What's new in GrainGenes?

The What's-New information is now located on the Web instead of this 
Gopher server.  We hope you'll find it more convenient to use.  The location
is
 http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/ggpages/whatsnew/  (USA)
 http://grain.jouy.inra.fr/ggpages/whatsnew/ (France)


The older What's-New's are still here, for historical interest or whatever.


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19 May 1998

GrainGenes Database
  - 30,000 BLAST hits for 1011 BCD, CDO and WHE sequences.  E.g. Sequence
    BCD9_WHE1F0042.  In the graphic, wider bars indicate higher BLAST scores.  
  - Updated Triticum turgidum 6A and 6B maps, from Gary Hart
    Map_Data "T.turgidum, durum x dicoccoides".
  - Updated Triticum aestivum 6D, from Gary Hart
    Map_Data "Wheat Synthetic x Opata".
  - Updated rye map, from Perry Gustafson
    Map_Data "Rye, UC90 x E-line".
  - The UK Cropnet mirror of GrainGenes has a new Java interface for maps
    and sequences.  Let us know if you like it, and especially if you don't!
    http://synteny.nott.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webace?db=graingenes
GrainGenes Reports (http://greengenes.cit.cornell.edu/ggtabledefs.html)
  - "Mapped and BLASTed sequences"
    Clones that are mapped and that also have BLAST homology to GenBank
    sequences.  These are equivalent to the pink-highlighted Loci on the
    genetic Maps.
  - "Mapped known-function probes"
    Cloned genes that have been mapped.
GrainGenes Webserver
  - New links!  We've rearranged the file names and deleted old versions of
    files, for more simplicity and maintainability.  Please let us know
    about any bookmarks you have that don't work any more and we'll give you
    the current URLs.
  - AFLP profiles for 3 additional primer combinations, from Xiaoquan Qi
    E38/M59, E38/M60, E38/M62.  Now 16 barley lines x 37 primer combinations.
    http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/ggpages/Qi/     
  - R Gene Homologues in Cereals, from Dario Leister
    Aminoacid sequence comparisons of 25 NBS-LRR resistance genes and homologs
    http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/ggpages/R-likes.html
  - Uniform Early and Midseason Oat Performance Nurseries, 1997
    from Richard Halstead
    http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/ggpages/UE-MOPN97.html
  - Coefficients of parentage of early and midseason oat cultivars,
    from Jim Holland
    http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/ggpages/oatCoP.html
GrainGenes Gopher
  - Wheat performance evaluations
    - State Performance Tests
      - Minnesota, 1996 and 1997, from Jochum Wiersma
    - HRSW Regional Performance Nursery Program
      - Uniform Regional Hard Red Spring Wheat Nursery
        - 1997, from Jochum Wiersma
      - Uniform Regional Scab Nursery
        - 1997, from Jochum Wiersma
    - Western Regional Performance Nursery Program
      - 1997 data, from Jim Anderson
  - Wheat quality evaluations
    - Hard winter wheat regional quality reports, maintained by Brad Seabourn
      - Crop Year 1997, files in text and Excel format
  - Maps and mapping data
      - Triticum
        - Triticum durum x T. dicoccoides 6A, 6B map
        - Triticum durum x T. dicoccoides 6A, 6B mapping data
          Text form of the T. turgidum map mentioned above.
      - Secale
        - Rye UC90 x E map
          Text form of the rye map mentioned above.
  - Grains files to browse
    - Cereal Rust Bulletin
      - 1998 CRB #1 April 8, #2 April 22, #3 May 5, #4 May 19, from Mark Hughes
    - Reserved Laboratory Designators for DNA Probes, Primers and Markers
      Update from Gary Hart
Other sources of interesting information
  - Barley Genetics Newsletter Volume 28 is complete and sent to press.
    http://probe.nalusda.gov:8000/otherdocs/bgn/
  - Small Grain Variety Performance Tests, from U. Georgia, Griffin
    http://www.griffin.peachnet.edu/swvt/small.htm
  - KOMUGI, Wheat Network of Japan
    http://www.shigen.nig.ac.jp/wheat.html
  - Journal of Agricultural Genomics
    New name, new URL, new look for the old Journal of Quantitative Trait Loci
    Now maintained by NCGR, the National Center for Genome Resources
    http://www.ncgr.org/ag/jag/
  - USDA-ARS Small Grains Research, Aberdeen Idaho
    Including the National Small Grains Collection
    http://www.ars-grin.gov/ars/PacWest/Aberdeen/
  - _Agriculture Fact Book 1997_--USDA [.pdf, 265p.]
    http://www.usda.gov/news/pubs/fbook97/contents.htm
  - Integrated Taxonomic Information System
    http://www.itis.usda.gov/itis/

--
9 December 1997

Hahna Kang has joined the GrainGenes crew in Albany, CA, filling the
position previously held by Jon Wong.  She has started by converting
volumes of the Annual Wheat Newsletter to HTML format, see below.

GrainGenes Database
  - 45 wheat microsatellites, from Victor Korzun
    Now have a total of 56 WMS primers.  "find probe wms*"
  - 60 PSR probes, including their Polymorphisms, Mapped_bands and Synonyms
    from Mike Gale and Katrien Devos
  - Rye map, from Victor Korzun
    Map_Data "Rye, P87 x P105"
  - Rye map, from Senft and Wricke, Plant Breeding 115:508, 1996
    Map_Data "Rye, Hannover"
  - Chromosome 2H translocation breakpoints, from Gottfried Kuenzel
    Query 'find image "2h translocation breakpoints"'.
  - High-resolution map of the Pc71 region of oat, from Arla Bush
    'find linkage_data "Oat, D526 x Lang"'
  - Corrections and updates submitted via the online "Submit comment" form, 
    from Udda Lundqvist, Konny Richter, Tim Close, David Marshall
    and others.  Many thanks!
  - Windows95/NT version of GrainGenes available for downloading from the
    Korea Rice Genome Database Network,
    ftp://bioftp.myongji.ac.kr/pub/graingenes/WinGrainGenes/GrainGenes.zip
    Also available on CD:  send requests to Dr. Biek Hie Nahm, Myongji
    University, Yongin, Korea, bhnahm@bioserver.myongji.ac.kr.
Gopher
  - Wheat performance evaluations
    - Western Regional Performance Nursery Program
      - 1998 Entry Lists, from Jim Anderson
    - State Performance Tests
      - New York, 1997        
  - Wheat quality evaluations
    - Molecular and genetic data
      - Compendium of wheat lines carrying rye chromosome arm 1RS
        Updated with 170 new lines from the 1997 nurseries, from Bob Graybosch
  - Maps and mapping data
    - Hordeum
      - Barley gene map, 7-chromosome
	Updated according to BGN 26.  Thanks to Udda Lundqvist.
GrainGenes Webserver
  - HTML version of Annual Wheat Newsletter volumes 41 and 43.
    http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/wheatnewsletter/
    (The searchable and word-processor versions will still be maintained on
    the Gopher server.)

