The Triticeae Toolbox (T3): Connecting Phenotypes, Genotypes, and Biological Knowledge

The Triticeaetoolbox (T3) is a database for wheat, barley, and oat that contains phenotype and genotype data used by plant breeders. The database facilitates collaboration by providing reports, statistical analysis, and genome wide association studies. T3 provides links to GRIN-Global, Ensembl Plant, URGI, Planteome and Crop Ontologies, and GrainGenes. Data is integrated with reference sequence resources using JBrowse genome browser. We provide a plant breeding application programing interface (BrAPI), which allows 3rd party analysis tools to directly access the data. T3 software is available under the GNU General Public License and is freely downloadable from GitHub. An overview of the advanced T3 tools and installation requirements for a T3-like database will be discussed.