Current status of community resources and priorities for weed genomics research
Montgomery, Jacob; Morran, Sarah; MacGregor, Dana R.; McElroy, J. Scott; Neve, Paul; Neto, Célia; Vila‑Aiub, Martin M.; Sandoval, Maria V.; Menéndez, Analia I.; Kreiner, Julia M.; Fan, Longjiang; Caicedo, Ana L.; Maughan, Peter J.; Martins, Bianca A.B.; Mika, Jagoda; Collavo, Alberto; Merotto Jr., Aldo; Subramanian, Nithya K.; Bagavathiannan, Muthukumar V.; Cutti, Luan; Islam, Md. Mazharul; Gill, Bikram S.; Cicchillo, Robert; Gast, Roger; Soni, Neeta; Wright, Terry R.; Zastrow‑Hayes, Gina; May, Gregory; Malone, Jenna M.; Sehgal, Deepmala; Kaundun, Shiv S.; Dale, Richard P.; Vorster, Barend Juan; Peters, Bodo; Lerchl, Jens; Tranel, Patrick J.; Beffa, Roland; Fournier‑Level, Alexandre; Jugulam, Mithila; Fengler, Kevin; Llaca, Victor; Patterson, Eric L.; Gaines, Todd A.
Date:
2024-05
Abstract:
Weeds are attractive models for basic and applied research due to their impacts
on agricultural systems and capacity to swiftly adapt in response to anthropogenic
selection pressures. Currently, a lack of genomic information precludes research to elu‑
cidate the genetic basis of rapid adaptation for important traits like herbicide resistance
and stress tolerance and the efect of evolutionary mechanisms on wild populations.
The International Weed Genomics Consortium is a collaborative group of scientists
focused on developing genomic resources to impact research into sustainable, efec‑
tive weed control methods and to provide insights about stress tolerance and adapta‑
tion to assist crop breeding.
Description:
DATA AVAILABITY STATEMENT: All genome assemblies and related sequencing data produced by the IWGC will be available through NCBI as part of
publications reporting the first genome-wide analysis for each species.
