Published in Probe Volume 4(1-2): July 1993-July 1994
Dr. Lisa Lorenzen
Department of Zoology and Genetics
Iowa State University
Ames, IA
The Soybase staff has been concentrating on the metabolic portion of the database. Information (current through Summer, 1994) on the enzymes and reactions/pathways involved in Nitrogen Metabolism will be entered and available August 15, 1994. The complete set also will include references for all cited articles and books.
The information on Fatty Acids is 50 percent collected and entered, and is slated for completion early in 1995. In addition, a section on Nodulins has been added.
The Pathology section continues to grow, with downy mildew, powdery mildew, frogeye leaf spot, potato mosaic virus, cowpea mosaic virus, and stem canker being the latest additions. Soybase staff members have collected and entered information from the literature on both quantitative and qualitative trait linkages to molecular markers. We wish to encourage anyone who has data that they want included in Soybase to contact us at the e-mail address listed below. We would be happy to include your data.
Thinking toward an integrated legume database, the Soybase staff has assisted in the initiation of four new ACE-type databases: alfalfa, peanuts, common bean, and cool season food legumes such as lentil and chickpea. These databases are being administered under the supervision of Dr. Daniel Skinner, USDA-ARS, Kansas State University; Dr. Gary Kochert, University of Georgia; Dr. Phil McClean, North Dakota State University; and Dr. Fred Muehlbauer, USDA-ARS, Washington State University; respectively.
For additional information on Soybase, or for instructions on how to contact one of the new legume databases, please send inquiries to curator@mendel.agron.iastate.edu.