Plant Model Organism Databases
BrachyPan - model grass
Brachypodium distachyon
Chlamydomonas Center - green alga
Chlamydomonas
GrainGenes - grasses
Triticum and Avena species
Gramene - cultivated rice, wild rice, maize, wheat, barley, sorghum, pearl millet, foxtail, and oats
Oryza sativa and Zizania species, Zea mays, Triticum aestivum, Hordeum vulgare, Sorghum bicolor, Pennisetum glaucum, Alopecurus pratensis, Avena species, and other grasses
Legume Base - Lotus japonicus and soybean
Lotus japonicus and Glycine max
The Legume Information System - multiple legumes
Cicer arietinum, Glycine max, Lotus japonicus, Medicago truncatula, Phaseolus vulgaris, Vigna radiata and other legumes
Maize GDB - corn / maize
Zea mays
Medicago at INRAE/CNRS - barrel medic
Medicago truncatula
Oryzabase - rice species
Oryza species
Phytozome - more than 20 green plants
includes A. thaliana, A. lyrata, P. trichocarpa, Z. mays, O. sativa, V. vinifera, S. bicolor and an increasing number of other green plants
Rice Genome Research Project - cultivated rice
Oryza sativa
SGN (Sol Genomics Network) - tomato, potato, eggplant, pepper, petunia, coffee, petunia
Solanaceae and Rubiaceae species
Systematics and phylogeny of the mustard family Brassicaceae (Cruciferae)
SoyBase - soybean- insecure link
Glycine max
Wheat Genetic and Genomic Resources Center - wheat and related grasses
Triticum, Aegilops, and Haynaldia villosa species
Non-Plant Model Organism Databases
Dictybase - Dictyostelium
Dictyostelium discoideum
FlyBase - fruit fly
Drosophila species
MGI (Mouse Genome Informatics) - mouse
Mus musculus
OMIM (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man) - human
Homo sapiens
RGD (Rat Genome Database) - rat
Rattus norvegicus
S. pombe Genome Project - fission yeast
Schizosaccharomyces pombe
SGD (Saccharomyces Genome Database) - budding yeast / baker's yeast
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
WormBase - round worms
Caenorhabditis species
ZFIN - zebrafish
Danio rerio
Additional Organism-Specific Database Collections and Resources
JGI PhycoCosm Fungal Genetics Resource
JGI MycoCosm Fungal Genetics Resource
UCSC Multiple Species Genome Browser
NCBI BioProject Database
Worldwide Genetic Resources
Other plant genome sequencing projects
For the most current information and a complete set of links, please visit the:
NCBI BioProjects Database and restrict your search by 'Plants'