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SorghumBase release 6 is out with BTx623 v5.1 and over 40 million new SNP and EMS variants

The SorghumBase Team is pleased to announce the sixth release of SorghumBase (https://www.sorghumbase.org) (see release notes #6). The current release includes the assembly version 5.1 of the Sorghum bicolor BTx623 genome from JGI’s Phytozome (restricted by the Ft Lauderdale Accord).

SorghumBase release 5 is out with 10 new CP-NAM sorghum genomes & 38 million new SNPs

The SorghumBase Team is pleased to announce the fifth release of SorghumBase (https://www.sorghumbase.org/) (see release notes #5). This release includes 10 new sorghum genomes from the Carbon-Partitioning Nested Association Mapping (CP-NAM) panel: Chinese Amber [PI 22913], Grassl [PI 154844], Leoti

What’s coming in SorghumBase Release 5?

SorghumBase release 5 is expected in November 2022. This release will feature 10 sorghum genomes from the Carbon-Partitioning Nested Association Mapping (CP-NAM) panel: Chinese Amber [PI 22913], Grassl [PI 154844], Leoti [PI 586454], PI 229841, PI 297155, PI 329311, PI

SorghumBase release 4 is out with updated gene and transcript names and synonyms for BTx623

The SorghumBase Team is pleased to announce the 4th release of SorghumBase, which includes the genome assembly and annotation of the poplar tree, and updated gene and transcript names of the sorghum BTx623 reference models.

What’s coming in SorghumBase Release 4?

SorghumBase release 4 is expected in May 2022. This release will feature the addition of the poplar genome (Populus trichocarpa), also known as black cottonwood, Western balsam or California poplar. Poplar is a deciduous broadleaf tree species native to western

SorghumBase release 2 is out with 13 new sorghum genomes

The release provides access to 13 new sorghum varieties (Tao et al, 2021), for a total of 18 sorghum reference genomes, and 6 other species to support phylogenetic analyses, and cross-species comparisons.

Help us chart the future of agricultural data! – AgBioData RCN kick off meeting Sept 1st @ 1 pm ET

The AgBioData RCN kick off meeting is on Sept 1st at 1 pm ET.