What's new in GrainGenes in 1999?

• Barley AFLP map, from Xiaquan Qi
  High-density map of L94 x Vada, with images of the mapped polymorphisms
  Map_Data "Barley, LxV"
• Aegilops umbellulata map, from Zhang et al. 1998
• EST sequences for 468 mapped probes, from Gottfried Kuenzel
  MWG, CDO, ABC, ABG, BCD et al.
• Sequences of 5S-rDNA spacers from sugarcane and related species,
  from Yong-Bao Pan.
• 250 new Colleague address records and 170 updates/confirmations,
  from the Saskatoon 9IWGS participant list thanks to Geoff Hughes
• Autoradiogram images for 37 UMN probes mapped in Kanota x Ogle,
  from Susanne Groh
  "find image umn*".
• GrainGenes Report "Sequenced loci"
• New Database release. Actually the downloadable database at ftp://probe.nalusda.gov/pub/graingenes is now being released daily.
• MirrorGG.WinNT

• GrainTax
• Barley physical/genetic correlation map, from Gottfried Kuenzel http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/ggpages/Barley_physical/
• Markers mapped in Aegilops tauschii, from Elena Boyko http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/ggpages/Ae.tauschii.markers
• Industrial quality data for CIMMYT wheat nurseries, from Ruben Urbina http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/ggpages/CIMMYT
• Uniform Early and Midseason Oat Performance Nurseries, 1998 from Richard Halstead http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/ggpages/UE-MOPN98.html
• Annual Wheat Newsletter, Volume 44, 1998, from Jon Raupp http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/ggpages/AWN/44/
• Oat Newsletter, Volume 44, 1998, from James Chong http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/ggpages/oatnewsletter/
• Barley Newsletter
  Volume 40, 1996, from Rich Horsley
  Volume 41, 1997, from Brian Rossnagel
  http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/ggpages/BarleyNewsletter/

• Wheat performance evaluations
  Western Regional Performance Nursery Program, from Jim Anderson
  1997 data updates
  1998
  1999
  
• Uniform Regional Hard Red Spring Wheat Nursery, from Jochum Wiersman
  1998, and historical data from 1971-1976
  Uniform Regional Scab Nursery
  1998, 1999, from Jochum Wiersma
  
• Wheat quality evaluations Hard winter wheat regional quality reports, maintained by Brad Seabourn Crop Year 1997: These data have been moved to the Hard Winter Wheat Quality Laboratory web site (see below)
• Wheat quality evaluations Molecular and genetic data Compendium of wheat lines carrying rye chromosome arm 1RS Updated with 160 results from the 1998 nurseries, from Bob Graybosch

• Cereal Rust Bulletin
  1998 CRB #5 Jun 2, #6 Jun 16, #7 Jun 30, #8 Jul 21, #9 Aug 5,
  1999 CRB #1 Mar 23, #2 Apr 22, #3 May 10, #4 May 25, #5 Jun 8, #6 Jun 23, #7 Jul 6, #8 Jul 21, #9 Aug 4 from Mark Hughes

• HGRIP.ZIP, Version 1 (1996), from Michael Mackay Germplasm Resource Information Package for Hordeum (Windows).
• OGRIP.ZIP, Version 1 (1996), from Michael Mackay Germplasm Resource Information Package for Oats (Windows).

Other sources of interesting information

• Sugar Information http://www.sugarinfo.co.uk/
• The Wheat Page at Kansas State University http://www.ksu.edu/wheatpage/
• Oats Online http://ucs.byu.edu/bioag/aghort/oatsite/mainpg.htm
• U.S. Grain Marketing & Production Research Center http://www.usgmrl.ksu.edu
• Hard Winter Wheat Quality Laboratory http://gqu1.usgmrl.ksu.edu/gqu/HWWQL/HWWQLHome.htm
• Cereal Research Centre, Winnipeg http://res.agr.ca/winn/home.html
• ICIS, the International Crop Information System http://www.cgiar.org/icis/homepage.htm
• "Cross Checker", a PC software package for analysis of genetic fingerprints such as RFLP, RAPD and AFLP, by Jaap Buntjer http://www.spg.wau.nl/pv/pub/CrossCheck/
• Plant Genome Database Tutorial. Examples and help in searching many plant databases including GrainGenes. http://www.nal.usda.gov/pgdic/tutorial/Default.htm
• Sixth International Oat Conference, Canterbury NZ, 14-16 November, 2000 http://www.crop.cri.nz/informat/oats2000/
• International Survey of Herbicide Resistant Weeds http://weedscience.com (Not Netscape-friendly! Use Internet Explorer.)