SorghumBase release 2 is out with 13 new sorghum genomes
SorghumBase Team
12 November 2021
The release provides access to 13 new sorghum varieties (Tao et al, 2021), for a total of 18 sorghum reference genomes, and 6 other species to support phylogenetic analyses, and cross-species comparisons.
Sorghum bicolor RTx430, a grain sorghum inbred commonly used as pollinator in hybrid production, whose genome is known to be rich in repeats, was assembled and annotated by (Deschamps et al. 2018).
Sorghum bicolor ‘RIO’, an archetypal sweet sorghum line characterized by their ability to produce a high concentration of soluble sugars in the stalk, which can be extracted for human consumption, was assembled and annotated by (Cooper et al, 2019).