--
1 September 1997

GrainGenes Database
  - Wheat Cultivar Abbreviations update, from Bent Skovmand via AWN 43
    500 additional wheat, triticale and barley lines
  - 16 barley cDNA clones, mainly pathogenesis-related, from David Collinge
    Query "find probe data_source = collinge*"
  - Photos of 57 Colleagues, at the ITMI 1997 Workshop, from Odile Bernard and
    Dave Matthews
    "find image *itmi97*"
GrainGenes Reports (http://greengenes.cit.cornell.edu/ggtabledefs.html)
  - "Sequenced genes" 
    Sequence records for cloned genes.  (Not all Sequence records are
    linked to the corresponding Gene records yet.  We're working on it.)
Gopher
  - Wheat performance evaluations
    - Western Regional Performance Nursery Program, from Jim Anderson   NEW!
  - Annual Wheat Newsletter
      - Volume 43, 1997, from Jon Raupp
        For downloading to your own word processor.  The online-searchable
        version is in progress.
  - Grains files to browse
    - Cereal Rust Bulletin
      - 1997 CRB #7 June 18, #8 July 9, #9 July 22, Final
  - Grains files to download
    - xlloc897.xls
      The NABGMP clone collection, as an Excel file.  From Andy Kleinhofs
      and Dave Kudrna
Other sources of interesting information
  - Barley Genetics Newletter
    Volume 26: Special Volume, Barley Genetic Stocks
    Volume 27
    Volume 28: In progress. Why wait till '98 to see, or publish, today's data?
    http://probe.nalusda.gov:8000/otherdocs/bgn/

--
10 June 1997

GrainGenes Database
  - New Feedback feature!  Each record in the database now has a link
    "Submit comment/correction".  Just click there to send us any updates,
    corrections, complaints, etc.
  - Ten microsatellites mapped in wheat Synthetic x Opata, from Mark Sorrells
    Query "find locus xcnl* microsatellite AND map"
  - Waxy protein (starch synthase) genotypes, from Bob Graybosch
    Alleles for 300 Germplasm lines.  Query "find allele wx*".
  - Colleague data for 46 members of the ausgrains mailgroup, from Angelo
    Karakousis
GrainGenes Webserver
  - AFLP profiles for 10 additional primer combinations, from Xiaoquan Qi
    Now 16 barley lines x 34 primer combinations.
    http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/ggpages/Qi/
Gopher
  - Grains files to browse
    - Cereal Rust Bulletin
      - 1997 CRB #5 May 21, #6 June 4

--
6 May 1997

GrainGenes Database
  - 23 new 2_Point_Data records (markers for useful genes), from Greg Penner
    Query "find 2_point_data trait_marker".
  - Lr genes mapped in Synthetic x Opata, from Clare Nelson
    Trait_Study "Leaf rust, Nelson97"
  - Sequences of 1800 Operon and UBC RAPD primers.
    Probes "Operon*" and "UBC*"
GrainGenes Reports (http://greengenes.cit.cornell.edu/ggtabledefs.html)
  - "Trait markers"
    A specific query for Greg Penner's 2_Point_Data records.
  - "Microsatellites"
    SSR primers and corresponding mapped loci.
Gopher
  - Wheat quality evaluations
    - Hard winter wheat regional quality reports, maintained by Brad Seabourn
      - Crop Year 1996, files in text and Excel format
  - Grains files to browse
    - Cereal Rust Bulletin
      - 1997 CRB #1 March 25, #2 April 8, #3 April 22, #4 May 6
GrainGenes Webserver
  Germplasm
  - Molecular Polymorphisms from Zurich
    81 European wheat and spelt lines probed with 58 wheat and barley cDNAs.
    from Monika Messmer, Beat Keller et al.

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13 March 1997

GrainGenes Database
  - 38 SSRs mapped in barley, from M. Saghai Maroof
    Query "find probe hvm*".
  - 15 SSR primers based on cloned barley genes, from Manfred Heun
    "find probe hv*" will find these, plus a few other interesting items.
  - Rye map, from Yolanda Loarce
    Map_Data "Rye, ExR"
GrainGenes Webserver
  - Microsatellite polymorphism in a sample of barley germplasm, from John 
    Korte and Pat Hayes
    http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/ggpages/SSR/Korte/
  - Uniform Early and Midseason Oat Performance Nurseries, from Richard 
    Halstead
    http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/ggpages/UE-MOPN.html
  - Barley Newsletter, Volume 39, 1995, from Rich Horsley
    http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/ggpages/BarleyNewsletter/39.html
Gopher
  - Wheat performance evaluations
    - HRSW Regional Performance Nursery Program
      - Uniform Regional Hard Red Spring Wheat Nursery
	- 1996, from Jochum Wiersma
  - Maps and mapping data
    - Secale
      - Rye E x R map
      - Rye E x R mapping data
        Tabular versions of the map mentioned above.
  - Grains files to browse
    - Reserved Laboratory Designators for DNA Clones, Primers and Markers
      Update from Gary Hart.  New designators: ggo, pkg, csu, fdp, labc, 
      rz, ucd, whe, utv, zens.

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12 February 1997

NEW DATA

GrainGenes Database
  - Rye map, from Perry Gustafson
    Map_Data "Rye, UC90 x E-line".
  - A dozen new primer pairs from Luther Talbert and Nancy Blake.  See Probes
    MWG60, MWG68, WIR1A, WCS66, PGK, PETF, GIRP, EC, CHI, CATHB, AMYA, ACC.
GrainGenes Webserver
  - The Dicktoo x Morex Barley Mapping Population, from Pat Hayes
    Maps, mapping and phenotype data, and QTL analysis.
    http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/ggpages/DxM/
  - GrainGenes Reports:  Probes mapped to a specified chromosome
    http://greengenes.cit.cornell.edu/ggtabledefs.html
Gopher
  - Wheat quality evaluations
    - Molecular and genetic data
      - Compendium of wheat lines carrying rye chromosome arm 1RS
	Updated with 150 new lines from the 1996 nurseries, from Bob Graybosch

WEBSERVER NEWS

  Some new enhancements to the GrainGenes Web Server have been added:

  Probe Repository: A probe repository has been set up at the USDA ARS
  Western Regional Research Center to provide cereal researchers with a
  collection of DNA probes to use in their research. The service is free.
  To date, the probe sources have origins in wheat, oat, and barley genomes.
  Further information about probes included within the repository is also
  indexed within the GrainGenes genome database. Send your requests to
  probes@pw.usda.gov after checking out the site.

  Data Forms: GrainGenes is always in the need for new information. If by
  perusing the GrainGenes Database you find that there is some information
  missing, incorrect, or needs to be updated, you now have a quick way to
  get in touch with the curators. Just follow the link from the GrainGenes
  homepage to the data input forms. You can add information on Colleagues,
  Research, Metabolic Pathways, Literature, or Comments. If your name is not
  in the GrainGenes Database, go to the Colleagues Data Form now!

  Employment Opportunities: Many times people send job announcements to the
  grains@greengenes.cit.cornell.edu mailing list. For those people not on the
  mailing list, they now can be informed by following the link from the
  GrainGenes homepage to Employment Opportunities.

  Meeting Schedules: Likewise, meeting announcements sent to the
  grains@greengenes.cit.cornell.edu mailing list will be posted. Where
  possible, links will be made to the meeting web site to find further
  information.

  As always, if there is something missing from the GrainGenes site that you
  would like to see, please send us a note and we'll try to include it.

DATABASE NEWS

  MacGrainGenes on CD-ROM:  The GrainGenes Database, running under the
  Macintosh version of its native ACEDB software, is now available on CD-ROM,
  along with the Macintosh version of RiceGenes, RiceMac.  Contact Dr. Biek
  Hie Nahm, Myongji University, Yongin, Korea, bhnahm@bioserver.myongji.ac.kr.

  For those with Internet access, MacGrainGenes can also still be downloaded
  from our ftp sites, ftp://probe.nalusda.gov/pub/graingenes and
  ftp://grain.jouy.inra.fr/pub/database.

