African Orphan Crops Consortium Announces 100 Crops for Sequencing
January 22, 2014| |
The African Orphan Crops Consortium composed of University of California-Davis, Mars, Inc., and other institutions, announced the 100 African crop species whose genomes will be sequenced to get information on how to improve the nutrition of African farm families. The list includes African eggplant, okra, onion, papaya, coconut, taro, tamarind, and bittergourd. The complete list is available at http://www.mars.com/global/african-orphan-crops.aspx. The Consortium released the list of crops and invite researchers around the world to get in touch and give suggestions for research needs. The Consortium plans to sequence one reference genome and 100 lines for each of the crops using the latest scientific equipment and techniques.
Read the news release at http://news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=10804.
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