Journal article
Progress in single-access information systems for wheat and rice crop improvement
Briefings in bioinformatics, Vol.20(2), pp.565-571
03/2019
PMID: 29659709
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Abstract
Improving productivity of the staple crops wheat and rice is essential to feed the growing global population, particularly in the context of a changing climate. However, current rates of yield gain are insufficient to support the predicted population growth. New approaches are required to accelerate the breeding process, and many of these are driven by the application of large-scale crop data. To leverage the substantial volumes and types of data that can be applied for precision breeding, the wheat and rice research communities are working towards the development of integrated systems to access and standardize the dispersed, heterogeneous available data. Here, we outline the initiatives of the International Wheat Information System(WheatIS) and the International Rice Informatics Consortium (IRIC) to establish Web-based single-access systems and data mining tools to make the available resources more accessible, drive discovery and accelerate the production of new crop varieties. We discuss the progress of WheatIS and IRIC towards unifying specialized wheat and rice databases and building custom software platforms to manage and interrogate these data. Single-access crop information systems will strengthen scientific collaboration, optimize the use of public research funds and help achieve the required yield gains in the two most important global food crops.
Details
- Title
- Progress in single-access information systems for wheat and rice crop improvement
- Creators
- Armin Scheben - University of Western AustraliaChon-Kit Kenneth Chan - University of Western AustraliaLocedie Mansueto - Southern Cross University, Faculty of Science and EngineeringRamil Mauleon - International Rice Research InstitutePierre Larmande - Diversity Adaptation plant DevelopmentNickolai Alexandrov - International Rice Research Institute (Phillipines)Rod A. Wing - University of ArizonaKenneth L. McNally - International Rice Research InstituteHadi Quesneville - Université Paris-SaclayDavid Edwards - University of Western Australia
- Publication Details
- Briefings in bioinformatics, Vol.20(2), pp.565-571
- Publisher
- Oxford Univ Press
- Number of pages
- 7
- Grant note
- LP160100030; LP140100537; LP130100061; LP130100925 / Australian Research Council IPRS Taiwan Council of Agriculture IRIC LP140100537; LP130100061; LP130100925; LP160100030 / Australian Research Council Australian government; Australian Government
- Identifiers
- 991013099201202368
- Copyright
- (c) The Author(s) 2018. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Science and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article