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20 December 1996

GrainGenes Database
  - Map_Data "Barley, physical", from Gottfried Kuenzel
    Translocation breakpoints mapped relative to RFLP loci on 1H, 3H, 5H
    (updates) and 6H (new).  As GIF images.
GrainGenes Webserver
  - AFLP profiles of barley cultivars, from Xiaoquan Qi
    16 cultivars x 24 primer combinations.
    http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/ggpages/Qi/

--
23 November 1996

GrainGenes Database
  - Seven-chromosome map of barley morphological genes, from Jerry Franckowiak
    Map_Data "Barley genes 2"
  - Three barley maps from Angelo Karakousis and Peter Langridge
    - Map_Data "Barley, CxH", Chebec x Harrington
    - Map_Data "Barley, CxS", Clipper x Sahara
    - Map_Data "Barley, GxH", Galleon x Haruna nijo
  - Update of the barley Igri x Franka map, from Andreas Graner
    Map_Data "Barley, IxF"
  - Barley Igri x Triumph map, with flowering-time QTLs, from Dave Laurie
    Map_Data "Barley, IxT/QTL"
  - Triticum monococcum map, from Jorge Dubcovsky
    Map_Data "T. monococcum, DV92 x G3116"
  - XNor regions of group 1 and 5 chromosomes, from Jorge Dubcovsky
    "find linkage_data image = xnor*" 
  - GrainGenes Reports, http://greengenes.cit.cornell.edu/ggtabledefs.html
    - "Resistant germplasm"
      Accessions rated as "Resistant" or "Immune" or "Low sporulation"
      from the Wheat Genetics Resource Center.
    - "Barley genes"
      Now contains the genes from the Franckowiak map too.
GrainGenes Gopher
  15. Maps and mapping data (text versions of the maps mentioned above)
      - Hordeum 
        - "Barley gene map, 7-chromosome"
        - "Barley Chebec x Harrington map"
        - "Barley Chebec x Harrington mapping data"
        - "Barley Clipper x Sahara map"
        - "Barley Clipper x Sahara mapping data"
        - "Barley Galleon x Haruna nijo map"
        - "Barley Galleon x Haruna nijo mapping data"
	- "Barley Igri x Franka map"
	- "Barley Igri x Franka mapping data"
	- "Barley Igri x Triumph flowering-time map"
      - Triticum
        - "Triticum monococcum DV92 x G3116 map"
        - "Triticum monococcum DV92 x G3116 mapping data"
        - "XNor regions of group 1 and 5 chromosomes"
GrainGenes Webserver
  - QTL analysis of barley, from Angelo Karakousis and Peter Langridge
    http://greengenes.cit.cornell.edu/WaiteQTL/
    - Chebec x Harrington
    - Clipper x Sahara
    - Galleon x Haruna nijo
  - Upcoming meetings of interest to GrainGenes enthusiasts
    http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/ggpages/meetings.html

--
21 October 1996

Welcome Gerry Lazo!!
  Gerry is occupant of the new USDA-ARS Geneticist position in the
GrainGenes project.  He comes to us from the CottonDB project, and has
extensive experience in plant genetics and molecular biology.  For more
details see his WWW home page at http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/homepage/lazo/.

GrainGenes Database
  - Barley chromosome 5 (1H) gene map update, from Jens Jensen
    Many molecular markers added.  Map_Data "Barley genes".
  - 300 T. timopheevii ssp. armeniacum accessions, from Jon Raupp
    Evaluated for eight disease and pest resistances.  
    Query "find germplasm *timopheevii*".
  - GrainGenes Reports: "Nearby Loci"
    Lists all loci within a specified distance on any map of a given locus.
    http://greengenes.cit.cornell.edu/ggtabledefs.html
  - Sequence records are now directly linked to BLAST (WWW interface only).
    See Sequence D12921 for example.
Gopher
  15. Maps and mapping data
      - Hordeum 
	- "Barley gene map" updated with the new 5 (1H) map mentioned above.
	- "Barley gene map images"
	  Gif images of the gene maps for 1H, 2H and 4H.
World Wide Web
  - RFLP survey of wheat, from Angelo Karakousis
    124 wheat lines x 1969 RFLP bands.
    http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/ggpages/newWaiteWheat.html
  - RFLP survey of barley, from Angelo Karakousis
    96 barley lines x 1443 RFLP bands.
    http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/ggpages/newWaiteBarley.html

--
19 September 1996

GrainGenes Database
  - Secale cereale map, from Katrien Devos
    Map_Data "Rye, Ds2 x RxL10".  
  - 48 photos of Triticeae chromosome banding patterns, from Bernd Friebe
    Query "find image author = friebe*".
  - PCR primers for 5 MWG probes and end sequences for 6, from Takao Komatsuda
    "find sequence data_source = komatsuda*".
  - A tan spot QTL in the Synthetic x Opata population, from Justin Faris
    Trait_Study "Tan spot, Faris95".
  - Data on 32 new barley loci, including 10 telomeres, from Andy Kleinhofs
    Probe, mapping enzyme or PCR primers, and chromosome arm location.
    "find probe data_source = kleinhofs* AND NEXT = 96.08"
  - Snapshots of 44 Colleagues at the Saskatoon Oat/Barley Congress.
    Sorry I didn't get everybody, and some of these pictures aren't the best.
    If you don't like yours, or you didn't get included, or you weren't even
    at the meeting, don't feel bad, just send us a photo!  We'll take a 
    quick scan and get it right back to you.  You don't even have to say
    what year it was taken.   8-)
Gopher
   7. Wheat performance evaluations
      - State Performance Tests
        - Kansas, 1996, from Kraig Roozeboom
   9. Catalogue of Gene Symbols for Wheat
      The 1995 and 1996 Supplements can now be found in this directory.
      They are also still included in the downloadable versions of
      the corresponding volumes of the Annual Wheat Newsletter.
  10. Annual Wheat Newsletter, 1991-96
      - Volume 42, 1996, from Jon Raupp
	For searching online, or downloading to your own word processor.
  15. Maps and mapping data
      - Secale
        - Rye Ds2 x RxL10 map
          Tabular form of the rye map mentioned above.
  17. Grains files to download
      - GRIPI.ZIP, from Michael Mackay
        The Genetic Resources Information Package for Wheat.
	Passport and genealogical data on 130,000 of the world's wheats.
World Wide Web
  - Ken's GRIPserver, http://www.psu.missouri.edu/grip
    Web access to the GRIP I database mentioned above.  Under development;
    only one of the query methods available in the Windows stand-alone
    version is running so far.  Thanks to Ken Kephart.
  - The NEW GrainGenes Webserver!
    Our Webserver has been extensively reorganized to make things easier to
    find.  We hope you like it!  Nothing has been intentionally removed,
    just moved, so if you can't find something that used to be there please
    let us know.  Same address as before, http://wheat.pw.usda.gov.
    Herculean effort from Jon Wong.

--
19 August 1996

GrainGenes Database
    - Triticum turgidum 6A and 6B maps, from Chen et al., TAG 89:703, 1994
      Map_Data "T.turgidum, durum x dicoccoides".
    - Passport data for 1400 BCD and CDO probes, from Mark Sorrells
    - Trait data for 70 oat lines, from Mark Sorrells
      14 qualitative and 9 quantitative traits.  "find trait_study *souza88".
Gopher
   8. Wheat quality evaluations
      - Molecular and genetic data
	- Granule-bound starch synthase alleles, from Bob Graybosch
          GBSS ("waxy protein") alleles for 300 wheat lines.
  16. Maps and mapping data
      - Triticum
	- Triticum durum x T. dicoccoides 6A, 6B map
	  Tabular form of the T. turgidum map mentioned above.
  17. Grains files to browse
      - Cereal Rust Bulletin, from Mark Hughes
        1996 Reports #8 and Final.

