@article{f1a85e2ca5fb4c27a65774701c9a5488,
title = "SorghumBase: a web-based portal for sorghum genetic information and community advancement",
abstract = "Main conclusion: SorghumBase provides a community portal that integrates genetic, genomic, and breeding resources for sorghum germplasm improvement. Abstract: Public research and development in agriculture rely on proper data and resource sharing within stakeholder communities. For plant breeders, agronomists, molecular biologists, geneticists, and bioinformaticians, centralizing desirable data into a user-friendly hub for crop systems is essential for successful collaborations and breakthroughs in germplasm development. Here, we present the SorghumBase web portal (https://www.sorghumbase.org), a resource for the sorghum research community. SorghumBase hosts a wide range of sorghum genomic information in a modular framework, built with open-source software, to provide a sustainable platform. This initial release of SorghumBase includes: (1) five sorghum reference genome assemblies in a pan-genome browser; (2) genetic variant information for natural diversity panels and ethyl methanesulfonate (EMS)-induced mutant populations; (3) search interface and integrated views of various data types; (4) links supporting interconnectivity with other repositories including genebank, QTL, and gene expression databases; and (5) a content management system to support access to community news and training materials. SorghumBase offers sorghum investigators improved data collation and access that will facilitate the growth of a robust research community to support genomics-assisted breeding.",
keywords = "Breeding, Genetic, Genomic, Molecular, Resource, Sorghum",
author = "Nicholas Gladman and Andrew Olson and Sharon Wei and Kapeel Chougule and Zhenyuan Lu and Marcela Tello-Ruiz and Ivar Meijs and {Van Buren}, Peter and Yinping Jiao and Bo Wang and Vivek Kumar and Sunita Kumari and Lifang Zhang and John Burke and Junping Chen and Gloria Burow and Chad Hayes and Yves Emendack and Zhanguo Xin and Doreen Ware",
note = "Funding Information: We thank the sorghum community members, domestic and international, for initial discussions about community needs, contribution of data sets, and feedback on the site. We acknowledge the SorghumBase scientific advisory committee, National Sorghum Producers ( https://sorghumgrowers.com ), and Sorghum Checkoff ( https://www.sorghumcheckoff.com/ ) for their support and feedback. We acknowledge Demitri Muna and Liya Wang for their contributions and feedback. SorghumBase was funded through the United States Department of Agriculture grant USDA-ARS 8062-21000-041-00D. This work was performed with assistance from the US National Institutes of Health Grant S10OD028632-01. Funding Information: We thank the sorghum community members, domestic and international, for initial discussions about community needs, contribution of data sets, and feedback on the site. We acknowledge the SorghumBase scientific advisory committee, National Sorghum Producers (https://sorghumgrowers.com), and Sorghum Checkoff (https://www.sorghumcheckoff.com/) for their support and feedback. We acknowledge Demitri Muna and Liya Wang for their contributions and feedback. SorghumBase was funded through the United States Department of Agriculture grant USDA-ARS 8062-21000-041-00D. This work was performed with assistance from the US National Institutes of Health Grant S10OD028632-01. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022, This is a U.S. government work and not under copyright protection in the U.S.; foreign copyright protection may apply.",
year = "2022",
month = feb,
doi = "10.1007/s00425-022-03821-6",
language = "English",
volume = "255",
journal = "Planta",
issn = "0032-0935",
number = "2",
}