Agricultural crop databases maintained in gene banks of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research CGIARR) are valuable sources of information for breeders.
Data were drawn from the ' Nontarget effects of Bt crops database' (Marvier et al. 2007), supplemented with additional peer-reviewed field studies and laboratory studies (peer-reviewed and industry studies obtained from the US Environmental Protection Agency) reported through late 2008.
Data from the Zimbabwe National Early Warning crop statistics database and household level surveys were used in the analysis.
The 'Crop Ontology' database we describe provides a controlled vocabulary for several economically important crops.
However, some data in the ILSI crop composition database may display a bimodal distribution correlated with the method of analysis (e.g., vitamin B1).
To support these methods, the continued submission of quality data to the ILSI crop composition database is strongly encouraged, especially where the sample sizes are insufficient to calculate distribution-free 99%-coverage 95%-certainty tolerance intervals (N < 473).
While critics on campus say the deal threatens academic freedom, the university argues that it gets needed money and access to crop gene databases that are needed for plant research but which it cannot develop on its own.
Imagine the options: real-time access to weather and crop reports, databases of local and national agricultural extension programs, ordering parts and supplies, acquiring new skills through distance learning, even building an online marketing presence using low bandwidth social media tools.
Unfortunately, although rice is one of the most important food crops, no database for rice pests is currently available.
Results for an array of compositional components found in corn, cotton, and soybean seed samples were downloaded from the ILSI, version 3.0, crop-composition database (http://www.cropcomposition.org).org