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18 July 1996

GrainGenes Database
    - Integrated barley map, from Xiaoquan Qi
      Nearly 900 markers.  Look for Map_data "Barley consensus 2".
    - Barley Vogelsanger Gold x Tystofte Prentice map, from Henriette Giese  
      85 markers.  Map_Data "Barley, VGxTP"
    - Oat Kanota x Ogle QTL map, from Mark Sorrells
      7 traits, over 200 QTLs.  Map_Data "Oat, KxO/QTL".
    - Chromosome 1R.1D recombinant translocation map, from Peter Langridge
      Ten recombinant segments mapped with 55 markers.
      Map_Data "Wheat.Rye recombinant".
    - 240 cloned barley genes, from Penny von Wettstein-Knowles
      Query 'find probe information_source = xgm-93-6.110'.
    - Descriptions of 160 clones, including 50 known-function probes, mapped 
      in the NABGMP barley populations, from Andy Kleinhofs.  More to come!
    - 2200 wheat aneuploid and substitution lines, from Perry Gustafson.
      Query 'find germplasm data_source = gustafson*'.
Gopher
   8. Wheat quality evaluations
      The Quality menu has been completely reorganized to make it more
      digestible.  Thanks to Brad Seabourn and Scott Haley!
      - Hard winter wheat regional quality reports 
        This directory is now being maintained directly by Brad Seabourn.
        - "Crop Year 1995", from Brad Seabourn
      - Hard red spring wheat quality data
        - "1995", from Gary Hareland
      - Durum quality data
        - "1995", from Gary Hareland
  16. Maps and mapping data
      - Hordeum
        - "Barley consensus map, Wageningen"
          Tabular form of the Qi et al. integrated map mentioned above.
        - "Barley Vogelsanger Gold x Tystofte Prentice map"
          Tabular form of the VG x TP map mentioned above.
        - "Barley chromosome numbering reference card"
          By request.
  17. Grains files to browse
      - "Cereal Rust Bulletin", from Mark Hughes
        1996 Reports #6 and #7.

--
18 June 1996

       ** Announcing a new server for European GrainGenes users! **
GrainGenes now has a mirror site in Jouy-en-Josas, France, courtesy of INRA
and FTMI, through the efforts of Philippe Leroy.  This site maintains daily
updated copies of all GrainGenes services:
   - GrainGenes Database
     - gateway for browsing and querying via WWW
     - anonymous ftp archive for downloading
   - GrainGenes Webserver
   - GrainGenes Gopher
The URL for all these services is http://grain.jouy.inra.fr.
We hope this mirror site will greatly enhance the speed and convenience of
GrainGenes access from Europe.

GrainGenes Database
    - Map_Data "Barley consensus", from Peter Langridge
      JoinMap synthesis of three published maps and four new ones, 587 markers.
    - Map_Data "Barley genes", from Barley Genetics Newsletter 25
      Updates of the 1H and 4H gene maps.
    - Map_Data "Barley physical", from Kuenzel et al., BGN 24 and 25.
      106 translocation breakpoints mapped relative to RFLP loci on 1H, 3H, 5H.
      Look at Maps "Hordeum-Physical-RFLP-*"
    - Oat gene catalog, from Marshall and Shaner 1992, and Simons et al. 1978
      Descriptions, synonyms and references for over 300 genes.
      Query "find gene *avena*".
Gopher
  16. Maps and mapping data
      - Avena
        "Kanota x Ogle oat QTL dataset"
	Data for Siripoonwiwat et al., Journal of Quantitative Trait Loci, 1996
	(http://probe.nalusda.gov:8000/otherdocs/jqtl).
      - Hordeum
        - "Barley consensus map"
	  Tabular summary and downloadable images of the Langridge map.
	- "Barley gene map"
	  Tabular version of the updated 1H and 4H gene maps.
  17. Grains files to browse
      - "Cereal Rust Bulletin", from Mark Hughes
        1996 Reports #4 and #5.
World Wide Web
    - Barley Genetics Newsletter Volume 25
      http://probe.nalusda.gov:8000/otherdocs/bgn/bgn.html
      (As of this date the printed version of this Volume is still in press.)

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17 May 1996

GrainGenes Database
    - Map_Data "Wheat, Synthetic x Opata": maps for group 6, from Gary Hart and
      Clare Nelson.  With mapping data.  All 21 chromosomes are now included.
      (This map was previously named "Wheat, Sorrells".  It has been renamed
      to reflect the collaborative nature of this project.)
    - 151 FBA and FBB probes, from Philippe Leroy
      All the facts from "Le Catalogue des Clones Genoble", including auto-
      radiograms and drawings of bands mapped in "Wheat, Synthetic x Opata".
    - Map_Data "Triticeae consensus" for group 6, from Gary Hart and Clare 
      Nelson.  Added to the previous consensus maps for groups 1 - 3.
    - Map_Data "Barley, SxM basemap", from Diane Mather
      A subset of the Steptoe x Morex map suitable for QTL mapping. 
    - Map_Data "Barley, HxT basemap", from Diane Mather
      A subset of the Harrington x TR306 map suitable for QTL mapping.
    - Map_Data "Barley, Physical", from Marthe and Kuenzel, TAG 89:240, 1994
      122 translocation breakpoints mapped relative to chromosome bands.
    - Germplasm "T*(barley)", from Kuenzel, BGN 22:80, 1992
      415 single translocation stocks in the IPK collection, Gatersleben.
Gopher
  16. Maps and mapping data
      - Triticum
        - "Wheat W7984 x Opata85 map"
	  Now includes the tabular form of the group 6 maps too.
	- "Wheat W7984 x Opata85 group 6 mapping data"
      - "Triticeae consensus map"
	Group 6 added.
  17. Grains files to browse
      - "Cereal Rust Bulletin", from Mark Hughes
        1996 Reports #2 and #3.
      - "Codon usage tables", from Mike Cherry
        Codon frequencies in gene sequences from several grass species.
  19. Software for genetics
      - qGene, from Clare Nelson
	A Macintosh program for marker-based genetic analysis.
World Wide Web
    - "The Steptoe x Morex Barley Mapping Population", from Pat Hayes and
      Memo Briceno.  Trait data, mapping data, and QTL results.
      http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/ggpages/SxM
    - "Autoradiogram Images, Kanota x Ogle"
      Images from the Database, directly hot-linked to a list of the loci in
      map order.  
      http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/ggpages/kxo_autorads.html
    - "Autoradiogram Images I, Synthetic W7984 x Opata M85" and
      "Autoradiogram Images II, Synthetic W7984 x Opata M85"
      Same, for the wheat map (groups 1-3 and 4-7 respectively).  This has
      been available for some months; what's new are the group 6 map and
      the Xfba and Xfbb markers.
      http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/ggpages/opata12.html and 
      http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/ggpages/opata4567.html
    - "AGIS: Database: GrainGenes", the WWW-accessible copy of the GrainGenes
      Database, is now being updated daily from the master copy at Cornell U.
      http://probe.nalusda.gov:8300/cgi-bin/browse/graingenes

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13 April 1996

GrainGenes Database
    - Proctor x Nudinka map update, "Barley, PxN", from Manfred Heun
      118 AFLP and 5 microsatellite markers added.  With AFLP autoradiogram.
    - Wheat Gene Catalogue update, from Gary Hart
      GrainGenes now contains the entire contents of the 1993 "Catalogue of
      Gene Symbols for Wheat", plus the DNA Markers from the 1995 Supplement.
    - Insert sizes for 120 sugarcane CDS probes, from Jorge da Silva
    - 2700 Genbank sequence records
      From a query for Aegilops, Avena, Hordeum, Saccharum, Secale, or Triticum
Gopher
  16. Maps and mapping data
      - Hordeum
        - Barley Proctor x Nudinka AFLP,RFLP map
	  Tabular form of the updated map mentioned above.
        - Barley Proctor x Nudinka AFLP autoradiogram
	  Image of the survey of 16 primer combinations used in this map, with 
	  the 118 mapped bands marked.
World Wide Web
    - "GrainGenes Reports", http://greengenes.cit.cornell.edu/ggtabledefs.html
      - "Mapped sequences"
	A query for all Probes that have both Locus and Sequence data.

