Whole genome shotgun survey sequencing of Barley cv. Morex for de novo assembly of gene-space

Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) is amongst the oldest domesticated crop plants and remains one of the world’s most important crop species. It is diploid with a haploid genome of 5.1 gigabases (Gb), twice the size of those of human and maize, and closely related to the most widely grown crop, hexaploid wheat. To meet global demand for food, feed and fibre, it is commonly agreed that reference genome sequences of our crop plants are urgently required to enable genome-assisted crop improvement. In the framework of the The International Barley Genome Sequencing Consortium (IBSC) we present here the whole genome shotgun rawdata of different barley cultivars and genotypes to build a physical ordered genetic and functional sequence resource.