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Description: Plant Breeding and Genomics CoP Workshop
Improved technology applied to DNA sequencing and genotyping has significantly decreased costs and led to an exponential increase in the volume of genetic and genomic data available for plants. Such data can be leveraged to improve crops, using, for example, genomic selection. Successfully implementing genomics-assisted strategies will necessitate changes to the structure and methods used in crop improvement programs, requiring outreach efforts to facilitate adoption in an applied plant breeding context. The Plant Breeding and Genomics (PBG) community (http://pbgworks.org) was formed to help put sequence resources and allied analytical methods into practice. The PBG community offers text, animation, blog, tutorial, video, and webinar training resources at www.extension.org/plant_breeding_genomics. Recently published resources help users access open-source statistical software, analyze high-throughput SNP genotype data, and align next generation sequence data. The information was collaboratively developed by the Solanaceae Coordinated Agricultural Project (SolCAP), the Conifer Translational Genomics Network (CTGN), the Barley Coordinated Agricultural Project (BarleyCAP), RosBREED, and the Institute of Barley and Malt Sciences. PBG outreach and education efforts are integrated with peer review and external evaluation aimed at strengthening the quality of original content and meeting the needs of students and plant breeding professionals. PBG is currently seeking to partner with additional groups engaged in basic and applied genetics and genomics to increase adoption of these new approaches. Learn how PBG can help deliver your project results to the larger plant breeding community.