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8 March 1996

GrainGenes Database
    - RFLPs linked to oat crown rust resistance, from Arla Bush
      Look in class "Linkage_Data", a new class for subchromosome-sized maps.
    - Iowa State diploid oat map, from Rayapati et al., TAG 89:831, 1994
      A. strigosa x A. wiestii, with another crown rust resistance locus.
    - Five dormancy-related clones, from Kay Walker-Simmons
      Search for Probe pMA*
    - Links to Colleagues' WWW home pages
      Query: "find colleague www_page"
Gopher
   7. Wheat performance evaluations
      - HRSW Regional Performance Nursery Program
        - Uniform Regional Hard Red Spring Wheat Nursery, from Jochum Wiersma
      - State Performance Tests
        - Minnesota, 1995, from Jochum Wiersma
  16. Maps and mapping data
      - Hordeum
        - Barley Proctor x Nudinka AFLP,RFLP mapping data, from Manfred Heun
      - Avena
        - A. strigosa x A. wiestii map
          Tabular form of the diploid oat map mentioned above.
World Wide Web
    - "Outline of the GrainGenes Webserver"
      Complete contents of the Webserver on one, searchable page.
      At the top of the http://wheat.pw.usda.gov page.

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9 February 1996

GrainGenes Database
    - New address records for 320 colleagues, and many updates, from ITMI
      Everything should be correct now.  If you see anything wrong let us know.
    - Snapshots of 24 colleagues taken at Plant Genome IV, from Dave Matthews
      ACEDB query: "find colleague image"
    - Six new PCR primer pairs for HMW glutenin genes, from Renato D'Ovidio
      ACEDB query: "find probe glu*"
Gopher
   The maps are still there!  They've been moved from "Grains files to browse"
   to a new item on the main menu, "Maps and mapping data".  We hope you 
   find the new menu organization easier to use.
   7. Wheat performance evaluations
      - HRSW Regional Performance Nursery Program/Uniform Regional Scab Nursery
        Results from ND, SD, MN, and Manitoba, 1995, from Jochum Wiersma
   8. Wheat quality evaluations
      - Hard winter wheat regional quality reports
        1993 and 1994, from Brad Seabourn
      - Search regional quality data, 1971-1994
        Update of the 1971-1992 summary data, from Brad Seabourn
      - PNW regional quality data
        Western Wheat Quality Laboratory data, 1981-1994, from Bob Graybosch
  16. Maps and mapping data
      - Hordeum
        Barley Harrington x TR306 QTL dataset, from D. Mather and N. Tinker
        Or see it on the Web: http://gnome.agrenv.mcgill.ca/nabgmp/htqtl.htm.
      - Saccharum
        CU,CIBR 1995 map and mapping data
        Tabular form of the map loaded in the Database in November.
      - Triticum
        T. aestivum and T. monococcum 1A and 1A^m^ maps and mapping data
        Tabular form of the maps loaded in the database last month.
World Wide Web
    - "GrainGenes Reports", http://greengenes.cit.cornell.edu/ggtabledefs.html
      The "PCR primers" and "Colleagues" reports are updated with the new
      Database data mentioned above.  (Actually these reports are always as
      current as the Database, automatically updated.)
   -  AE Van Deynze, ME Sorrells and SR McCouch. 1996. Anchor probes for
      comparative mapping in grass species.  http://greengenes.cit.cornell.-
      edu/anchors.
      Characterization of 153 barley, oat and rice cDNA probes against
      barley, oat, wheat, rice, maize, sorghum and sugarcane.

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5 January 1996

GrainGenes Database
    - 21-Chromosome map of wheat genes, from Hart et al., in "Genetic Maps",
      1993.  Includes 2-point distances; click on a locus, then "Gmap data...".
    - T. aestivum and T. monococcum 1A and 1A^m^ maps, from Jorge Dubcovsky
      Updated and extended from the previous (December 1994) versions.
    - Triticeae consensus map, from Allen Van Deynze and Clare Nelson
      Groups 1 - 3 (Database version of Gopher files loaded April 1995).
    - Catalogue of Gene Symbols for Wheat, DNA Markers section, from Gary Hart
      All DNA Markers from the 1993 Catalogue and Supplements are now loaded.
    - Collections of Triticum, Hordeum, Avena and Saccharum spp., from IPGRI
      Address information and species held in each of 200 collections.
    - Descriptions of 40 OG (oat genomic) clones, from Mark Sorrells
Gopher
   7. Wheat performance evaluations
      - State Performance Tests
        - New York, 1995, from Mark Sorrells
  16. Grains files to browse
      - "Barley gene map", chromosomes 2, 4 and 5, from BGN volume 24
        Tabular version of the maps loaded in the Database last month.
      - "Wheat gene map"
        Tabular version of the Hart et al. map in the Database (see above).
World Wide Web
    - GrainGenes Reports, http://greengenes.cit.cornell.edu/ggtabledefs.html
      Generate a current report of GrainGenes data on the indicated topics.

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4 December 1995

GrainGenes Database
    - Barley gene list, from Penny von Wettstein-Knowles, in "Genetic Maps", 
      1993.  Gene names, symbols, chromosomes, references.  
    - Gene maps of barley chromosomes 2, 4 and 5, from Jerry Franckowiak, 
      Brian Forster and Jens Jensen.  As seen in Barley Genetics Newsletter 24.
    - Barley map, Vogelsanger Gold x Alf, from Giese et al., Hereditas 1994
      23 RAPDs, 28 RFLPs and 29 genes.  (Same as the one in Gopher, 29 Sep.)
      To view the errors in interval distances via the WWW interface, click 
      on a locus, then on the "Gmap data..." button.
    - RFLP, gliadin, quality trait survey of durum wheats, from Mark Sorrells.
      87 ICARDA wheat lines x 36 probes (165 RFLPs) and 5 traits.
Gopher
   7. Wheat performance evaluations
      - State Performance Tests
        - Minnesota, from Jochum Wiersma                  New state!
  18. Software for genetics
      - MQTL, from Nick Tinker
        Simplified composite interval mapping of QTL in multiple environments.
      - MSIM, from Nick Tinker
        Automated simulation of genetic markers and QTL.
  19. GrainGenes administrative information
      - "Syntax rules and conventions", from Dave Matthews
        Help on creating files for submission to GrainGenes.
Other News
    Check out the new "PathoGenes" database on fungal pathogens of small 
    grain cereals!   
          http://probe.nalusda.gov:8000/plant/aboutpathogenes.html
    Information includes powdery mildew isolates' reactions to specific Ml
    alleles and barley tester lines (example Isolate "58-74"), images of
    RFLPs and RAPDs used for mildew mapping (example Image "Q5 HLxR1"), and
    more!

