Poplar Genome Based Research for Carbon Sequestration in Terrestrial Ecosystems

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Poplar Genome Based Research for Carbon Sequestration in Terrestrial Ecosystems: The Office of Biological and Environmental Research (OBER) of the Office of Science (SC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), hereby announces its interest in receiving applications for the Poplar Genome Based Research for Carbon Sequestration in Terrestrial Ecosystems program. Research is requested that could lead to strategies to improve the use of trees within the genus Populus (poplar), or other trees, for long-term sequestration of meaningful amounts of atmospheric carbon in terrestrial ecosystems. Specifically, applications are sought for research to use the poplar and/or microbial genomic sequences to enhance partitioning of carbon into quantitatively important recalcitrant components of trees or soil organic matter that could lead to enhanced carbon sequestration. Research should build on the recently completed genomic sequence of a female black cottonwood tree (Populus balsamifera L. ssp. trichocarpa (Torr. Gray ex Hook.) Brayshaw, clone Nisqually-1) and, when relevant, the availability of a growing number of microbial genomic sequences to obtain the scientific understanding needed to select, breed, or manage trees to meaningfully enhance sequestration of carbon in tree biomass and/or the soil. For the full text of the solicitation go to http://www.science.doe.gov/grants/FAPN05-10.html.