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• - Cereal functional genomics at the University of Bristol. Bioinformatics tools for wheat and maize research including digital differential display, BLAST, electronic Northern blots and microarray analysis.
  
• - Database of motifs found in plant cis-acting regulatory DNA elements in vascular plants and their variations in other genes or in other plant species are also compiled.
  
• - Seeks to advance the conservation and use of genetic diversity. Site includes maintenance and conservation of genetic resources of crops, forestry and related species, regional programs, networks, links, and information on events and training programs.
  
• - Identify and implement DNA diagnostic tools that are predictive of specific plant characteristics, and identify genes that are responsible for plant development, evolution, or agriculture.
  
• - Promotes, coordinates, and facilitates research activities in plant molecular and cellular biology. Includes information on the Core DNA sequencing facility. From Northern Illinois University .
  
• - Library of transposon induced maize mutants, DNA samples, and phenotypic data, available for the study of chloroplast biogenesis. Includes user guidelines, protocols, and controls.
  
• - Serves as a central repository to receive, catalogue, preserve and distribute cultures of wild type and mutant strains of the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Also provides an extensive database and user support network.
  
• - Established under the College of Agriculture at the University of the Philippines Los Banos (CA-UPLB), Laguna. It is the national breeding center for all crops, except rice.
  
• - Resource site, from the National Agricultural Library of the US Department of Agriculture . Includes publications and related links.
  
• - Individual databases for Arabidopsis, Barley, Brassica, Forage grasses, Millet and comparative analysis . Also develops new tools and displays to highlight the agronomic significance of comparative analysis.
  
• - Provides information on research and protocols and crop collections including European and international reference collections of Brassica and Lettuce. Includes a searchable database.
  
• - Develop plant biotechnology, genomics, and related life science technologies for crop improvement . Includes research data, development laboratories, and staff profiles.
  
• - Develop a common nomenclature for sequenced plant genes. Database lists a range of topics including gene families, products, synonyms, and names, allelic designations and genomes.
  
• - Joint programme in plant genomics, in which public institutes and private firms are implicated. Provides an informative and educational resource on crop improvement and genomic studies.
  
• - Aimed at assisting breeding programs. Features molecular analysis of genetic diversity, genome mapping, somatic embryogenesis, and genetic transformation.
  
• - Educational materials for teaching plant biology using hands-on and inquiry-based investigations and independent student-initiated research. Uses the tropical homosporous fern genus Ceratopteris as a model plant system.
  
• - Offers a range of information on research programs, courses, and crops. Includes facilities, history, meetings, and photographs.
  
• - International Agricultural Research Centres of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research . Provides access to information on the collections of genetic resources held by the CGIAR centres.
  
• - Education, comment and research in plant breeding based on natural genetics, including quantitative population genetics.
  
• - A plant genetic resources centre for Nordic agriculture and horticulture. Includes a database for searching for cultivars or accessions stored for specific taxa and a library containing information on the institutes publications.
  
• - Provide information about protecting new variety and trademarks. Information is also available about license agreements and how to enforce patents and trademark rights.
  
• - Project to chart the relative physical position and movement of sequences for each of the chromosomes in cells of living plants. Includes project plan, 3d map, technology, and references.
  
• - An electronic publication for articles describing the isolation and DNA sequence determination of plant genes.
  
• - Develop molecular plant breeding tools.Research includes molecular mapping, map-based cloning, and DNA markers.
  
• - Conducts fundamental research in plant molecular biology. Includes an overview of research, facilities, seminars, links, and directions.
  
• - Basic and applied research in plant biotechnology and molecular biology by Mark Guiltinan.
  
• - Provides information on research projects, including the EST projects and management, and software development.
  
  

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