Plant & Animal Genomes XIV Conference

January 14-18, 2006
Town & Country Convention Center
San Diego, CA

The International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium

International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium

  International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium, 5207 Wyoming Road, Bethesda, MD 20816, USA

The International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium (IWGSC) is an international academic, governmental, and industry collaboration focused on designing strategies and developing the tools necessary to build a foundation for sequencing the bread wheat genome with the ultimate goal of accelerating wheat improvement for production and utilization. The mission, goals, organizational structure, and membership application forms are available on the IWGSC website at http://www.wheatgenome.org.