DESCRIPTION
"What is CropStoreDB?", project outline, news and information
We are in the process of updating and repackaging the database, and associated tools. We hope this will increase the usability of the CropStoreDB System as a whole. This should be made available in the new year.
Detailed Description
Eexcerpt from the poster presented at PAG XVIII, January 2010, San Diego (Poster available via the brassica.info website)
CropStoreDB is curated within five interconnected modules. CS_PLANT manages the plant population and line data. A clear distinction is made between genetic entities such as plant line and individual plant accessions. CS_TRAIT deals with trials, experimental designs, trait descriptions, and scores. This module allows detailed methods, including any variations, to be captured. CS_LINKAGE_MAP contains the data for linkage maps, linked to plant populations, genetic markers and genome alignment data in AlignStoreDB. CS_GENETIC_MARKER is used to link markers to sequence in SeqStoreDB. Finally CS_QTL is used to capture quantitative trait loci based on explicitly described experimental traits. This includes summary statistics for the trait data used to calculate QTL.
Definitions and Nomenclatures 
An Excel file has been collated containing a list of all tables found in CropStoreDB (version 7.0), with MySQL field definitions, BNF nomenclature with examples, comments, and field dependencies. (last updated January 2010)
Updates
Any future updates to the schema will be listed here as they occur.
