Letter to Journal of Cotton Science Community from the Steering Committee of the International Cotton Genome Initiative (ICGI)

Volume 4 | Issue 2
Editorial Notes
Letter to Journal of Cotton Science Community from the Steering Committee of the International Cotton Genome Initiative (ICGI) Curt Brubaker, Roy Cantrell, Marc Giband, Bruce Lyon, Thea Wilkins Pages: 149-151
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A small group of scientists from USA, France and Australia met at CSIRO Plant Industry in Canberra, Australia on February 16-18, 2000 to discuss the current status of cotton genetic mapping, DNA markers, genomic research and marker-assisted selection. It was a general agreement of the workshop participants that a public International Cotton Genome Initiative (ICGI) should be formed to facilitate the development of a saturated and fully integrated genetic and physical map of cotton.