title: Sequencing crop genomes: approaches and applications.
abstract: Many challenges face plant scientists, in particular those working on crop production, such as a projected increase in population, decrease in water and arable land, changes in weather patterns and predictability. Advances in genome sequencing and resequencing can and should play a role in our response to meeting these challenges. However, several barriers prevent rapid and effective deployment of these tools to a wide variety of crops. Because of the complexity of crop genomes, de novo sequencing with next-generation sequencing technologies is a process fraught with difficulties that then create roadblocks to the utilization of these genome sequences for crop improvement. Collecting rapid and accurate phenotypes in crop plants is a hindrance to integrating genomics with crop improvement, and advances in informatics are needed to put these tools in the hands of the scientists on the ground.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics, University of Georgia,111 Riverbend Rd, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
authors.forename: Scott A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.affiliation: Institute for Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics, University of Georgia,111 Riverbend Rd, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
authors.forename: Aiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iwata
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Science and Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921, Korea.
authors.forename: Suk-Ha
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: HudsonAlpha Genome Sequencing Center, Huntsville, AL 35806, USA.
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schmutz
authors.affiliation: USDA-ARS, Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit, Ames, IA 50011, USA.
authors.forename: Randy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shoemaker
mesh_terms: D001947:Breeding / Q000379:methods; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D018556:Crops, Agricultural / Q000235:genetics*; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D005819:Genetic Markers; D014644:Genetic Variation; D018745:Genome, Plant; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods*; D005838:Genotype; D011123:Polyploidy; D040641:Quantitative Trait Loci; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers