PhalDB:A comprehensive database for molecular mining of the Phalaenopsis genome, transcriptome and miRNome C.Y. Lee1, K.K. Viswanath1, J.Z. Huang1, C.P. Lee2, C.P. Lin2,4, T.C. Cheng1, B. C. Chang2,3, S.W. Chin1, and F.C. Chen1 1 Department of Plant Industry, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan 2 Yourgene Bioscience, Shu-Lin District, New Taipei City, Taiwan 3 Faculty of Veterinary Science, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 4 Department of Biotechnology, School of Health Technology, Ming Chuan University, Gui Shan District, Taoyuan, Taiwan Corresponding author: F.C. Chen E-mail:
[email protected] Genet. Mol. Res. 17 (4): gmr18051 Received June 06, 2018 Accepted July 26, 2018 Published October 05, 2018 DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.4238/gmr18051 ABSTRACT. The orchid family Orchidaceae is one of the largest families of angiosperms; it includes approximately 35,000 species, displays a wide range of unique flower shapes and is a valued ornamental crop. Among the various species of orchids, the Phalaenopsis genus is the most widely commercialized among blooming potted plants. Our aim was to provide in-depth sequence information for the various parts of flowers, different time treatments of the protocorm-like bodies and temperature treated shortened stems for flowering pathway regulation, in addition to adding to the available data on normal and peloric mutants. We also obtained transcriptome data from shortened stems under cool temperature for spike induction. The deep sequenced, assembled and annotated information was integrated and built into a database that we named PhalDB.