LettuceDB: an integrated multi-omics database for cultivated lettuce
Wenhui Zhou, Tao Yang, Liucui Zeng, Jing Chen, Yayu Wang, Xing Guo, Lijin You, Yiqun Liu, Wensi Du, Fan Yang, Cong Hua, Jia Cai, T.J.L. van Hintum, Huan Liu, Ying Gu, Xiaofeng Wei, Tong Wei
Abstract
Crop genomics has advanced rapidly during the past decade, which generated a great abundance of omics data from multi-omics studies. How to utilize the accumulating data becomes a critical and urgent demand in crop science. As an attempt to integrate multi-omics data, we developed a database, LettuceDB (https://db.cngb.org/lettuce/), aiming to assemble multidimensional data for cultivated and wild lettuce germplasm. The database includes genome, variome, phenome, microbiome and spatial transcriptome. By integrating user-friendly bioinformatics tools, LettuceDB will serve as a one-stop platform for lettuce research and breeding in the future. Database URL: https://db.cngb.org/lettuce/.