CottonGen is a cotton community genomics, genetics and breeding database being developed to enable basic, translational and applied research in cotton. It is being built using the open-source Tripal database infrastructure. CottonGen initially consolidated the data from CottonDB and the Cotton Marker Database, which includes sequences, genetic and physical maps, genotypic and phenotypic markers and polymorphisms, QTLs, pathogens, germplasm collections and trait evaluations, pedigrees, and relevant bibliographic citations. It has expanded to include annotated transcriptome, genome sequence, marker-trait-locus and breeding data, as well as enhanced tools for easy querying and visualizing research data. It will faciliate community communication and collaboration through housing the ICGI website and mailing lists. This project is funded by Cotton Incorporated, USDA NIFA NRSP10, the USDA-ARS Crop Germplasm Research Unit at College Station, TX, the Southern Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors, Bayer CropScience, Dow/Phytogen, Monsanto and Washington State University.
The CottonGen Team
Dr. Dorrie Main Principal Investigator |
Dr. Sook Jung Co-PI |
Dr. Jing Yu Research Associate |
Dr. James Crabb Data Curator |
Dr. Ping Zheng Research Associate |
Dr. Jodi Humann Research Associate |
Chun-Huai Cheng Developer |
Taein Lee Developer |
Katheryn Buble Developer |
Heidi Hough Database |
Morgan Frank Data Curator |
Kristin Scott Data Curator |