Tomato Genomics Project Receives Funding from NSF
February 2, 2007| |
The National Science Foundation awarded a $1.8 million funding to Cornell and the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research (BTI) at Cornell for an international project that aims to sequence the tomato genome and create a database of genomic sequences and information on the tomato and related plants. Sequencing the tomato genome is the first step in creating the comprehensive International Solanaceae Genomics Project (SOL) Genomics Network database. This will tie together maps and genomes of all plants in the Solanaceae family, which includes the potato, eggplant, pepper and petunia. The database will be made public to provide much-needed information to scientists doing research in plant breeding and genetics.
Read more: http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Jan07/SolanacaeNSF.kr.html
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