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 BBSRC Small grain cereals collections - JIC

These are the largest and most authoritative cereal collections in the UK comprising 9513 wheat, 10838 barley and 2613 oat accessions.
http://www.jic.ac.uk/GERMPLAS/bbsrc_ce/index.htm

 Brachypodium T-DNA lines - BrachyTAG – JIC

Brachypodium distachyon is a promising model system for temperate grasses structural and functional genomics because of its physical, genetic and genome attributes. The sequencing of the inbred line Bd21 (www.brachypodium.org) started in 2007. However, a transformation method remains to be developed for the community standard line Bd21. Here we describe a facile, efficient and rapid transformation system for Bd21 using Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of compact embryogenic calli (CEC) derived from immature embryos.
http://www.brachytag.org/collection.htm

 Forage grasses - IGER

Temperate forage grasses with the emphasis on wild and semi-natural populations of those species which are of importance to UK agriculture i.e. Lolium, Festuca and Dactylis. Also includes old cultivars and landraces used in UK agriculture. Select 'UK National Plant Inventory', then search for specific genera or species.
http://grfa.org.uk/search/plants/index.html

 List of T-DNA inserts in Brachypodium genes with putative/identified function - BrachyTAG

The list of genes provided below has been obtained by BLAST search routine against sequences available in online databases (e.g. GenBank, EMBL). T1 seeds are available from all T-DNA insertion lines (genotype Bd21). Validation and T2 seed production is ongoing. T1 and/or T2 seeds are available from the John Innes Centre and can be requested online.
http://www.brachytag.org/known-genes.htm

 Miscanthus - IGER

As part of IGER’s interest in energy crops, DEFRA is funding a Miscanthus genetic improvement programme.
http://www.iger.bbsrc.ac.uk/miscanthus/

 Rothamsted Research - Barley Diversity Collection

At Rothamsted Research we have assembled a Barley Diversity (RBD) collection comprising 1090 landraces and non-current cultivars (i.e. those acquired or released prior to the 1940s). The accessions in this collection differ in growth habits and other morphological characteristics and originated from 83 countries spread over six continents.
http://www.rothamsted.bbsrc.ac.uk/ppi/staff/kk.html

 Special WGIN resource newsletter

This newsletter describes some of the germplasm collections listed here.
http://www.wgin.org.uk/wgin_2003-2008/index.php?area=Stakeholders&page=newsletter

 Triticum monococcum - RRes

 Watkins Collection Data from the 2006 JIC field trial

The A E Watkins collection is held in the John Innes Centre germplasm collection, and was collected in the 1930s, using connections Watkins (at the University of Cambridge) had with the London Board of Trade. ... excel spreadsheet
http://www.wgin.org.uk/ResearchAct/WatkinsField2006Data.xls

 Watkins collection of landraces wheats - JIC

Comprises some 1200 selections of landrace wheats collected from around the world in the late 1920s. This provides a unique snapshot of genetic diversity and geographic distribution prior to large scale plant breeding. It is also a source of novel genes for wheat improvement.
http://www.wgin.org.uk/index.php?area=ResearchAct&page=obj2

 WGIN Research Results

Watkins collection phenotype data from the 2006 JIC field trial - Phenotype data of the EMS mutated Paragon M5 population collected at JIC between March and August 2006- Mapping data for the Avalon x Cadenza DH population - Development and analysis of 146 Conserved Orthologous Sequence (COS) markers in Wheat, Rice and Brachypodium distachyon - Avalon and Cadenza Field Trial 2006
http://www.wgin.org.uk/resources/researchresults.php

 Wild Triticeae collection - JIC

(2x, 4x and 6x wheat species, and both wild and cultivated relatives) The collection of around 1350 accessions has been built up over the past 60 years. An extremely diverse source of novel genes for cereal improvement, which is thus additionally important for taxonomic reference studies.
http://data.jic.bbsrc.ac.uk/cgi-bin/germplasm/triticeae/

Monogram Network Web Sites

The Smart Carbohydrate Centre provides completely new resources for end-users and breeders of wheat and barley, paving the way for the development of new cultivars with improved or novel food and industrial value, and of new, renewable raw materials for industry.

On this website we describe the life cycle of WHEAT, from seed germination to harvest ripe with special emphasis on the development of the grain after fertilisation.

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