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Drought tolerance project
I'm in Tanzania as an intern at a seed producing farm working with various tomato varieties. In a few months, I will be sequencing the genome on these varieties with the MinION from Oxford Nanopore Technology. I am looking for a complete and comprehensive list of the most promising genes that have been linked to drought tolerance. While searching for genes and loci on the solgenomics website I have found 56 entries when searching for ''drought'' in ''tomato''. I will need to select the most promising genes to perform a comparative analysis once I've sequenced the genome of various tomato varieties here in Tanzania. How complete do you think these 56 entries are and are there other sources I should consider? I would love to hear your suggestions, Lorenzo
This topic was started by Lorenzo Maal.
I'm in Tanzania as an intern at a seed producing farm working with various tomato varieties. In a few months, I will be sequencing the genome on these varieties with the MinION from Oxford Nanopore Technology. I am looking for a complete and comprehensive list of the most promising genes that have been linked to drought tolerance. While searching for genes and loci on the solgenomics website I have found 56 entries when searching for ''drought'' in ''tomato''. I will need to select the most promising genes to perform a comparative analysis once I've sequenced the genome of various tomato varieties here in Tanzania. How complete do you think these 56 entries are and are there other sources I should consider? I would love to hear your suggestions, Lorenzo
This topic was started by Lorenzo Maal.
Posted by Leonard Newman on 2025-07-06 23:30:14
Sounds like an exciting project! The 56 entries from Sol Genomics are a good start but likely not complete. I recommend also checking:
Recent literature on drought-tolerant tomatoes and wild relatives (S. pennellii, S. chilense)
Databases like NCBI, TAIR, Gramene, and Plant Reactome
Transcriptomic datasets (e.g., NCBI GEO) for genes expressed under drought stress
Cross-referencing these can help you identify the most promising candidate genes for your analysis. Best of luck!
https://snow-rider.io/
Recent literature on drought-tolerant tomatoes and wild relatives (S. pennellii, S. chilense)
Databases like NCBI, TAIR, Gramene, and Plant Reactome
Transcriptomic datasets (e.g., NCBI GEO) for genes expressed under drought stress
Cross-referencing these can help you identify the most promising candidate genes for your analysis. Best of luck!
https://snow-rider.io/
Lorenzo, this sounds like such an exciting and meaningful projectâespecially given the importance of drought-tolerant crops in regions like Tanzania. The 56 entries you found on Sol Genomics are a great starting point, but they may not be a fully comprehensive list since drought tolerance is such a complex, polygenic trait. https://thatsnotmyneighbor.org/
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