The pea genome

The International Pea Genome Consortium Pea (Pisum sativum L.) has long been a model for plant genetics. It is also a widely grown pulse crop producing protein-rich seeds in a sustainable manner. Thanks to large national and international programs, and driven by innovations in sequencing technology, informatics and biotechnology, many genomic resources are now available for pea. An atlas of the expression of its genes in many tissues, high density genetic mapping, and the ongoing sequencing of its genome have provided useful tools for dissecting traits of interest. We will present how the pea genome draft sequence opens the way to explore genetic diversity of pea.