2017 ASHS Annual Conference

The Genome Database for Rosaceae (GDR, https://www.rosaceae.org) provides online resources to facilitate basic, translational and applied research for the many fruit, nut and ornamental crops belonging to the economically important Rosaceae family. Fully integrated data includes curated genome sequences, genes, genetic maps, markers, QTL, genes, transcripts, germplasm, and publications, made accessible to browse, query and download through easy-to-use web interfaces and tools. New features include computationally characterized transcripts (RefTrans) assembled and annotated from published RNASeq and EST data, available to browse, search and download though search pages and the genome Browser, JBrowse. We have previously developed a breeder’s toolbox in GDR and integrated breeding data with other genomic and genetic data. We are enhancing this tool to build a breeding information management system (BIMS). BIMS allows individual breeders to integrate their data with public genomic and genetic data and at the same time have complete control of their own breeding data and access to tools such as data import/export, data analysis and a data archive. BIMS incorporates the use of an Android App called Field Book , an open-source software for phones and tablets, which will allow breeders to replace hard-copy field books, thus alleviating the possibility of transcription errors while providing faster access to the collected data. We report the progress on BIMS in GDR.