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What is the Pulse Crop Database?

The Pulse Crop Database (PCD), formerly the Cool Season Food Legume Database (CSFL), is being developed by the Main Bioinformatics Laboratory at Washington State University in collaboration with the USDA-ARS Grain Legume Genetics and Physiology Research Unit, the USDA-ARS Plant Germplasm Introduction and Testing Unit, the USA Dry Pea and Lentil Council, Northern Pulse Growers and allied scientists in the US and across the world, to serve as a resource for Genomics-Assisted Breeding (GAB). GAB offers tools to identify genes related to traits of interest among other methods to optimize plant breeding efficiency and research, by providing relevant genomic, genetic and breeding information and analysis. Therefore, tools such as JBrowse and MapViewer can be found in this database, as well as key resources to provide the access to the annotation of available transcriptome data, helping pulse breeders and researchers to succeed in their programs.

Why do we need a Pulse Database?

Although there is wealth of pulse genetic research information in North America and throughout the world, there is still a need for a system that can organize, filter and provide analysis on the available research to be directly applied in breeding programs. The idea of creating this database emerged from several group discussions, in which USDA scientists, pulse breeders, data curators, university professors and bioinformaticians started working on the publicly available genetic and genomic information to make it available for practical use in breeding programs.

The PCD Team

Dr. Dorrie Main Principal Investigator	Dr. Sook Jung Co-Principal Investigator	Dr. Clare Coyne Co-Prinicpal Investigator	Dr. Rebecca McGee Co-Prinicpal Investigator	Dr. Jodi Humann Research Associate	Dr. Ping Zheng Research Associate
Dr. Jing Yu Research Associate	Chun-Huai Cheng Developer	Taein Lee Developer	Katheryn Buble Developer	Heidi Hough Database Administrator	Dr. James Crabb Data Curator

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