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EMBL-EBI and Rothamsted Research have recently announced the release of the PhytoPath portal, a joint project bringing together Ensembl Genomes with PHI-base, a community-curated resource describing the role of genes in pathogenic infection. PhytoPath provides access to genomic and phentoypic data from fungal and oomycete plant pathogens, and has enabled a considerable increase in the coverage of phytopathogen genomes in Ensembl Fungi and Ensembl Protists.

PhytoPath contains the genomes of many devastating pathogens, including Phytophthora infestans, which brought on the Irish potato famine of the mid-19th Century and has re-emerged as an important biotic threat to global food security.

PhytoPath also provides enhanced searching of the PHI-base resource as well as the fungi and protists in Ensembl Genomes.

PhytoPath is funded by the BBSRC.

What's new in Release 18 (April 2013)

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New icons make it easier to add data tracks, upload your own data, and export what you see on the screen as an image. Find them on pages like Region in Detail

• Updated schema
  • Added new species Guillardia theta.
  • Whole genome DNA alignments updated for stramenopiles
  • Update to cross-references for  Pythium ultimum
  • Updated BioMarts

Future Releases

Release 19 of Ensembl Genomes is scheduled for 2nd July 2013. Detailed notes for this can be found here.