Source: VA POLY INST & STATE UNIVERSITY submitted to
SEQUENCING, ASSEMBLY AND ANNOTATION OF THE AVOCADO CULTIVAR VC75 GENOME
Sponsoring Institution
Agricultural Research Service/USDA
Project Status
NEW
Funding Source
USDA INHOUSE
Reporting Frequency
Annual
Accession No.
0434027
Grant No.
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Project No.
6038-21000-024-003N
Proposal No.
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Multistate No.
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Program Code
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Project Start Date
Feb 1, 2018
Project End Date
Jan 31, 2020
Grant Year
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Project Director
GOENAGA R J
Recipient Organization
VA POLY INST & STATE UNIVERSITY
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BLACKSBURG,VA 24061
Performing Department
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Non Technical Summary
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Animal Health Component
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Research Effort Categories
Basic
20%
Applied
80%
Developmental
0%
Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)Subject of Investigation (SOI)Field of Science (FOS)Percent
20210991080100%
Knowledge Area
202 - Plant Genetic Resources;

Subject Of Investigation
1099 - Tropical/subtropical fruit, general/other;

Field Of Science
1080 - Genetics;
Goals / Objectives
Sequence, assemble and annotate the avocado cultivar VC75 genome.
Project Methods
VC75 genomic DNA will be commercially sequenced. Sequence data will be uploaded to USDA supercomputer Ceres (Iowa State University). Assembly and annotation will be performed on Ceres using available bioinformatics tools.