%0 Journal Article %@ 1479-2621 %A Tuberosa, R %A Graner, A %A Varshney, R K %D 2011 %F icrisat:5241 %I Cambridge University Press %J Plant Genetic Resources %N 2 %P 151-154 %T Genomics of plant genetic resources: an introduction %U http://oar.icrisat.org/5241/ %V 9 %X This special issue of Plant Genetic Resources has assembled 52 short articles selected among the over 350 oral and poster communications presented during the 2nd International Symposium on Genomics of Plant Genetic Resources (GPGR2; www.GPGR2.com) held in Bologna, Italy, from April 24 to 27, 2010. The second edition of GPGR2, co-organized by Bioversity International, the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research and the University of Bologna, followed the first edition organized in 2005 by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science in Beijing, China... %Z The GPGR2 organizers thank the sponsors (for a complete list, see the congress website at www.GPGR2. com/sponsors.html) for their generous financial support and all participants for their contributions to the scientific programme of the Congress.