with <i>Brachypodium<\/i> as a model species in my opinion: it&#8217;s very difficult to cross! One issue, which will be solved with time, is related to the species complex. A lot of the <i>Brachypodium<\/i> collections consist of lines with different ploidy levels which have not always been properly separated yet and which further compounded crossing problems. As I discovered first hand: it\ufffds not very efficient to cross a diploid with an allotetraploid! Further, even if the <i>B. distachyon<\/i> crosses did work, this seemed to be the exception, rather than the rule.<\/p><p>Although Brachypodium did not feature very prominently in the last MonoGram meeting, I fully agree with Syabira Yusoff from the University of Leicester, who called Brachypodium &#8220;the cute grass&#8217;. And despite my complaints about crossing Brachypodium, it was thrilling how quickly things started moving forward once I had my crosses generated. I will be testing transgenics with my candidate genes later this year!<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>References<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/aob.oxfordjournals.org\/content\/109\/2\/385.short\">Catalan 2012<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.plantphysiol.org\/content\/127\/4\/1539\">Draper 2001<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a987c86 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"4a987c86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you work with someone for four years, inevitably you get to know them extremely well a lot better than you ever imagined in some cases. 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