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1 November 1995

GrainGenes Database
    - Saccharum map, from Jorge da Silva and Bruno Sobral
      527 APPCR and RFLP markers, 64 linkage groups; with sizes of mapped bands
    - RFLP survey of Avena sterilis, from Mark Sorrells
      173 accessions x 48 OG probes.  Search for "polymorphism og*".
World Wide Web
    - Barley Genetics Newsletter Volume 24, from Diane Mather
      http://probe.nalusda.gov:8000/otherdocs/bgn/bgn.html
    - New "Table-maker" interface for generating downloadable reports
      http://probe.nalusda.gov:8300/cgi-bin/table-maker
    - Direct links from the table of locus positions for the wheat
      W7984 x Opata85 map to the autoradiogram of the mapped fragments.
      http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/ggpages/opata457.html
Gopher
  16. Grains files to browse
      - "E-mail addresses from Ben Edge"
         170 electronic addresses and institutional affiliations

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29 September 1995

GrainGenes Database (all access modes)
    - Catalogue of Gene Symbols for Wheat, 1993, from Gary Hart
      The (nearly) complete list of wheat genes, alleles and stocks, converted 
      to database format.  Try searching for "gene_class".
    - New and updated PCR primer sequences, from Tom Blake
      A total of 230 primer pairs from Tom now.
    - Seven wheat microsatellites and additional primers, from Mark Sorrells
      There's no unique Gopher search for these -- try "pcr and sorrells".
World Wide Web
    - Germplasm records in the GrainGenes database are now hotlinked to
      corresponding records of the CIMMYT Wheat International Nursery Database,
      and vice versa.  For example look at http://probe.nalusda.gov:8300/
      cgi-bin/dbrun/graingenes?find+Germplasm+%22BL+1022%22
    - The Web version of this "What's New" file, http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/
      ggpages/whatsnewlinks.html, is now hotlinked so you can examine the
      new items with a click of the mouse.
Gopher
   7. Wheat quality evaluations
      - "Compendium of wheat lines carrying rye ... 1RS", from Bob Graybosch
        Data for 170 additional lines, from the 1995 USDA Regional Nurseries
  16. Grains files to browse
      - "Barley Vogelsanger Gold x Alf map", from Giese et al., Hereditas 1994
        23 RAPDs, 28 RFLPs and 29 genes.
      - "PCR primers for published probes", from Dave Matthews
        Updated to include all 350 primer pairs now in the GrainGenes database.

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25 August 1995 

          *** Check out the new GrainGenes WWW page!   ***
          *** http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/graingenes.html ***

4.  Search the GrainGenes database
    - Wheat consensus map based on Chinese Spring x Synthetic, from Mike Gale
      Try searching for "locus and gale".
    - Barley powdery mildew resistance genes and stocks, from Helms Joergensen
      Search for "gene and ml*".
    - New and updated address records for 140 colleagues, from NABGMP
7.  Wheat performance evaluations
    - State Performance Tests
      - Kansas 1995, from Kraig Roozeboom  
      - South Dakota 1993 and 1995, from Scott Haley
16. Grains files to browse
    - "Cereal Rust Bulletin", from Mark Hughes
      1995 Final Report

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8 August 1995

4.  Search the GrainGenes database
    - Hexaploid oat Kanota x Ogle map, from Louise O'Donoughue
      Search for "map and louise".
    - Physical map of barley chromosome 5 (1H), from Gottfried Kuenzel
      Try searching for "physical".
    - Wheat groups 4, 5, 7 maps, Synthetic W7984 x Opata85, from Clare Nelson
      Search for "map and nelson".
    - Wheat Chinese Spring x T. spelta map 
      The classic of Liu and Tsunewaki, 1991.
8.  Wheat quality evaluations
    - Hard red spring wheat regional data, 1994, from Gary Hareland
      See the "About" file for a full description.
    - Durum wheat quality, 1994, from Gary Hareland
      First durum quality data!
11. Annual Wheat Newsletter, 1991-95
    - Volume 41, 1995, from Jon Raupp
      For searching or downloading to your own word processor.
16. Grains files to browse
    - "Barley Steptoe x Morex and Harrington x TR306 base maps", Diane Mather
      Direct link to Diane's ftp server at McGill.
    - "Literature on Fusarium Head Blight of Wheat", from Mark Hughes
      Bibliography on scab prepared by Roy Wilcoxson
    - "Cereal Rust Bulletin", from Mark Hughes
      1995 #8.
    - "Kanota x Ogle oat map"
      The hexaploid oat map mentioned above, in tabular form.
    - "Kanota x Ogle oat mapping data"
    - "Wheat W7984 x Opata85 map", from Allen Van Deynze and Clare Nelson
      Groups 4, 5, 7 maps mentioned above, plus previous groups 1- 3.
    - "Wheat W7984 x Opata85 groups 4, 5, 7 mapping data", from Clare Nelson
    - "Wheat CS x Spelta map" 
      The Kyoto wheat map mentioned above, in tabular form.

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21 July 1995

4.  Search the GrainGenes database
    - 2_Point_Data, from Greg Penner
      Twenty-one molecular markers for genes of interest, e.g. "ts1/UBC195".
    - RFLP bands for probes mapped in oat Kanota x Ogle, from Mark Sorrells
      Autoradiogram images and fragment sizes for 270 probes, 380 loci.
    - PCR primers, from Luther Talbert
      New sequences for CDO1338, KSUE18, KSUG34, KSUM149; improved KSUE6.
16. Grains files to browse
    - "Reserved Laboratory Designators for DNA Clones...", from Gary Hart
      Updated June 1995
    - "Wheat W7984 x Opata85 groups 2 and 3 mapping data", from Clare Nelson
    - "Cereal Rust Bulletin", from Mark Hughes
      1995 #3 - #7.
19. GrainGenes administrative information
    - "Template for Germplasm records", from Dave Matthews and Ken Kephart
      Format for cultivars, stocks, etc. cited in datasets you submit.

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21 April 1995

4.  Search the GrainGenes database
    - Diploid oat map updated, from Allen Van Deynze
      Search for "cornell2".
    - Wheat groups 2 and 3 maps, Synthetic W7984 x Opata85, from Clare Nelson
      Search for "map and sorrells".
7.  Wheat performance evaluations
    - State Performance Tests
      - Kansas, from Kraig Roozeboom                  New state!
16. Grains files to browse
    - "Cereal Rust Bulletin", from Mark Hughes
      1995 #1 and #2.
    - "Diploid oat map", from Allen Van Deynze
      Same map as mentioned above, in tabular form.
    - "Wheat W7984 x Opata85 map", from Allen Van Deynze and Clare Nelson
      Groups 2 and 3 maps mentioned above, plus previous group 1.
    - "Triticeae consensus map", from Allen Van Deynze and Clare Nelson
      Groups 1, 2 and 3.
19. GrainGenes administrative information
    - "Template for 2_Point_Data", from Dave Matthews
      For inter-locus distances, e.g. between a gene and a molecular marker

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15 February 1995

3.  How to access GrainGenes
    Updated info on the Plant Genome Database CD-ROM, from Dave Matthews
4.  Search the GrainGenes database
    - RFLP band sizes for 150 more probes mapped in the Synthetic W7984
      x Opata85 population, from Mark Sorrells
      That's the lot!  Autoradiogram images for a total of 350 probes, 
      sizes of the mapped bands for 330 loci.
7.  Wheat performance evaluations
    - State Performance Tests
      - New York, from Mark Sorrells                  New state!
      - South Dakota, from Scott Haley                New state!
8.  Wheat quality evaluations
    - Compendium of wheat lines carrying chromosome arm 1RS, from Bob Graybosch
      Updated.
19. GrainGenes administrative information
    - Template for Image data, from Dave Matthews
      How to submit images to GrainGenes.

