Review Article

Unlimited Thirst for Genome Sequencing, Data Interpretation, and Database Usage in Genomic Era: The Road towards Fast-Track Crop Plant Improvement

Table 1

List of crop plant genomes available to public with URL information and references.

Name of crop plantConsortium/initiative URLReferences

Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)Consortiumhttp://www.alfalfa-genome.org/www/Young et al., 2011 [7]

Apple (Malus domestica)Consortiumhttp://www.rosaceae.org/species/malus/malus_sppVelasco et al., 2010 [8]

Banana (Musa acuminate)The Global Musa Genomics Consortiumhttp://www.musagenomics.org/D’Hont et al., [9]

Barley (Hordeum vulgare)International Barley Genome Sequencing Consortiumhttp://www.public.iastate.edu/~imagefpc/IBSC%20Webpage/IBSC%20Template-home.htmlThe International Barley Genome Sequencing Consortium [10]

Cacao (Theobroma cacao)Consortiumhttp://www.cacaogenomedb.org/Argout et al., 2011 [11]

Cannabis (Cannabis sativa)Consortiumhttp://genome.ccbr.utoronto.ca/index.html?org=C.+sativa&db=canSat3&hgsid=11252van Bakel et al., 2011 [12]

Castor bean (Ricinus communis)TIGRhttp://castorbean.jcvi.org/Chan et al., 2010 [13]

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum)Consortium (ICRISAT-BGI)http://www.icrisat.org/gt-bt/ICGGC/GenomeManuscript.htmVarshney et al., 2013 [14]

Chocolate (Theobroma cacao) Consortiumhttp://www.cacaogenomedb.org/mainArgout et al., 2011 [11]

Cotton (Gossypium raimondii)BGIhttp://www.cottondb.org/wwwroot/cdbhome.phpWang et al., 2012 [15]

Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)Consortiumhttp://www.phytozome.net/commonbean.phpSchmutz et al., 2014 [16]

Crucifer (Thellungiella parvula)Consortiumhttp://www.brassica.info/info/events.phpDassanayake et al., 2011 [17]

Cucumber (Cucumis sativus)International Cucurbit Genomics Initiative (ICuGI)http://www.icugi.org/ Huang et al., 2009 [18]

Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera)Consortiumhttp://qatar-weill.cornell.edu/research/datepalmGenome/download.htmlAl-Dous et al., 2011 [19]

Wheat (Triticum aestivum)International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium (IWGSC)http://www.wheatgenome.org/International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium, 2014 [20]

Foxtail millet (Setaria italica)Beijing Genomics Institute and the Joint Genomes Institutehttp://www.phytozome.net/foxtailmillet.phpZhang et al., [21] Bennetzen et al. [22]

Grape (Vitis vinifera)Consortiumhttp://www.genoscope.cns.fr/externe/GenomeBrowser/Vitis/Jaillon et al., 2007 [23]

Jatropha curcas L.Consortiumhttp://www.kazusa.or.jp/jatropha/Sato et al., 2011 [24]

Lotus (Lotus japonicas)Consortiumhttp://www.kazusa.or.jp/lotus/Sato et al., 2008 [25]

Maize (Zea mays)Consortiumhttp://www.maizegdb.org/Schnable et al., 2009 [26]

Model Grass (Brachypodium distachyon)Consortiumhttp://www.brachypodium.org/International Brachypodium Initiative, 2010 [27]

Mosses (Physcomitrella patens)JGIhttp://genome.jgi-psf.org/Phypa1_1/Phypa1_1.home.htmlRensing et al., 2008 [28]

Mouse ear cress (Arabidopsis thaliana, Arabidopsis lyrata)The Arabidopsis Genome Initiative (2000)http://www.arabidopsis.org/The Arabidopsis Genome Initiative, 2000 [29]; Cao et al., 2011 [30]; Hu et al., 2011 [31]

Papaya (Carica papaya)Consortiumhttp://www.plantgdb.org/CpGDB/Ming et al., 2008 [32]

Peach (Prunus persica)International Peach Genome Initiativehttp://www.rosaceae.org/peach/genomeInternational Peach genome initiative 2013 [33]

Pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) International Initiative for Pigeonpea Genomics (IIPG)http://www.icrisat.org/gt-bt/iipg/Home.htmlVarshney et al., 2011 [34]

Poplar (Populus trichocarpa)JGIhttp://genome.jgi-psf.org/Poptr1_1/Poptr1_1.home.htmlTuskan et al., 2006 [35]

Potato (Solanum tuberosum)Consortium (PGSC)http://www.potatogenome.net/index.php/Main_PageThe Potato Genome Sequencing Consortium, 2011 [36]

Rape seed (Brassica napus)Consortium (MGBP)http://www.plantgdb.org/BrGDB/Wang et al., 2011 [37]

Rice (Oryza sativa ssp. indica and japonica)Consortium (IRGSP)http://rgp.dna.affrc.go.jp/E/IRGSP/index.htmlYu et al., 2002 [38]; Goff et al., 2002 [39]

Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor)JGIhttp://www.plantgdb.org/SbGDB/Paterson et al., 2009 [40]

Soybeans (Glycine max)JGIhttp://www.phytozome.net/soybean_er.phpSchmutz et al., 2010 [41]

Strawberry (Fragaria vesca)Consortiumhttp://www.strawberrygenome.org/Shulaev et al., 2011 [42]

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)Consortiumhttp://solgenomics.net/organism/Solanum_lycopersicum/genomeThe Tomato Genome Consortium 2012 [43]

Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)International Watermelon Genomics Initiativehttp://www.iwgi.org/Guo et al., 2013 [44]

Mung bean (Vigna radiata)Not available http://vigra.comparative-legumes.org/Kang et al., 2014 [45]