Table 3.

Public plant genome sequencing projects


Group

Organism

EST

Gen.

Comment
Flowering plants
   Asterids Tomato + + Map-based sequencing initiated
Tobacco +
Potato + + Map-based sequencing planned
   Rosids Arabidopsis thaliana + + Map-based sequencing completed 2000
Arabidopsis lyrata + Whole-genome shotgun starts 2006
Capsella rubella (Shepherd's Purse) + Whole-genome shotgun starts 2006
Brassica + + Map-based sequencing planned
Cotton +
Soybean +
Lotus + + Map-based sequencing underway
Mimulus (Monkey Flower) + Whole-genome shotgun starts 2006
Medicago (barrel medic) + + Map-based sequencing underway
Cottonwood/aspen + + Whole-genome shotgun completed 2004
   Monocots Barley +
Rice + + Map-based sequencing completed 2000
Sorghum + + Whole-genome shotgun starts 2006
Wheat +
Maize + + Map-based sequencing announced
   Conifers Pinus +
Gnetum +
   Club moss Selaginella + + Whole-genome shotgun underway
   Moss Physcomitrella + + Whole-genome shotgun underway
   Green algae
Chlamydomonas

+
Whole-genome shotgun completed 2005