Whole genome sequence data for Bovidae Bos taurus - beef Angus. The data is in "fastq" format. The National Animal Germplasm Program does not have germplasm for this animal. There are two versions of each file because we did paired end sequencing. There are two reads for each of the 210 data lines (a forward and a reverse read) summing to 420 total. A diagram of this is provided in the Collection Dataset . In the diagram, the two reads would correspond to read 1 and read 3.

Whole genome sequence data for Bovidae Bos taurus - beef Angus. The data is in "fastq" format. The National Animal Germplasm Program has germplasm for this animal, with the repository number 16378. There are two versions of each file because we did paired end sequencing. There are two reads for each of the 210 data lines (a forward and a reverse read) summing to 420 total. A diagram of this is provided in the Collection Dataset . In the diagram, the two reads would correspond to read 1 and read 3.

Whole genome sequence data for Bovidae Bos taurus - beef Angus. The data is in "fastq" format. The National Animal Germplasm Program does not have germplasm for this animal. There are two versions of each file because we did paired end sequencing. There are two reads for each of the 210 data lines (a forward and a reverse read) summing to 420 total. A diagram of this is provided in the Collection Dataset. In the diagram, the two reads would correspond to read 1 and read 3.

Whole genome sequence data for Bovidae Bos taurus - beef Angus. The data is in "fastq" format. The National Animal Germplasm Program has germplasm for this animal, with the repository number 20544. There are two versions of each file because we did paired end sequencing. There are two reads for each of the 210 data lines (a forward and a reverse read) summing to 420 total. A diagram of this is provided in the Collection Dataset. In the diagram, the two reads would correspond to read 1 and read 3.

Whole genome sequence data for Bovidae Bos taurus - beef Angus. The data is in "fastq" format. The National Animal Germplasm Program has germplasm for this animal, with the repository number 20545. There are two versions of each file because we did paired end sequencing. There are two reads for each of the 210 data lines (a forward and a reverse read) summing to 420 total. A diagram of this is provided in the Collection Dataset. In the diagram, the two reads would correspond to read 1 and read 3.

Whole genome sequence data for Bovidae Bos taurus - beef Angus. The data is in "fastq" format. The National Animal Germplasm Program has germplasm for this animal, with the repository number 20587. There are two versions of each file because we did paired end sequencing. There are two reads for each of the 210 data lines (a forward and a reverse read) summing to 420 total. A diagram of this is provided in the Collection Dataset. In the diagram, the two reads would correspond to read 1 and read 3.

Whole genome sequence data for Bovidae Bos taurus - beef Angus. The data is in "fastq" format. The National Animal Germplasm Program has germplasm for this animal, with the repository number 20598. There are two versions of each file because we did paired end sequencing. There are two reads for each of the 210 data lines (a forward and a reverse read) summing to 420 total. A diagram of this is provided in the Collection Dataset. In the diagram, the two reads would correspond to read 1 and read 3.

Whole genome sequence data for Bovidae Bos taurus - beef Angus. The data is in "fastq" format. The National Animal Germplasm Program has germplasm for this animal, with the repository number 20658. There are two versions of each file because we did paired end sequencing. There are two reads for each of the 210 data lines (a forward and a reverse read) summing to 420 total. A diagram of this is provided in the Collection Dataset. In the diagram, the two reads would correspond to read 1 and read 3.

Whole genome sequence data for Bovidae Bos taurus - beef Angus. The data is in "fastq" format. The National Animal Germplasm Program has germplasm for this animal, with the repository number 20735. There are two versions of each file because we did paired end sequencing. There are two reads for each of the 210 data lines (a forward and a reverse read) summing to 420 total. A diagram of this is provided in the Collection Dataset. In the diagram, the two reads would correspond to read 1 and read 3.

Whole genome sequence data for Bovidae Bos taurus - beef Angus. The data is in "fastq" format. The National Animal Germplasm Program has germplasm for this animal, with the repository number 20774. There are two versions of each file because we did paired end sequencing. There are two reads for each of the 210 data lines (a forward and a reverse read) summing to 420 total. A diagram of this is provided in the Collection Dataset. In the diagram, the two reads would correspond to read 1 and read 3.

