Supplementary table 1. Comparative table of the different assembled datasets of sugarcane ESTs. Database Total sugarcane ESTs No. of clusters/unigenes Extent of clustering "NCBI, Unigenes" 195125 15594 92% PlantGDB 223641 131381 59% TIGR 246180 157190 64% SUCEST 237954 43141 81% Present study 289988 61966 79%