/ Lettuce Content for UC 海角原创 en /news/downy-mildew-research-benefit-lettuce-growers-and-consumers <p>Researchers at the University of California, 海角原创, will use the genomics of lettuce to combat a pathogen that causes losses in the $3 billion industry each year.</p> <p>The Foundation of Food and Agriculture Research, or FFAR,&nbsp;awarded Richard Michelmore, professor and director of the UC 海角原创 Genome Center, the first research grant through the Crops of the Future Collaborative.</p> <p>UC 海角原创 will receive $2.5 million from FFAR and matching funds from the Crops of the Future Leafy Greens Participants for a total of $5 million.</p> October 10, 2018 - 3:27pm Amy M Quinton /news/downy-mildew-research-benefit-lettuce-growers-and-consumers /news/gene-blocking-lettuce-germination-also-regulates-flowering-time <p>A gene known to direct seed dormancy and the timing of germination also influences flowering in lettuce and the model plant <em>Arabidopsis,&nbsp;</em>reports the UC 海角原创 Seed Biotechnology Center.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> March 28, 2016 - 9:25am Patricia Bailey /news/gene-blocking-lettuce-germination-also-regulates-flowering-time