Whole genome sequence data for Bovidae Bos taurus - beef Angus. The data is in "fastq" format. The National Animal Germplasm Program has germplasm for this animal, with the repository number 20783. There are two versions of each file because we did paired end sequencing. There are two reads for each of the 210 data lines (a forward and a reverse read) summing to 420 total. A diagram of this is provided in the Collection Dataset. In the diagram, the two reads would correspond to read 1 and read 3.

Whole genome sequence data for Bovidae Bos taurus - beef Angus. The data is in "fastq" format. The National Animal Germplasm Program has germplasm for this animal, with the repository number 20786. There are two versions of each file because we did paired end sequencing. There are two reads for each of the 210 data lines (a forward and a reverse read) summing to 420 total. A diagram of this is provided in the Collection Dataset. In the diagram, the two reads would correspond to read 1 and read 3.

Whole genome sequence data for Bovidae Bos taurus - beef Angus. The data is in "fastq" format. The National Animal Germplasm Program has germplasm for this animal, with the repository number 20816. There are two versions of each file because we did paired end sequencing. There are two reads for each of the 210 data lines (a forward and a reverse read) summing to 420 total. A diagram of this is provided in the Collection Dataset . In the diagram, the two reads would correspond to read 1 and read 3.

Whole genome sequence data for Bovidae Bos taurus - beef Angus. The data is in "fastq" format. The National Animal Germplasm Program has germplasm for this animal, with the repository number 20834. There are two versions of each file because we did paired end sequencing. There are two reads for each of the 210 data lines (a forward and a reverse read) summing to 420 total. A diagram of this is provided in the Collection Dataset. In the diagram, the two reads would correspond to read 1 and read 3.

Whole genome sequence data for Bovidae Bos taurus - beef Angus. The data is in "fastq" format. The National Animal Germplasm Program has germplasm for this animal, with the repository number 20841. There are two versions of each file because we did paired end sequencing. There are two reads for each of the 210 data lines (a forward and a reverse read) summing to 420 total. A diagram of this is provided in the Collection Dataset. In the diagram, the two reads would correspond to read 1 and read 3.

Whole genome sequence data for Bovidae Bos taurus - beef Angus. The data is in "fastq" format. The National Animal Germplasm Program has germplasm for this animal, with the repository number 24266. There are two versions of each file because we did paired end sequencing. There are two reads for each of the 210 data lines (a forward and a reverse read) summing to 420 total. A diagram of this is provided in the Collection Dataset. In the diagram, the two reads would correspond to read 1 and read 3.

Whole genome sequence data for Bovidae Bos taurus - beef Angus. The data is in "fastq" format. The National Animal Germplasm Program has germplasm for this animal, with the repository number 29443. There are two versions of each file because we did paired end sequencing. There are two reads for each of the 210 data lines (a forward and a reverse read) summing to 420 total. A diagram of this is provided in the Collection Dataset. In the diagram, the two reads would correspond to read 1 and read 3.

Whole genome sequence data for Bovidae Bos taurus - beef Angus. The data is in "fastq" format. The National Animal Germplasm Program has germplasm for this animal, with the repository number 29451. There are two versions of each file because we did paired end sequencing. There are two reads for each of the 210 data lines (a forward and a reverse read) summing to 420 total. A diagram of this is provided in the Collection Dataset. In the diagram, the two reads would correspond to read 1 and read 3.

Whole genome sequence data for Bovidae Bos taurus - beef Angus. The data is in "fastq" format. The National Animal Germplasm Program does not have germplasm for this animal. There are two versions of each file because we did paired end sequencing. There are two reads for each of the 210 data lines (a forward and a reverse read) summing to 420 total. A diagram of this is provided in the Collection Dataset. In the diagram, the two reads would correspond to read 1 and read 3.

Whole genome sequence data for Bovidae Bos taurus - beef Angus. The data is in "fastq" format. The National Animal Germplasm Program has germplasm for this animal, with the repository number 44462. There are two versions of each file because we did paired end sequencing. There are two reads for each of the 210 data lines (a forward and a reverse read) summing to 420 total. A diagram of this is provided in the Collection Dataset. In the diagram, the two reads would correspond to read 1 and read 3.

Whole genome sequence data for Bovidae Bos taurus - beef Angus. The data is in "fastq" format. The National Animal Germplasm Program has germplasm for this animal, with the repository number 44542. There are two versions of each file because we did paired end sequencing. There are two reads for each of the 210 data lines (a forward and a reverse read) summing to 420 total. A diagram of this is provided in the Collection Dataset. In the diagram, the two reads would correspond to read 1 and read 3.

