Pea Genomics: The Revolution Is Now!

Pea (Pisum sativumL.) is an important legume and model plant, but its large, transposon-rich genome has delayed development of genomic resources. Key genomic tools, including a comprehensive expression Gene Atlas, an Infinium SNP genotyping array, and dense genetic maps were recently developed for this species. These resources will be useful for gene discovery and synteny-based cloning approaches, and for surveys of genome evolution, genome-wide association studies, and genomic selection strategies.

This work was supported by the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) and funded by the French National Research Agency (Project ANR-09-GENM-026 “GENOPEA” and Project Investissements d’Avenir ANR-11-BTBR-0002 “PeaMUST”).