This report is the product of a National Research Council committee established at the request of the federal sponsors of the NPGI—the National Science Foundation, Department of Agriculture, and Department of Energy—to “conduct a study of the future directions of plant biology and genomics and recommend priorities for the next phase of the National Plant Genome Initiative.”

Contents

• THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
• COMMITTEE ON OBJECTIVES FOR THE NATIONAL PLANT GENOME INITIATIVE: 2003–2008
• BOARD ON LIFE SCIENCES
• BOARD ON AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES
• Acknowledgments
• Preface
• Executive Summary
• CHAPTER ONE. Introduction
  • ABOUT THIS REPORT
• CHAPTER TWO. Sequencing: Generation of the Raw Material
  • COMMUNITY STANDARDS FOR LARGE-SCALE SEQUENCING PROJECTS
  • PRE-PROJECT VETTING
  • ORGANIZATION
  • DATA RELEASE
  • METRICS OF SUCCESS
• CHAPTER THREE. Maximizing the Return from Reference Sequencing: Translational Agriculture
  • TOOLS FOR TRANSLATIONAL AGRICULTURE
  • PLANT INTERACTIONS WITH THEIR BIOTIC ENVIRONMENT
  • INFRASTRUCTURE FOR GENOMICS RESOURCES
• CHAPTER FOUR. Functional Exploitation of Genome Sequences
  • FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS
  • EXPANDING THE FUNCTIONAL-GENOMICS TOOLKIT
• CHAPTER FIVE. Genomics and the Major Transitions in Plant Evolution
• CHAPTER SIX. Development of a National Strategy for Plant Bioinformatics
• CHAPTER SEVEN. Achieving Interdisciplinary Training
• References
• APPENDIX A Workshop on the National Plant Genome Initiative: 2003–2008
• APPENDIX B Committee Biographies
• APPENDIX C Number of Publications in 2000–01 of 50 Most Cultivated Species
• Glossary

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.

This study was supported by Contract/Grant No. DBI-0215024 between the National Academy of Sciences and the National Science Foundation, Contract/Grant No. 59-0790-2-089 from the Department of Agriculture, and AP02-02C001575.000 of the Department of Energy. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the organizations or agencies that provided support for the project.