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The European Variation Archive’s third release is out with 1.2 billion variant loci in 227 species
The European Variation Archive (EVA) Team announced the third clustered variants release (RS Release 3) from the EVA consisting of 1.2 billion variant loci in 227 species, including sorghum. This is the first release where the EVA is publishing all
A user guide for the SorghumBase database is available
Review our new quick user guide for exploring the Sorghum PanGenome
What’s coming in SorghumBase Release 3?
SorghumBase release 3 is expected in March 2022 with an expansion of genetic variation data.
Planta publication describing SorghumBase
Gladman and colleagues describe SorghumBase, an open access community portal focused on sorghum genomic and genetic resources.
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.
Sorghum bicolor Tx2783
The genome of Sorghum Tx2783, a sugarcane aphid (SCA)-resistant line, has been assembled and annotated by (Wang et al, 2021).
Sorghum bicolor RTx436
The Sorghum bicolor inbred line RTx436, used in the development of high-yielding hybrids, has been assembled and annotated by (Wang et al, 2021).
Sorghum bicolor RTx430
Sorghum bicolor RTx430, a grain sorghum inbred commonly used as pollinator in hybrid production, whose genome is known to be rich in repeats, was assembled and annotated by (Deschamps et al. 2018).