Gramene (www.gramene.org) is a curated resource
for genetic, genomic and comparative genomics
data for the major crop species, including rice,
maize, wheat and many other plant (mainly grass)
species. Gramene is an open-source project.
All data and software are freely downloadable
through the ftp site (ftp.gramene.org/pub/gramene)
and available for use...
Rice, maize, sorghum, wheat, barley and the other
major crop grasses from the family Poaceae
(Gramineae) are mankind’s most important source
of calories and contribute tens of billions of dollars
annually to the world economy (FAO 1999, http://www.fao.org; USDA 1997, http://www.usda.gov).
Continued improvement of Poaceae crops is necessary
in order...
Gramene is a comparative information resource for plants that integrates data across diverse data domains. In this article,
we describe the development of a quantitative trait loci (QTL) database and illustrate how it can be used to facilitate
both the forward and reverse genetics research. The QTL database contains the...