BACKGROUND: Magnaporthe oryzae, rice blast fungus, is the most devastating 
pathogen of rice. It has emerged as a model phytopathogen for the study of 
host-pathogen interactions. A large body of data has been generated on different 
aspects of biology of this fungus and on host-pathogen interactions. However, 
most of the data is scattered and is not available as a single resource for 
researchers in this field.
DESCRIPTION: Genomic Resources of Magnaporthe oyzae (GROMO), is a specialized, 
and comprehensive database for rice blast fungus, integrating information from 
several resources. GROMO contains information on genomic sequence, mutants 
available, gene expression, localization of proteins obtained from a variety of 
repositories, as primary data. In addition, prediction of domains, pathways, 
protein-protein interactions, sumolyation sites and biochemical properties that 
were obtained after computational analysis of protein sequences have also been 
included as derived data. This database has an intuitive user interface that 
shall prompt the user to explore various possible information resources 
available on a given gene or a protein, from a single source.
CONCLUSION: Currently, information on M. oryzae is available from different 
resources like BROAD MIT Magnaporthe database, Agrobacterium 
tumefaciens-mediated transformation (ATMT) M. oryzae database, Magnaporthe 
grisea--Oryza sativa (MGOS) and Massive Parallel Signature Sequencing (MPSS) 
databases. In the GROMO project, an effort has been made to integrate 
information from all these databases, derive some new data based on the 
available information analyzed by relevant programs and make more insightful 
predictions to better understand the biology of M. oryzae. The database is 
currently available at: http://gromo.msubiotech.ac.in/