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Oxford University Press, Briefings in Bioinformatics, 6(10), p. 645-653, 2009

DOI: 10.1093/bib/bbp036

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Bioinformatics in the orphan crops

Journal article published in 2009 by Ian Armstead, Lin Huang, Adriana Ravagnani, Paul Robson ORCID, Helen Ougham
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

Orphan crops are those which are grown as food, animal feed or other crops of some importance in agriculture, but which have not yet received the investment of research effort or funding required to develop significant public bioinformatics resources. Where an orphan crop is related to a well-characterised model plant species, comparative genomics and bioinformatics can often, though not always, be exploited to assist research and crop improvement. This review addresses some challenges and opportunities presented by bioinformatics in the orphan crops, using three examples: forage grasses from the genera Lolium and Festuca, forage legumes and the second generation energy crop Miscanthus.