Open AccessAn introduction to the China Rice Functional Genomics Program
Author(s) -
Xue Yongbiao,
Xu Zhihong
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
comparative and functional genomics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1532-6268
pISSN - 1531-6912
DOI - 10.1002/cfg.147
Subject(s) - functional genomics , christian ministry , china , genomics , microbiology and biotechnology , identification (biology) , biology , chinese academy of sciences , political science , genetics , genome , gene , ecology , law
The China Rice Functional Genomics Program (CRFGP) was initiated in 1999by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China under the National BasicSciences Initiative and was expected to last for an initial period of fiveyears. The CRFGP involves 20 research groups from the Chinese Academy of Sciencesand some major universities and focuses on the identification of genes controllingflowering, plant architecture, fertility, reproduction, metabolic controlsand stress responses in rice through a combinatorial approach based on genetics, molecularbiology and functional genomics as well as the generation of intellectualproperties related to crop breeding and improvements. We will briefly describethe mission of the CRFGP as well as its recent progress. Copyright ©2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.