Update on CottonGen: An integrated Genomics, Genetics and Breeding Database for the Cotton Research Community

CottonGen is the new cotton database that replaces CottonDB and the Cotton Marker Database (CMD) as a community portal for genomics, genetics and breeding research. In this update we report on new data and functionality. This  includes transcriptome and gene characterization by GO, KEGG, InterPro and BLAST,  marker-trait-locus and breeding data,  and the draft D Genome genome sequence and anotation, as well as enhanced tools for easy querying and visualizing research data.  The database is built using the open-source Tripal database infrastructure developed for other plant databases such as Cacao, Citrus, Rosaceae, Vaccinium, Fagaceae and Cool Season Food Legumes. Future development is further highlighted including synteny and pathway tools.