Whole genome sequence data for Bovidae Bos taurus - beef Angus. The data is in "fastq" format. The National Animal Germplasm Program has germplasm for this animal, with the repository number 44718. There are two versions of each file because we did paired end sequencing. There are two reads for each of the 210 data lines (a forward and a reverse read) summing to 420 total. A diagram of this is provided in the Collection Dataset . In the diagram, the two reads would correspond to read 1 and read 3.

Whole genome sequence data for Bovidae Bos taurus - beef Angus. The data is in "fastq" format. The National Animal Germplasm Program has germplasm for this animal, with the repository number 44883. There are two versions of each file because we did paired end sequencing. There are two reads for each of the 210 data lines (a forward and a reverse read) summing to 420 total. A diagram of this is provided in the Collection Dataset . In the diagram, the two reads would correspond to read 1 and read 3.

Whole genome sequence data for Bovidae Bos taurus - beef Angus. The data is in "fastq" format. The National Animal Germplasm Program has germplasm for this animal, with the repository number 44982. There are two versions of each file because we did paired end sequencing. There are two reads for each of the 210 data lines (a forward and a reverse read) summing to 420 total. A diagram of this is provided in the Collection Dataset. In the diagram, the two reads would correspond to read 1 and read 3.

Whole genome sequence data for Bovidae Bos taurus - beef Angus. The data is in "fastq" format. The National Animal Germplasm Program has germplasm for this animal, with the repository number 44993. There are two versions of each file because we did paired end sequencing. There are two reads for each of the 210 data lines (a forward and a reverse read) summing to 420 total. A diagram of this is provided in the Collection Dataset. In the diagram, the two reads would correspond to read 1 and read 3.

Whole genome sequence data for Bovidae Bos taurus - beef Angus. The data is in "fastq" format. The National Animal Germplasm Program has germplasm for this animal, with the repository number 45052. There are two versions of each file because we did paired end sequencing. There are two reads for each of the 210 data lines (a forward and a reverse read) summing to 420 total. A diagram of this is provided in the Collection Dataset. In the diagram, the two reads would correspond to read 1 and read 3.

Whole genome sequence data for Bovidae Bos taurus - beef Angus. The data is in "fastq" format. The National Animal Germplasm Program has germplasm for this animal, with the repository number 45109. There are two versions of each file because we did paired end sequencing. There are two reads for each of the 210 data lines (a forward and a reverse read) summing to 420 total. A diagram of this is provided in the Collection Dataset. In the diagram, the two reads would correspond to read 1 and read 3.

Whole genome sequence data for Bovidae Bos taurus - beef Angus. The data is in "fastq" format. The National Animal Germplasm Program does not have germplasm for this animal. There are two versions of each file because we did paired end sequencing. There are two reads for each of the 210 data lines (a forward and a reverse read) summing to 420 total. A diagram of this is provided in the Collection Dataset. In the diagram, the two reads would correspond to read 1 and read 3.

Whole genome sequence data for Bovidae Bos taurus - beef Angus. The data is in "fastq" format. The National Animal Germplasm Program does not have germplasm for this animal. There are two versions of each file because we did paired end sequencing. There are two reads for each of the 210 data lines (a forward and a reverse read) summing to 420 total. A diagram of this is provided in the Collection Dataset. In the diagram, the two reads would correspond to read 1 and read 3.

Whole genome sequence data for Bovidae Bos taurus - beef Angus. The data is in "fastq" format. The National Animal Germplasm Program does not have germplasm for this animal. There are two versions of each file because we did paired end sequencing. There are two reads for each of the 210 data lines (a forward and a reverse read) summing to 420 total. A diagram of this is provided in the Collection Dataset. In the diagram, the two reads would correspond to read 1 and read 3.

Whole genome sequence data for Bovidae Bos taurus - beef Angus, 30 animals in total. The data is in "fastq" format. There are two versions of each file because we did paired end sequencing. There are two reads for each of the 210 data lines (a forward and a reverse read) summing to 420 total. A diagram of this is attached. In the diagram, the two reads would correspond to read 1 and read 3.

