Biting into the pineapple genome
The genome sequences of cultivated pineapple (Ananas comosus) and a related wild species (Ananas bracteatus) were published last week by Ming et al. in Nature Genetics. The genome has already led to insights into monocot evolution and CAM photosynthesis. In the future, studies that use the pineapple genome have the potential to lead to innovations in engineering drought resistant crops. Read more