Triticea EST Project

W.M. Keck Center for Comparative & Functional Genomics
University of Illinois, Urbana IL
B. Shaun Bushman, Project Leader
To facilitate characterization, breading, and functional genetics of perennial Triticeae grasses, the USDA-ARS Forage and Range Research Lab in Logan, Utah, and the University of Illinois Biotechnology Center developed EST libraries and SSR markers in three genera: Pseudoroegneria, Elymus, and Leymus. Please see each individual library for respective library information and data. Also, the reference below contains explanations of the libraries' synthesis and results. Please cite the following reference when using data from these libraries:
B. Shaun Bushman, Steve R. Larson, Ivan W. Mott, Paul F. Cliften, Richard R. C. Wang, N Jerry Chatterton, Alvaro G. Hernandez, Chahjahan Ali, Ryan W. Kim, Jyothi Thimmapuram, George Gong, Lei Liu, Mark A. Mikel.
Development and Annotation of Perennial Triticeae ESTSs and SSR Markers.
In press, 2008, Genome.
Leymus Project Summary
Leymus is an allpolyploid genus containing about 30 perennial wildrye grasses from different regions of the world. Basin wildrye ( Leymus cinereus) and creeping wildrye (Leymus triticoides) are two of the largest native grasses in western North America. Creeping x basin wildrye hybrids display a heterotic combination of traits, and are being used to identify genes and novel trait combinations needed to create new agricultural opportunities and enrich native environments. The Leymus EST library comprises interspecific hybrid tissues of subterranean rhizome/tiller buds and spring tillers. For more information refer to the paper noted above or contact Steve Larson (steve.larson@ars.usda.gov)
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    Elymus Project Summary
    The Elymus genus contains the largest number of species within perennial Triticeae. Elymus are nearly all allotetraploids, with North American species containing the St and H genomes. The Elymus EST library was constructed from subterranean rhizome and tiller buds from a single plant each of Snake River wheatgrass (E. wawawaiensis) and thickspike wheatgrass (E. lanceolatus). For more information refer to the paper noted above or contact Ivan Mott (ivan.mott.@ars.usda.gov)
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    Bluebunch Project Summary
    Bluebunch wheatgrass (Pseudoroegeneria spicata) is a diploid, outcrossing, perennial grass native to North America. Bluebunch wheatgrass contians the St genome, which is the most widely distributed genome within perennial Triticeae. The bluebunch EST library comprised tissues of salt/water stressed shoots, salt/water stressed roots, and etiolated seedlings. These tissues were collected from serveral plants of two sources; one from the cultiva 'Anotone' and one from a wildland great basin collection. For more information refer to the paper noted above or contact Shaun Bushman (shaun.bushman@ars.usda.gov)
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