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3. Database
Wheat Database as Part of the U. S. Department of Agriculture's Plant
Genome Initiative
The United States Department of Agriculture's Plant Genome
Initiative Program includes support for the establishment of plant
database at the National Agricultural Library in Washington, D. C.
The database will be publically accessible via telephone and network
connections, and will eventually be distributable on CD-ROM. The
database is currently being prototyped using five plants as models in
the design phase.
The five include three crops (maize, soybeans, and wheat) plus pine
trees and the laboratory model plant Arabidopsis. Types of
data in the databases include genetic maps, loci, probes,
germplasm and connections among the different data types. Data for
each of the five plants is being examined to determine what specific
data needs may exist for different plants and the specific interested
scientific plant communities. At a latter date the five individual
databases will be merged into the master d along with all other plant
data. It is planned to be settle on wheat prototype design by May,
1992, with a version of the database running for evaluation by
September, 1992.
The wheat database prototype is being set up at the USDA's Western
Regional Research Center, Albany, California, and is being
coordinated by Dr. Olin D. Anderson. The database is being designed
and implemented in association with the Computing Science Group at
the Lowrence Berkeley Laboratory. In addition to the computer
database, a repository for the storage and distribution of clones,
probes, and libraries will be established, and some technical
resources research carried out to contribute to genome mapping of
Triticeae.
It is the intent of the program to solicit as much international
coordination and cooperation as possible to maximize both the amounts
of useful information gathered, and the most useful presentation and
accessibility possible for cereal researchers. Dr. Anderson is
cooperating with the International Triticeae Mapping Initiative
(ITMI) organization in the database design and information assembly.
Although there is currently support for establishment of the wheat
database, coodination and cooperation in data assembly will be
critical to the project's success and maintenance of the database
once established. Any individuals, departments, groups, etc., wishing
more information on wheat database, and especially those able to
contribute information and/or ability to participate in the data
assembly and maintenance are urged to contact:
Dr. Olin Anderson
ARS, USDA, WRRC
800 Buchanan Street
Albany, CA, 94710
U. S. A.
Tel: 510-559-5773
FAX: 510-559-5777
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