Current status of community resources and priorities for weed genomics research
Jacob E. Montgomery, Sarah Morran, Dana R. MacGregor, J. Scott McElroy, Paul Neve, Célia Neto, Martín M. Vila‐Aiub, Maria Victoria Sandoval, Analía I. Menéndez, Julia M. Kreiner, Longjiang Fan, Ana L. Caicedo, Peter J. Maughan, Bianca Assis Barbosa Martins, Jagoda Mika, Alberto Collavo, Aldo Merotto, Nithya Subramanian, Muthukumar Bagavathiannan, Luan Cutti, Md Mazharul Islam, Bikram S. Gill, Robert M. Cicchillo, Roger E. Gast, Neeta Soni, Terry R. Wright, Gina Zastrow‐Hayes, Gregory D. May, Jenna Malone, Deepmala Sehgal, Shiv Shankhar Kaundun, Richard P. Dale, Juan Vorster, B. Peters, Jens Lerchl, Patrick J. Tranel, Roland Beffa, Alexandre Fournier‐Level, Mithila Jugulam, Kevin Fengler, Víctor Llaca, Eric L. Patterson, Todd A. Gaines
Abstract
Weeds are attractive models for basic and applied research due to their impacts on agricultural systems and capacity to swiftly adapt in response to anthropogenic selection pressures. Currently, a lack of genomic information precludes research to elucidate the genetic basis of rapid adaptation for important traits like herbicide resistance and stress tolerance and the effect of evolutionary mechanisms on wild populations. The International Weed Genomics Consortium is a collaborative group of scientists focused on developing genomic resources to impact research into sustainable, effective weed control methods and to provide insights about stress tolerance and adaptation to assist crop breeding.