The Rice Genome Annotation Project

The Rice Genome Annotation Project is an NSF funded effort to provide high quality annotation of the rice genome to the research community. Read More »

Oryza SNP Project

As part of an international collaboration, we have been involved in the discovery and annotation of SNPs in the rice genome. This project is funded by USDA CSREES. Read More »

Solanaceae Comparative Genomics Resource

A project providing tools and resources to the community for this morphologically diverse, agriculturally and economically important family of plants, funded by USDA CSREES NRI. Read More »

Potato Genome Sequencing and Annotation

We have been funded by the National Science Foundation to participate in the international Potato Genome Sequencing Consortium. Read More »

Comprehensive Phytopathogen Genomics Resource

The Comprehensive Phytopathogen Genomics Resource (CPGR) is a comprehensive plant pathogen genomics and annotation resource funded by USDA CSREES. A focus of the project is the development of plant pathogen diagnostic markers using genomics data. Read More »

Pythium Genomics

We have been funded by the U. S. Department of Agriculture to sequence and annotate two strains of Pythium ultimum, an important plant pathogen. Read More »

Plant Repeat Database

We have created the Plant Repeat Database to assist in the compilation and identification of repeat sequences in plant genomes. Read More »

Biofuel Feedstock Genomics Resource

The Biofuel Feedstock Genomics Resource is a database that provides fully integrated and uniform annotation to a large collection of plant species that are being examined for possible use as ligno-cellulosic feedstocks for biofuel production. Read More »

Medicinal Plant Genomics

Medicinal plants produce a wealth of pharmaceutical compounds such as taxol and morphine. Unfortunately, the specialized secondary metabolic pathways leading to these compounds remain poorly understood and progress in elucidating and manipulating these taxonomically restricted metabolic pathways has been slow. This project, funded by the NIH, involves state-of-the-art sequencing technologies, metabolomics capabilities, and bioinformatics to develop an unrestricted, public resource to address this gap in our knowledge base of species-specific plant metabolism. Data generated through this project will accelerate the identification and functional analysis of genes involved in natural product biosynthesis in 14 widely used medicinal plant species. See here for more information on the project.

Solanaceae Coordinated Agricultural Project

Translational genomics of potato and tomato
The SolCAP project that is funded by the USDA focuses on translational genomics of two major Solanaceae vegetable crops, potato and tomato. In this collaborative project, we are using high throughput sequencing and bioinformatics to identify variation in elite potato and tomato germplasm for the identification of candidate genes of high value traits such as carbohydrate, sugar and vitamin content. These resources will ultimately be used to develop improved varieties through genotyping and phenotyping panels to associate genes with phenotypes. See here for more information on the project.