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11 January 1995

4.  Search the GrainGenes database
    - High resolution map of part of barley chromosome 5, from Richard DeScenzo
      Try searching for "wise".
    - RFLP survey: 84 oat cultivars vs. 56 BCD, CDO probes, from Mark Sorrells
      Searching for "ciav*" will fetch many of the relevant records.
    - RFLP band sizes for 140 more probes mapped in the Synthetic W7984
      x Opata85 population, from Mark Sorrells
      The autoradiogram images for these as well as the previous 60 are now
      annotated to show which bands were used to map each locus.
7.  Wheat performance evaluations
    - State Performance Tests
      - Arizona, from Michael Ottman                   New state!
8.  Wheat quality evaluations
    - Hard red spring crop quality survey, 1994", from Wayne Moore
      1282 HRS wheat samples from the northern Great Plains.
16. Grains files to browse
    -  "Reserved Laboratory Designators for DNA Clones, Primers and Markers",
       from Gary Hart.  New edition, much expanded.
    -  "PCR primers for published probes", from Dave Matthews
       All 220 specific primer pairs currently known to GrainGenes.
    -  "Membership of the mailgroup 'grains@greengenes'", from Dave Matthews
       Who gets the messages sent to this address?

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12 December 1994

4.  Search the GrainGenes database
    - Chromosome 1A and 1A^m^ maps, from Jorge Dubcovsky and Jan Dvorak
      Try searching for "dvorak".
    - RFLP band sizes for 60 BCD and CDO probes mapped in the Synthetic W7984
      x Opata85 population, from Mark Sorrells
      Search for "altar84" to see Polymorphism and Image records, "(altar84
      or opata) and mapped" to see the band size mapped for each Locus.
5.  Images from the GrainGenes database
    - Autoradiograms for the BCD, CDO vs Synthetic/Opata85 polymorphisms,
      from Mark Sorrells.  File names are "SO_.gif".
10. Search the wheat gene catalogue
    Updated to the 1993 version.  From RA McIntosh, GE Hart and MD Gale
11. Annual Wheat Newsletter 
    Volume 40, 1994, from Jim Quick
15. Search barley genetic stocks, from Jerry Franckowiak
    In progress.  Search for "barley" to see all 14 records thus far.
16. Grains files to browse
    - "Triticum monococcum *", from Jorge Dubcovsky and Jan Dvorak
      Tabular versions of the 1A and 1A^m^ maps mentioned above.
20. Other plant genome information
    - "Agricultural Genome WWW server", from the National Agricultural Library
      Alternative to Mosaic for those with dial-up, vt100 Internet connections
    - "GRIN WWW server", from the National Genetic Resources Program (NGRP)
      Direct access to the GRIN database!  Pick the link "Accessions".

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9 November 1994

4.  Search the GrainGenes database
    - 150 new or extended end-sequences of ABC, ABG, CDO, WG etc. clones, 
      from Tom Blake
    - Fifteen wheat microsatellites, from Marion Roeder
      Search for "wms*".
8.  Wheat quality evaluations
    - Hard red spring wheat regional data, 1992-1993, from Gary Hareland 
      Grain, flour and loaf characteristics
    - Compendium of wheat lines carrying chromosome arm 1RS, from Bob Graybosch
      Updated to 300 entries

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28 October 1994

4.  Search the GrainGenes database
    - Wheat group 1 map, Synthetic W7984 x Opata85, from Allen Van Deynze
      Search for "map and sorrells".
7.  Wheat performance evaluations
    - HWW Regional Performance Nursery Program, from Jim Peterson
      New, in progress!
14. Grains files to browse
    - "Wheat W7984 x Opata85 group 1 map", from Allen Van Deynze
      Same map as above, in tabular form.
    - "Triticeae group 1 consensus map", from Allen Van Deynze
      See also images Van*.gif in the Images menu.

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29 September 1994

4.  Search the GrainGenes database
    - HMW glutenin subunits and alleles of 1900 cultivars, from Bob Graybosch
      Try searching for "subunit".
    - 150 PCR primer pairs for previously published probes, from Luther 
      Talbert and Tom Blake.  
      KSUs, ABCs, ABGs and more.  Search for "pcr".
    - 25 more BROWS (Barley, Rice, ...) probe surveys, from Mark Sorrells
      Band sizes and images of blots of RZ, MWG and other probes.  E.g. MWG52.
7.  Wheat performance evaluations
    - State Performance Tests
      - Arkansas, from Robert Bacon                   New!
      - Illinois 1994 update, from Emerson Nafziger
      - Mississippi, from David Kilbern               New!
Enhanced WWW service:
    Software upgrade for GrainGenes's World Wide Web version, (URL
    http://probe.nalusda.gov:8000, menu "WWW Interface to ACEDB Databases" /
    "query ... GrainGenes").  Now allows searching with the full power of the
    ACEDB query engine.

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26 August 1994

Some things have moved!

  "Grains files to download" / "Wheat Variety Tests", and
  "Grains files to download" / "Great Plains Winter Wheat Characteristics"
are now located in the new top-level menu,
  "Wheat performance evaluations",
and the former's name has been changed from "Wheat Variety Tests" to "State
Performance Tests".

  "NABGMP Steptoe X Morex dataset" 
is now
  "Grains files to browse" / "Barley Steptoe x Morex NABGMP QTL dataset".

Our apologies to those users who were accustomed to the old menu structure
and now must learn a new one; and also to those who were confused or
inconvenienced by the old one, which was indeed confusing and inconvenient.
There's still considerable room for improvement, and your suggestions are
solicited.  We're trying to maintain a balance between stability on the one
hand, and adaptation to accommodate the new kinds of data being added on the
other.

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15 August 1994

3.  How to access GrainGenes
    Update: E-mail searching and the Plant Genome Database CD-ROM.
4.  Search the GrainGenes database
    - Barley maps, four of 2H and one of 3H, from David Laurie
      RFLPs relative to li, denso, Ppd-H1 and 5S rDNA.
14. Grains files to browse
    - "Barley 2H and 3H maps from David Laurie"
      Browseable versions of the same maps.
    - "Stripe rust in North America, 1968-87", from Rollie Line
      USDA Technical Bulletin 1788, with color plates.
15. Grains files to download
    - Wheat variety tests
        Missouri 1994, from Ken Kephart

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18 July 1994

14. Grains files to browse
    - Reserved Laboratory Designators for DNA Clones..., from Gary Hart
      Second edition.  New designators gbx and sun.
15. Grains files to download
    - Great Plains Winter Wheat Characteristics, from Scott Haley and Jim Quick
      Drought stress tolerance traits evaluated at Ft. Collins in 1986-1987.

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17 June 1994

4.  Search the GrainGenes database
    - Rice O. sativa x O. longistaminata map, from Susan McCouch via RiceGenes
      Many BCD, CDO and RZ markers to compare with other GrainGenes maps.
    - 450 germplasm records from Ron DePauw
      For entries in the Canadian Western Red Spring Wheat Trials.

