Announcing the Genome Atlas of Bamboo and Rattan (GABR) project: promoting research in evolution and in economically and ecologically beneficial plants

Hansheng Zhao; Shancen Zhao; International Network for Bamboo and Rattan; Benhua Fei; Huan Liu; Huanming Yang; Honghai Dai; Dan Wang; Wei Jin; Feng Tang; Qiang Gao; Hang Xun; Yuwei Wang; Lianghua Qi; Xianghua Yue; Shuyan Lin; Lianfeng Gu; Lubin Li; Tiansheng Zhu; Qiang Wei; Zhen Su; Tarmeze Bin Wanoup Ariffin Wan; Daniel A Ofori; George Mbeva Muthike; Yigardu Mulatu Mengesha; Roberto Magno de Castro E Silva; Antonio Ludovico Beraldo; Zhimin Gao; Xin Liu; Zehui Jiang

doi:10.1093/gigascience/gix046

Announcing the Genome Atlas of Bamboo and Rattan (GABR) project: promoting research in evolution and in economically and ecologically beneficial plants

Gigascience. 2017 Jul 1;6(7):1-7. doi: 10.1093/gigascience/gix046.

Authors

Hansheng Zhao¹, Shancen Zhao²; International Network for Bamboo and Rattan; Benhua Fei¹, Huan Liu², Huanming Yang², Honghai Dai¹, Dan Wang¹, Wei Jin³, Feng Tang¹, Qiang Gao², Hang Xun¹, Yuwei Wang¹, Lianghua Qi^{1

4

5}, Xianghua Yue^{1

6}, Shuyan Lin⁷, Lianfeng Gu⁸, Lubin Li⁹, Tiansheng Zhu¹⁰, Qiang Wei^{11

12}, Zhen Su¹³, Tarmeze Bin Wanoup Ariffin Wan¹⁴, Daniel A Ofori¹⁵, George Mbeva Muthike¹⁶, Yigardu Mulatu Mengesha¹⁷, Roberto Magno de Castro E Silva¹⁸, Antonio Ludovico Beraldo¹⁹, Zhimin Gao¹, Xin Liu², Zehui Jiang¹

Affiliations

¹ State Forestry Administration Key Open Laboratory on the Science and Technology of Bamboo and Rattan, International Center for Bamboo and Rattan, Futongdong Rd, WangJing, Chaoyang District 100102, Beijing, China.
² BGI-Shenzhen, Main Building Beishan Industrial Zone, Yantian District, Shenzhen 518083, Guangdong, China.
³ International Network for Bamboo and Rattan, Futongdong Rd, Wangjing, Chaoyang District 100102, Beijing, China.
⁴ Hainan Sanya National Positioning and Monitoring Station for Ecosystem of Bamboo and Rattan Associated Forest, Xincheng Rd, Tianya District, Sanya 572000, Hainan, China.
⁵ Research Institute of Tropical Forest Plants, International Center for Bamboo and Rattan, Xincheng Rd, Tianya District, Sanya 572000, Hainan, China.
⁶ Anhui Taiping Experimental Station, International Center for Bamboo and Rattan, Cuiwei Rd, Huangshan District, Huangshan 245716, Anhui, China.
⁷ Nanjing Forestry University, Bamboo Research Institute, Longpan Rd, Xuanwu District, Nanjing 210037, Jiangsu, China.
⁸ Basic Forestry and Proteomics Research Center, Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Shangxiadian Rd, Cangshan District, Fuzhou 350002, Fujian, China.
⁹ Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Xiangshan Rd, Haidian District 100091, Beijing, China.
¹⁰ School of Computer Science, Fudan University, Handan Rd, Yangpu District 200433, Shanghai, China.
¹¹ Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Longpan Rd, Xuanwu District, Nanjing 210037, Jiangsu, China.
¹² Bamboo Research Institute, Nanjing Forestry University, Longpan Rd, Xuanwu District, Nanjing 210037, Jiangsu, China.
¹³ State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China; Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan W Rd, Haidian District 100193, Beijing, China.
¹⁴ Forest Products Division, Forest Research Institute Malaysia, Jalan Frim, Kepong, Kuala Lumpur 52109, Selangor, Malaysia.
¹⁵ Forestry Research Institute of Ghana, KNUST, Kumasi PO Box UP 63, Ashanti, Ghana.
¹⁶ Kenya Forestry Research Institute, Muguga off Nairobi-Nakuru Highway, 20412-00200, Nairobi, Kenya.
¹⁷ Ethiopian Environment and Forest Research Institute, Gurd Shola, 24536-1000, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
¹⁸ Federal University of Goiás, R. Riachuelo, Setor Samuel Graham, Jataí - GO, 75804-020, Goiás, Brazil.
¹⁹ School of Agricultural Engineering, University of Campinas, Av. Cândido Rondon, 501 - Cidade Universitária, Campinas - SP, 13083-875, São Paulo, Brazil.

Abstract

Bamboo and rattan are widely grown for manufacturing, horticulture, and agroforestry. Bamboo and rattan production might help reduce poverty, boost economic growth, mitigate climate change, and protect the natural environment. Despite progress in research, sufficient molecular and genomic resources to study these species are lacking. We launched the Genome Atlas of Bamboo and Rattan (GABR) project, a comprehensive, coordinated international effort to accelerate understanding of bamboo and rattan genetics through genome analysis. GABR includes 2 core subprojects: Bamboo-T1K (Transcriptomes of 1000 Bamboos) and Rattan-G5 (Genomes of 5 Rattans), and several other subprojects. Here we describe the organization, directions, and status of GABR.

Keywords: GABR; bamboo; biodiversity; large-scale; multi-omics; rattan.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Calamus / genetics*
Databases, Genetic*
Evolution, Molecular
Genome, Plant*
Molecular Sequence Annotation
Plant Breeding*
Sasa / genetics*