The genome sequencing of plants is of critical importance in the race to improve plant breeding. Next generation sequencing technologies have brought about great improvements in sequencing throughput and cost, and it has revolutionized plant research, allowing to decode the whole genomes of many species. Next generation sequencing also enables to detect functional genes and markers of important traits to facilitate molecular breeding and improve agriculture production and conservation.

• Changhoon Kim(Bioinformatics Laboratories, Macrogen Inc.) Corresponding Author