A team of ten researchers sequenced the genome under a not-for-profit, government-funded public-private initiative between Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biology (IBAB) and Strand Life Science.
The researchers believe that their innovation will provide the right scientific impetus for students and young scientists in studying one of the most important plant species of the country.
There are 75 plant genomes today and Ganit which is a collaboration between Strand Life Sciences and Karnataka government’s Institute of Bioinformatics and Advanced Biotechnology (IBAB) will look at widening the genome sequencing to other varieties too.
From the genome sequencing and translational genomics point of view, India is ideally positioned to take advantage of this data to advance national research.
