PlantDB - a versatile database for managing plant research
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2008
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Journal Article
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Abstract
Background
Research in plant science laboratories often involves usage of many different species, cultivars, ecotypes, mutants, alleles or transgenic lines. This creates a great challenge to keep track of the identity of experimental plants and stored samples or seeds.
Results
Here, we describe PlantDB – a Microsoft® Office Access database – with a user-friendly front-end for managing information relevant for experimental plants. PlantDB can hold information about plants of different species, cultivars or genetic composition. Introduction of a concise identifier system allows easy generation of pedigree trees. In addition, all information about any experimental plant – from growth conditions and dates over extracted samples such as RNA to files containing images of the plants – can be linked unequivocally.
Conclusion
We have been using PlantDB for several years in our laboratory and found that it greatly facilitates access to relevant information.
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4
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1
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BioMed Central
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Mother Plant; Seed Source; Experimental Plant; Maternal Plant; Laboratory Notebook
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03554 - Gruissem, Wilhelm (emeritus) / Gruissem, Wilhelm (emeritus)
03554 - Gruissem, Wilhelm (emeritus) / Gruissem, Wilhelm (emeritus)