December 2022: 2021 Uniform Regional Hard Red Spring Wheat Nursery / African stem rust report is available

2021 Uniform Regional Hard Red Spring Wheat Nursery / African stem rust report is available at https://wheat.pw.usda.gov/GG3/germplasm.

October 2022: The abstract book for the International Barley Genetics Symposium (IBGS) 2022 is available

The abstract book for the International Barley Genetics Symposium (IBGS) 2022 that took place in Riga, Latvia is available on the "Barley Boulevard" page under the "Abstracts/Short Talks/Posters from Barley Conferences" section.

Barley Boulevard: https://wheat.pw.usda.gov/GG3/barley_blvd
Direct link to the IBGS 2022 Abstract book: https://wheat.pw.usda.gov/GG3/sites/default/files/IBGS_13_2022_Abstracts...

October 2022: New diagnostic PCR markers for Yr27, Yr28, Sr46, and Rg-B1 in wheat

Diagnostic marker data were contributed to GrainGenes by Naveenkumar Athiyannan via the GrainGenes Data Template forms. The papers below were curated for new diagnostic PCR primers for Yr27, Yr28, Sr46, and Rg-B1.

Thanks Naveen for this contribution to small grains research.

September 2022: Released iSelect 15K SNP for Durum and Zavitan v1

Relased Illumina iSelect 15K SNP markers aligned to Durum Wheat and Zavitan v1 Wheat.

Publicaion: Frontiers in Genetics, Taranto et al., Front. Genet., 2020

Click below to view the track in the respective genome browser:

September 2022: 106K SNP markers in GrainGenes added to the IWGSC RefSeq v1.0 (2018) browser

A track with ~106,000 Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) markers with records in the GrainGenes database has been added to the wealth of available tracks on the 'Wheat Chinese Spring IWGSC RefSeq v1.0 genome assembly (2018). These include the IWA and IWB SNP collections aligned with the original SNPs from participating labs. Look for this track in the "GrainGenes Curated Tracks" menu group.

Click below to view the track in the genome browser:

September 2022: Released T3 Markers Track in IWGSC v1, Morex v3, and PepsiCo v2

Relased marker tracks for Wheat Chinese Spring (IWGSC v1), Barley Morex v3, and PepsiCo OT3098 v2

Markers from genotyping protocols loaded in The Triticeae Toolbox (2022 update).

Blake, V., Birkett, C.L., Matthews, D.E., Hane, D., Bradbury, P., Jannink, J. 2016. The Triticeae Toolbox: Combining Phenotype and Genotype Data to Advance Small-Grains Breeding. The Plant Genome. doi: 10.3835/PlantGenome2014.12.0099.

September 2022: Wheat Attraktion BLAST databases

Released Wheat cultivar Attraktion BLAST databases.

Related publication (Kale et al., 2022): Plant Biotechnology Journal "A catalogue of resistance gene homologs and a chromosome-scale reference sequence support resistance gene mapping in winter wheat"

September 2022: Annual Wheat Newsletter v.68 (2022) available

Annual Wheat Newsletter Volume 68 (2022) is now available at https://wheat.pw.usda.gov/ggpages/awn/.

The volume, as well as previous volumes, can also be accessed at https://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/browse?type=title by searching for 'Annual Wheat Newsletter'.

Jon Raupp, Editor.
Wheat Genetics Research Center
Kansas State University

September 2022: Released Cadenza + 4 BLAST Databases from Wheat 10+

GrainGenes Released 5 addiional Wheat 10+ cultivar BLAST databases Cadenza, Claire, Paragon, Robigus, & Weebill adding to the 10 existing cultivars

Related publication (Walkowiak et al., 2020): Nature "Multiple wheat genomes reveal global variation in modern breeding"

Data source: EnsemblPlants

August 2022: Wheat 10+ Protein BLAST databases released

GrainGenes Released 15 Wheat 10+ Protein BLAST databases.

Related publication (Walkowiak et al., 2020): Nature "Multiple wheat genomes reveal global variation in modern breeding"

Data source: EnsemblPlants

These Wheat 10+ BLAST databases are available on our BLAST tool. Or,

August 2022: Released Wheat Cultivar Renan Browser and BLAST

Released Wheat cultivar Renan Genome Browser and BLAST databases.

Related publication (Aury et al., 2022): Giga Science "Long-read and chromosome-scale assembly of the hexaploid wheat genome achieves high resolution for research and breeding"

The Renan Genome Browser is available on our Genome Browsers page. Or,

August 2022 - Durum Wheat Unanchored Scaffolds were added to BLAST

Durum wheat Svevo unanchored scaffolds were added to BLAST.

August 2022: TREP Release 19 BLAST databases now available

TREP (TRansposable Elements Platform), release 19, BLAST databases have been added the GrainGenes BLAST service.

UPDATED TREP database (v. 2019): August 20, 2019; Schlagenhauf, Edith and Wicker, Thomas (2016).
The TREP platform: A curated database of transposable elements. Available at https://trep-db.uzh.ch.

August 2022: Avena atlantica & eriantha protein BLAST released

Protein BLAST databases for Avena atlantica and Avena eriantha are now available in our BLAST service under the under the Protein tab.

July 2022: GrainGenes BLAST 2.0 Released

The GrainGenes web-based BLAST service has now moved out of beta into a 2.0 release.
This follows the release of (SequenceServer 2.0.0)
The underlying NCBI BLAST is version 2.12.0+.
The GrainGenes BLAST service can be accessed here.

June 2022: 2021 & 1995 Uniform Regional Scab Nursery for Spring Wheat Parents are available

The following reports are available at https://wheat.pw.usda.gov/GG3/germplasm

- 2021 Uniform Regional Scab Nursery for Spring Wheat Parents
- 1995 Uniform Regional Scab Nursery for Spring Wheat Parents

May 2022: Curated GWAS Tracks on Barley and Oat Browsers

GrainGenes GWAS to .gff3 Project

May 2022: The release of A. sativa (cv Sang), A. longiglumis, and A. insularis genome browsers, BLAST, and Data Download

A high-quality reference genome of A. sativa (cv Sang) and close relatives of its diploid (Avena longiglumis, AA, 2n = 14) and tetraploid (Avena insularis, CCDD, 2n = 4x = 28) progenitors were published today in Nature: Kamal et al., Nature, 2022.

An accompanying QTL paper was published in Communications Biology: Tinker et al., Comm. Biol., 2022.

GrainGenes created genome browsers and BLAST for these 3 genomes:

May 2022: Five Aegilops BLAST databases from Li et al., Mol. Plant, 2021

Genome sequences of five Sitopsis species of Aegilops and the origin of polyploid wheat B subgenome.

Publication (Li et al., Mol. Plant, 2021): Molecular Plant

Species: Aegilops bicornis, Aegilops longissima, Aegilops searsii, Aegilops sharonensis, Aegilops speltoides

May 2022: Genome Browsers and BLAST for three Aegilops Species

Genome sequences of three Aegilops species of the section Sitopsis reveal phylogenetic relationships and provide resources for wheat improvement.

Publication (Avni et al., Plant J., 2022): The Plant Journal

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