NRSP10 Crop Databases

National Research Support Project 10 (NRSP10, www.nrsp10.org) “National Database Resources for Crop Genomics, Genetics and Breeding Research” is a USDA and industry funded project which provides standardized database and informatics resources for undeserved or specialty crops such as tree fruit, nuts, and berries. It builds on existing database resources developed for Rosaceae (Genome Database for Rosaceae, www.rosaceae.org), Citrus (Citrus Genome Database, www.citrusgenomedb.org), Vaccinium (Genome Database for Vaccinium, www.vaccinium.org), Cool Season Food Legumes (Cool Season Food Legume Genome Database, www.csfl.org) and Cotton (CottonGen, www.cottongen.org). Developed using Tripal, an open-source, modular, well supported platform, these community databases provide centralized access to integrated genomic, genetic and breeding data and analysis tools for 24 crops representing a combined annual production value of over $25 B. In this presentation we will describe the communities these databases serve and the efforts and costs associated with their infrastructure development, data curation and maintenance as well as plans for long term support.