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Progress in single-access information systems for wheat and rice crop improvement
Armin Scheben1, Chon-Kit Kenneth Chan1, Locedie Mansueto2
1School of Biological Sciences and Institute of Agriculture, University of Western Australia, 6009 Perth, WA, Australia.
Briefings in Bioinformatics
|April 17, 2018
Summary
Improving wheat and rice yields is crucial for global food security. New data systems from WheatIS and IRIC aim to accelerate crop breeding and achieve necessary yield gains for these staple crops.
Area of Science:
- Agricultural Science
- Bioinformatics
- Genetics
Background:
- Global population growth and climate change necessitate increased productivity of staple crops like wheat and rice.
- Current yield improvement rates are insufficient to meet future food demands.
- Advancements in precision breeding rely heavily on the integration of large-scale crop data.
Purpose of the Study:
- To outline initiatives by the International Wheat Information System (WheatIS) and the International Rice Informatics Consortium (IRIC).
- To describe the development of integrated, Web-based systems for accessing and standardizing dispersed crop data.
- To enhance data accessibility, drive scientific discovery, and accelerate the development of new wheat and rice varieties.
Main Methods:
- Developing Web-based single-access information systems for wheat and rice data.
- Creating data mining tools to analyze and interpret integrated crop datasets.
- Unifying specialized databases and building custom software platforms for data management and interrogation.
Main Results:
- Progress in establishing unified databases for wheat and rice.
- Development of integrated platforms for managing and querying crop-related information.
- Increased accessibility of dispersed, heterogeneous data resources for researchers.
Conclusions:
- Integrated crop information systems strengthen scientific collaboration and optimize research funding.
- These systems are vital for accelerating breeding programs and achieving required yield gains in wheat and rice.
- Enhanced data accessibility and analysis are key to addressing global food security challenges.
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