Welcome to CRAG | Centre for research in agricultural Genomics

MSCA-COFUND

MSCA-COFUND

The European Union will provide almost 1.5 million euros to support CRAG’s new AGenT postdoctoral programme

Discovered four bottlenecks that limit Ralstonia solanacearum invasion in resistant tomato plants

Bacterial Wilt

Discovered four bottlenecks that limit Ralstonia solanacearum invasion in resistant tomato plants

Detail of sorghum grain in the laboratory

Drought resistance

CRAG researchers review in Science the ongoing biotechnological strategies to generate drought-resistant crops

Research

Plant Development and Signal Transduction
Plant Responses to Stress
Plant Metabolism and Metabolic Engineering
Plant and Animal Genomics
Research
Core Facilities
Core Facilities

Latest Publications

M. Gòdia, A. Castelló, M. Rocco, B. Cabrera, J.E. Rodríguez-Gil, S. Balasch, C. Lewis, A. Sánchez & A. ClopIdentification of circular RNAs in porcine sperm and evaluation of their relation to sperm motilityScientific Reports
Luigi-Sierra MG, Mármol-Sánchez E, Amills MComparing the Diversity of the Casein Genes in the Asian Mouflon and Domestic SheepAnimal Genetics
Carlos M. Vicient and Josep M. CasacubertaAdditional ORFs in Plant LTR-RetrotransposonsFrontiers in Plant Science
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news

15 | June | 2020 CRAG’s AGenT postdoctoral programme obtains an H2020-MSCA-COFUND
Left image: slices of the tomato plant stem showing the bacteria (in black) occupying the plant vascular bundles. Right image: the bacteria (in green) invade de circular vascular bundle and spread towards the stem pith (Credit: Marc Planas-Marquès) 10 | June | 2020 How to keep the plant pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum at bay
Rice seedlings grown in blue light (leaves in the right) induce higher NPQ levels when exposed to high light compared to red light-grown seedlings (left leaves). Violet colour indicates higher NPQ induction. 22 | May | 2020 Retrograde signalling protects plants in high-light environments

Upcoming Events

18 | September | 2020 - 12:00 Seminars - TBD Nick Talbot
02 | October | 2020 - 12:00 Seminars - TBD Leif Andersson
16 | October | 2020 - 12:00 Seminars - TBD Andrés Aguilera

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