Wheat and barley Legacy for Breeding Improvement

An integrated approach combining genomics, genetics and agronomy to improve the European wheat and barley production

Data

Germplasms :    

• Wheat germplasm: 509 accessions (URGI) in public access
• Barley germplasm: 511 accessions (URGI) in public access. Download the full dataset: Whealbi_Barley_Genetic_Resources.xlsx (2.64 MB)

Variations:

• Whealbi variation database (HMGU): under construction
• Whealbi SNPs on the IWGSC Ref Seq v1.0 browser  (URGI)

Phenotyping:

• Wheat and barley phenotyping data (URGI)

Ontology:

• Wheat INRA Phenotype Ontology (WIPO) v1 (public access)

Project

Launched in January 2014 for a 5 year period, this project is funded by EU’s 7th Framework Programme for Research (FP7). It is coordinated by the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA, France) and involves the best European laboratories working on wheat and barley, in fields ranging from genomics to agronomy.

The objective of WHEALBI is to strengthen bread wheat and barley production in Europe by enabling the development of new, productive varieties adapted to cropping systems that require lower inputs and which are health and environment friendly.

Project website: http://www.whealbi.eu/