You may recall thatJune's issueofGenome Biologywas dedicated to the field of plant genomics (more info on the issue can be found inthis blog post).

When putting together the issue, we recorded apodcastwith some of the featured researchers in which we discussed their contributions.

We also spoke to co-Guest Editor Mario Caccamo (read his and Erich Grotewold's Editorialhere) and, as a bonus, we solicited the thoughts of Dale Sanders on GM crops – a perennially hot button topic.

For the aurally challenged,Biome已经公布了full textof the Q&A from which Sanders' podcast clips are excerpted.