Meadow fescue (Festuca pratensis Huds.) is one of the most important forage grasses in temperate regions. It is a diploid (2n = 14) outbreeding species that belongs to the genus Festuca. Together with Lolium perenne, they are the most important genera of forage grasses. Meadow fescue has very high quality of yield with good winter survival and persistency. However, extensive genomic resources for meadow fescue have not become available so far. To address this lack of comprehensive publicly available datasets, we have developed functionally annotated draft genome sequences of two meadow fescue genotypes, ‘HF7/2’ and ‘B14/16’, and constructed the platform ForageGrassBase, available at http://foragegrass.org/, for data visualization, download and querying. This is the first open-access platform that provides extensive genomic resources related to this forage grass species. The current database provides the most up-to-date draft genome sequence along with structural and functional annotations for genes that can be accessed using Genome Browser (GBrowse), along with comparative genomic alignments to Arabidopsis, L. perenne, barley, rice, Brachypodium and maize genomes. We have integrated homologous search tool BLAST also for the users to analyze their data. Combined, GBrowse, BLAST and downloadable data gives a user-friendly access to meadow fescue genomic resources. To our knowledge, ForageGrassBase is the first genome database dedicated to forage grasses. The current forage grass database provides valuable resources for a range of research fields related to meadow fescue and other forage crop species, as well as for plant research communities in general. The genome database can be accessed at http://foragegrass.org.

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ForageGrassBase：草料草地羊茅（Festuca pratensis Huds。）的分子资源。

草甸羊茅（Festuca pratensis Huds。）是温带地区最重要的牧草之一。它是二倍体（2n = 14）远缘种，属于Festuca属。与黑麦草perenne一起，它们是牧草最重要的属。草地羊茅具有很高的单产质量，并具有良好的冬季存活率和持久性。然而，到目前为止，尚未获得用于草甸羊茅的广泛的基因组资源。为了解决缺乏全面的公开可用数据集的问题，我们开发了功能上带有注释的两种草甸羊茅基因型'HF7 / 2'和'B14 / 16'的基因组序列草案，并构建了平台ForageGrassBase，可从http：// foragegrass获得。 org /，用于数据可视化，下载和查询。这是第一个开放式平台，可提供与该饲草类有关的广泛基因组资源。当前数据库提供了最新的基因组草图序列，以及可通过基因组浏览器（GBrowse）访问的基因的结构和功能注释，拟南芥，L。perenne，大麦，水稻，短枝孢属和玉米基因组。我们还集成了同源搜索工具BLAST，供用户分析其数据。结合使用GBrowse，BLAST和可下载的数据，可以方便地访问草地羊茅基因组资源。据我们所知，ForageGrassBase是第一个专门用于饲草的基因组数据库。当前的草料数据库为与草地羊茅和其他草料作物种类有关的一系列研究领域以及整个植物研究界提供了宝贵的资源。基因组数据库可在http://foragegrass.org上访问。