PlantDB

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PlantDB - a versatile database for managing plant research

Contents 1 Database Description 1.1 Background 1.2 Results 1.3 Conclusion 2 References 3 Authors 4 External Links

[edit] Database Description

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Conclusion

We have been using PlantDB for several years in our laboratory and found that it greatly facilitates access to relevant information.

[edit] References

• PMID 18182106

[edit] Authors

Exner V, Hirsch-Hoffmann M, Gruissem W, Hennig L

[edit] External Links

• http://www.plantmethods.com/content/4/1/1