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2 June 1994

4.  Search the GrainGenes database
    - Triticum tauschii map, from Rudi Appels
      New!
    - Maize T232 x CM37 map, from Steve Tanksley
      Many BCD, CDO and RZ markers to compare with other GrainGenes maps.
    - 50 more BROWS and BROWSSM probe surveys, from Mark Sorrells
      Band sizes and images of blots of BCD, CDO and RZ probes against barley,
      rice, oat, wheat, sugarcane, and in some cases sorghum and maize.
7.  Wheat quality evaluations
    - Idaho quality data, from Ed Souza and Mark Kruk
      Multiyear trials of soft white and hard red spring wheats.
14. Grains files to browse
    - More Cereal Rust Bulletins, from Mark Hughes
      This part of the Gopher is now being maintained current by Mark directly.

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18 May 1994

4.  Search the GrainGenes database, and 
14. Grains files to browse
    - Barley Harrington x TR306 map, from Andy Kleinhofs
      New!
    - Barley Steptoe x Morex map, from Andy Kleinhofs
      Updated to the Jan 1994 version.
7.  Wheat quality evaluations
    - Regional quality data, 1971-1992, from Bob Graybosch
      Summaries from three US Great Plains nurseries.
14. Grains files to browse
    - Cereal Rust Bulletin 16 May 1994, from Mark Hughes
    - Nomenclature of Biochemical and Molecular Loci in Wheat, from Gary Hart
      Official version.
    - Reserved Laboratory Designators for DNA Clones..., from Gary Hart
      First edition!
15. Grains files to download
    - Wheat variety tests
        Illinois, from Emerson Nafziger
        Nebraska, from Len Nelson via the IANRVM Gopher server at U. Nebraska
16. Software for genetics
    - GREGOR version 1.4.0 and KIN version 1.0.2, from Nick Tinker

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27 Apr 1994

7.  Wheat quality evaluations
    - Hard winter wheat regional quality reports, from Bob Graybosch
      Analyses from the Northern, Southern, and Western Plains Regional,
      and the Kansas Intrastate Nurseries.
    - HMW glutenin subunit composition update, from Bob Graybosch
    - Wheat lines carrying rye chromosome arm 1RS, from Bob Graybosch

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19 Apr 1994

4.  Search the GrainGenes database
    - Barley Igri x Franka map, from Andreas Graner
      Updated to the 377-marker version of January 1994.
    - Pathology data updated by Ken Kephart
      Additional pathogen species, some symptom descriptions.
11. Annual Wheat Newsletter
    - Volume 38, 1992, from Jim Quick
14. Grains files to browse
    - "Barley IGRI x FRANKA map", from Andreas Graner
      Updated to the 377-marker version of January 1994.
15. Grains files to download
    - "Wheat variety tests", from Ken Kephart and David Van Sanford
      Results of state wheat variety trials, in various spreadsheet and 
      word processing file formats for use with DOS or Macintosh software.

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19 Mar 1994

3.  How to access GrainGenes, from Dave Matthews
    - Access methods using Gopher, WWW, or ACEDB.  There is now a backup of 
      this Gopher server, to maintain service in the event of hardware 
      glitches like last night's.
4.  Search the GrainGenes database
    - More wheat chromosome-arm marker data, from Mike Gale
      Locations of homologies to 50 PSR probes, including sizes of the
      mapped restriction fragments and polymorphism scores for the probes
      in wheat and barley.  Search for "psr102", e.g.
5.  Images from the GrainGenes database
    - 120 images of Triticum species, from Kimber and Feldman's "Wild Wheat"
7.  Wheat quality evaluations
    - HMW glutenin subunit composition, from Bob Graybosch
      Update:  data for an additional 300 wheat cultivars.
18. Software for genetics
    - Map Manager, version 2.5, from Ken Manly

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3 Mar 1994

3.  Search the GrainGenes database
    - Primer sequences for 65 probes, from Tom Blake and Andy Kleinhofs
      Search for "primers".
18. Grains files to browse
    - "Barley Harrington x TR306 mapping data", from Andy Kleinhofs
      Segregation data for 190 markers.
    - "Barley Steptoe x Morex mapping data"
      "Barley Steptoe x Morex markers", from Andy Kleinhofs
      Updates of the old 295-marker datasets to 437 markers.
[10. Search CIMMYT cultivar abbreviations]
     This item has been removed from the menu, as the data are now 
     incorporated into item 3, the GrainGenes database.

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24 Feb 1994

3.  Search the GrainGenes database
    - Wheat chromosome arm map, from Mark Sorrells
      Chromosome and chromosome-arm locations of homologies to 210 BCD, CDO,
      and WG probes, with the sizes of the 800 mapped restriction fragments.
      Try searching for "arm".
8.  NABGMP Steptoe X Morex dataset
    - Barley quantitative trait mapping dataset, from Pat Hayes
      8 traits x 16 environments x 150 doubled haploids, with QTL analysis.

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15 Feb 1994

3.  Search the GrainGenes database
    - 120 species of Triticeae and Avena, and all their synonyms, from Ken
      Kephart and Gordon Kimber
    - All 1100 references from the 1993 Catalogue of Gene Symbols for Wheat,
      from Susan Altenbach
    - Germplasm records for the 500 wheat cultivars that have been evaluated
      in the 1st through 27th CIMMYT International Spring Wheat Yield
      Nurseries, from Bent Skovmand

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7 Feb 1994

4.  Images from the GrainGenes database
    - 450 new pathology-related images, from Ken Kephart
      Because of the size of this menu the Gopher now has to think a while
      about how to to display it, so be patient.
17. Grains files to browse
    - "Barley IGRI x FRANKA mapping data", from Andreas Graner
      Segregation data, including substantially more markers than are on 
      the 1991 published map

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2 Feb 1994

   The purpose of this file is to make it easier for you to spot information
that may have been added or updated since the last time you checked in at the
GrainGenes Gopher.  Some changes may go unreported here, so you might want to
scout around a little before assuming there's nothing new.
   This being the first installment, here's just a sampling of some additions
that are relatively recent.

3.  Search the GrainGenes database
    - Genes, alleles and stocks, part of the "Catalogue of Gene Symbols for
      Wheat", from Gary Hart
    - Barley map, Proctor x Nudinka, from Mark Sorrells
    - CIMMYT list of wheat cultivar abbreviations, from Bent Skovmand
    - Trait evaluation data, CIMMYT's 24th International Spring Wheat Yield
      Nursery, from Paul Fox
    - Pathologies (diseases, insects, abiotic injuries) of wheat, barley and
      oats, from Ken Kephart
    - Address information for additional colleagues, from the Oat Newsletter
      mailing list
4.  Images from the GrainGenes database
    - Autoradiograms of polymorphisms of BCD and CDO probes on barley, rice, 
      oat, wheat and sugarcane, from Mark Sorrells
7.  Wheat quality evaluations
    - HMW glutenin subunit composition for 1500 wheat cultivars, from Bob
      Graybosch
    - Flour, dough, baking and milling evaluations of wheat cultivars, from
      Bob Graybosch
14. Search the Annual Wheat Newsletter, Vol. 39
    - The current issue, from Jim Quick
17. Grains files to browse
    - "DRAFT: Naming wheat DNA markers and QTLs".  Proposed nomenclature, from
      Gary Hart
18. Large files to download
    - "Catalogue of Gene Symbols for Wheat", 1993 edition, from Bob McIntosh
20. GrainGenes administrative information
    - How to submit your data to GrainGenes
.