Animal genetic resources underpin the livestock sector's production and profitability. As a result livestock industries contribute billions of dollars to national economies. The Animal Germplasm Resources Information Network (A-GRIN) mission is to acquire, evaluate and preserve these strategic resources so that industry and the research community can have access to a broad array of genetic variability for: national security, introduction of genetic variation, corrective breeding, and various research initiatives. There are three major technical components: Information Systems to better understand genetic diversity in the collection of germplasm and live populations. Genetic Evaluation - understanding genetic diversity for the collection of germplasm and live populations. Cryobiology, the discipline that enables the program to store gametes and various tissues at ultra-low temperatures (about -196°C). In addition this program interacts with a wide range of livestock producers, researchers, and various industry representatives. Users can drill down to explore the germplasm collection by species, breed, line, and individual; compare taxonomies; find animals that meet their criteria to make a germplasm request.

This is part of the CORE project efforts to further develop tools for oat research through the development of oat SNP panels and Identification of loci affecting key traits in North American germplasm. Project activities are reported here.

737 PI accessions from the US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service Sweetpotato Collection were grown in the field and in greenhouse pots, and storage roots were harvested. The periderm (skin) and stele (flesh) of storage roots were measured using a Konica Minolta Chroma Meter (CR 400, Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, Japan), and data were recorded using the CIE 1976 L*a*b* and CIE L*C*h* color spaces. Data from this study is contained in a manuscript that will be submitted to Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution under the title 'Color Analysis of Storage Roots from the USDA, ARS Sweetpotato Germplasm Collection.' Data parameters presented are lightness (L*), red-green coordinate (a*), yellow-blue coordinate (b*), color intensity or chroma (C*), and hue angle (H*). Also included in this data set are percentage dry matter and root densities as these data are correlated to color values.

Buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris L. syn. Pennisetum ciliare (L.) Link) is an economically important warm-season perennial used primarily as a forage and range grass in many of the drier regions throughout the subtropics and tropics. Because buffel grass has excellent drought tolerance combined with desirable forage traits, it is an important forage and range grass in parts of Africa, including South Africa. It was introduced into many of the arid subtropical regions of the world, primarily Australia, North America, and South America, and today the species is grown on more than 50 million ha worldwide. Knowledge of the ploidy, meiotic behavior, and fertility of the plants used in hybridization programs became important because success depended upon using meiotically stable parental lines with compatible chromosome numbers. Little is known about the chromosome number of the buffel grass accessions in the USDA National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS) because the species has small chromosomes, that makes them difficult to count using traditional cytological methods. The DNA content of 568 accessions of buffel grass in the USDA National Plant Germplasm System was determined through flow cytometry to predict their ploidy levels. Based on DNA content, 308 accessions were determined as tetraploids with 36 chromosomes, 139 as pentaploids with 45 chromosomes, 20 as hexaploids with 54 chromosomes, two as septaploids with 63 chromosomes, and 99 as aneuploids. Chromosome counts of selected plants confirmed ploidy levels from DNA findings. Chromosome number of euploid plants could be predicted from the DNA data. The findings from this investigation reveal that the accessions in the buffel grass collection consist of a wide range of cytotypes, including polyploids and aneuploids with varying chromosome numbers. This demonstrates the amount of chromosomal diversity that occurs within the species and this collection. Grass breeders who use the buffel grass germplasm in the NPGS in their breeding programs should ensure that they know the chromosome number of the material requested. The predicted ploidy levels in Supplementary Table 1 will provide that information to the breeders.

The GSOR website describes the GSOR germplasm collection; provides information on how to donate to the collection and how to request from the collection.

The Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) is an online portal for information about agricultural genetic resources that are managed by the Agricultural Research Service of USDA, along with U.S. partnering organizations. The content includes general information about ARS animal, microbial and plant germplasm collections, most notably the U.S. National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS). The NPGS curates more than 600,000 active accessions of living plant material at 20 genebank locations around the U.S., and makes small quantities available globally to plant breeders and other professional scientists. GRIN also documents activities of Crop Germplasm Committees (CGC) that support the NPGS. The CGCs are comprised of public and private sector subject matter experts for a given crop (there are currently 44 CGCs) who voluntarily provide input on technical and operational matters to the NPGS. The site includes two searchable datasets: the ARS Rhizobium collection and Plant Variety Protection Certificates. The Rhizobium collection is living bacteria that nodulate the roots of leguminous plants symbiotically to provide nitrogen fixation. Samples are available to research scientists globally upon request. The Plant Variety Protection (PVP) Certificates are issued by the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) of USDA to provide intellectual property protection to registered new varieties of plants that are propagated by seed or tubers. The GRIN site allows queries of PVPs by certificate number, name of the crop, variety name, or certificate holder, all using data provided by the AMS.

The Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) is an online portal for information about agricultural genetic resources that are managed by the Agricultural Research Service of USDA, along with U.S. partnering organizations. The content includes general information about ARS animal, microbial and plant germplasm collections, most notably the U.S. National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS). The NPGS curates more than 600,000 active accessions of living plant material at 20 genebank locations around the U.S., and makes small quantities available globally to plant breeders and other professional scientists. GRIN also documents activities of Crop Germplasm Committees (CGC) that support the NPGS. The CGCs are comprised of public and private sector subject matter experts for a given crop (there are currently 44 CGCs) who voluntarily provide input on technical and operational matters to the NPGS. The site includes two searchable datasets: the ARS Rhizobium collection and Plant Variety Protection Certificates. The Rhizobium collection is living bacteria that nodulate the roots of leguminous plants symbiotically to provide nitrogen fixation. Samples are available to research scientists globally upon request. The Plant Variety Protection (PVP) Certificates are issued by the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) of USDA to provide intellectual property protection to registered new varieties of plants that are propagated by seed or tubers. The GRIN site allows queries of PVPs by certificate number, name of the crop, variety name, or certificate holder, all using data provided by the AMS.

The Maize Genetics Cooperation Stock Center is operated by USDA/ARS, located at the University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign, and integrated with the National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS). The center serves the maize research community by collecting, maintaining and distributing seeds of maize genetic stocks, and providing information about maize stocks and the mutations they carry through the Maize Genetics and Genomics Database (MaizeGDB). Users can browse to obtain detailed information about the following stocks: Chromosome 1 Markers Chromosome 2 Markers Chromosome 3 Markers Chromosome 4 Markers Chromosome 5 Markers Chromosome 6 Markers Chromosome 7 Markers Chromosome 8 Markers Chromosome 9 Markers Chromosome 10 Markers Unplaced Genes Multiple Genes Rare Isozyme B-Chromosome Alien Addition Trisomic Tetraploid Cytoplasmic-Sterile / Restorer Cytoplasmic Trait Toolkit B-A Translocations (Basic Set) B-A Translocations (Others) Inversion Reciprocal Translocations (wx1 and Wx1 marked) Stock records include information on availability, annotations, related records (genotypic variations, phenotypes), GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) information, and offsite resources.

MaizeGDB is a community-oriented, long-term, federally funded informatics service to researchers focused on the crop plant and model organism Zea mays. Genomic, genetic, sequence, germplasm, gene product, metabolic pathways, functional characterization, literature reference, diversity, and expression are among the datatypes stored at MaizeGDB. At the project's website are custom interfaces enabling researchers to browse data and to seek out specific information matching explicit search criteria. First released in 1991 with the name MaizeDB, the Maize Genetics and Genomics Database, now MaizeGDB (since 2003), is funded, developed, and hosted by the USDA-ARS located at Ames, Iowa.

PeanutBase (peanutbase.org) is the primary genetics and genomics database for cultivated peanut and its wild relatives. It houses information about genome sequences, genes and predicted functions, genetic maps, markers, links to germplasm resources, and maps of peanut germplasm origins. This resource is being developed for U.S. and International peanut researchers and breeders, with support from The Peanut Foundation and the many contributors that have made the Peanut Genomics Initiative possible. Funded by The Peanut Foundation as part of the Peanut Genomics Initiative. Additional support from USDA-ARS. Database developed and hosted by the USDA-ARS SoyBase and Legume Clade Database group at Ames, IA, with NCGR and other participants.

GRIN-Global is an ongoing international collaborative project to develop shared and open-source applications that help manage plant germplasm collections. The software was jointly developed by the Agricultural Research Service of USDA, Global Crop Diversity Trust, and Bioversity International, with the first version released in December 2011. The ARS has used GRIN-Global to manage its plant germplasm collections, the U.S. National Plant Germplasm System, since November 2015. GRIN-Global is an extension of Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) information management system, which was first developed by ARS beginning in the mid-1980s. GRIN-Global is comprised of a suite of computer applications that are used internally by genebank staff to curate collections, as well as a public website through which scientists can query the database and request samples of germplasm through a shopping cart process.