[Provided by Ravi Koppolu; edited and posted on Oct 31, 2023]

Here is an update about the barley spike transcriptome atlas which has been published in 2021 Sci. Adv. 2021 from Prof. Schnurbusch lab at IPK.

As part of the published paper from 2021 Ravi Koppolu and Thorsten Schnurbusch have integrated the transcriptome data based on Morex v1 transcript reference in barley ePlant browser (BAR, Uni. Toronto, Canada).

[March 23, 2023]
The journal article “Updated guidelines for gene nomenclature in wheat” was published. Please promote the journal article to facilitate the adoption of common gene nomenclature for wheat research.

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Open access article: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00122-023-04253-w

Key message: Here, we provide an updated set of guidelines for naming genes in wheat that has been endorsed by the wheat research community.

A number of new learning materials are available on the GRIN-U repository (https://grin-u.org/).

These include videos on Three Sisters agriculture; short videos on cowpea, sorghum, tomato, and potato; virtual tour videos of USDA’s National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation; ebooks on crop wild relatives and a crop science virtual field tour; and infographics explaining USDA’s National Plant Germplasm System and the role of botanic gardens in conserving plant genetic resources.