Cork Oak DB

Cork oak (Quercus suber) is one of the rare trees with the ability to produce cork, a material widely used to make wine bottle stoppers, flooring and insulation materials, among many other uses. The molecular mechanisms of cork formation are still poorly understood, in great part due to the difficulty in studying a species with a long life-cycle and for which there is scarce molecular/genomic information. Cork oak forests are of great ecological importance and represent a major economic and social resource in Southern Europe and Northern Africa. However, global warming is threatening the cork oak forests by imposing thermal, hydric and many types of novel biotic stresses. Despite the economic and social value of the Q. suber species, few genomic resources have been developed, useful for biotechnological applications and improved forest management.

栓皮栎（Quercus suber）是少数能够产出软木（cork）的树种之一，该材料被广泛用于制作葡萄酒瓶塞、地板及隔热材料等诸多用途。目前学界对软木形成的分子机制仍知之甚少，这在很大程度上源于该物种生命周期漫长，且相关分子/基因组学信息匮乏，导致研究难度较大。栓皮栎林具备极高的生态重要性，同时是南欧与北非地区重要的经济与社会资源。然而，全球变暖正通过施加热胁迫、水分胁迫以及多种新型生物胁迫，对栓皮栎林构成威胁。尽管Q. suber物种拥有显著的经济与社会价值，但目前开发的可用于生物技术应用及优化森林管理的基因组学资源仍十分有限。

搜集汇总

背景与挑战

背景概述

Cork Oak DB是一个专注于栓皮栎（Quercus suber）的基因组数据库门户，整合了该树种的基础与应用研究知识，特别是遗传学数据。它提供了栓皮栎的基因组草案、浏览和搜索功能，并汇集了其他相关科研数据，旨在支持育种策略开发和科学研究。