Progress in crop genome sequencing

Species	Genome size	Ploidy	Sequence strategy	Publication Date	Assembly features	Reference
Oryza sativa	389Mb	2n=24	BAC physical map, Sanger sequencing	Aug 2005	Essentially complete chromosome arm coverage	Science 2006, 313: 1596-1604
Populus trichocarpa	550Mb	2n=38	BAC physical map, WGS, Sanger sequencing	Sep 2006	82% of the sequence genetically anchored	Science 2009, 326: 1112-1115
Vitus vinifera	475Mb	2n=36	WGS, Sanger sequencing	Sep 2007	88% of the genome genetically anchored	Nature 2009, 457: 551-556
Sorghum bicolor	700Mb	2n=20	WGS, Sanger sequencing	Jan 2009	88% of the genome genetically anchored	Nature 2010, 463: 178-183
Zea mays	2300Mb	2n=20	BAC physical map	Nov 2009	2048 Mb in 125325 forming 61 and 161 scaffold	Nature 2007, 449:463-467
Glycine max	1,115 Mb	2n =40	WGS, Sanger sequencing	Jan 2010	98% of sequence genetically anchored	Science 2004, 306:640-643.
Malus x domestica	750 Mb	2n =34	WGS, Sanger, Roche 454	Oct 2010	71% of sequence genetically anchored	Nat Genet 2010, 42:833-839.
Theobroma cacao	430 Mb	2n=20	WGS, Sanger, Illumina, Roche 454	Dec 2010	67% of sequence genetically anchored	Nat Genet 2010, 43:101-108.