Lawrence Carolyn J, Harper Lisa C, Schaeffer Mary L, Sen Taner Z, Seigfried Trent E, Campbell Darwin A
USDA-ARS, Ames, IA 50011, USA.
Int J Plant Genomics. 2008;2008:496957. doi: 10.1155/2008/496957.
In 2001 maize became the number one production crop in the world with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations reporting over 614 million tonnes produced. Its success is due to the high productivity per acre in tandem with a wide variety of commercial uses. Not only is maize an excellent source of food, feed, and fuel, but also its by-products are used in the production of various commercial products. Maize's unparalleled success in agriculture stems from basic research, the outcomes of which drive breeding and product development. In order for basic, translational, and applied researchers to benefit from others' investigations, newly generated data must be made freely and easily accessible. MaizeGDB is the maize research community's central repository for genetics and genomics information. The overall goals of MaizeGDB are to facilitate access to the outcomes of maize research by integrating new maize data into the database and to support the maize research community by coordinating group activities.
2001年，玉米成为世界头号粮食作物，联合国粮食及农业组织报告其产量超过6.14亿吨。玉米之所以成功，是因为其每英亩产量高，且有多种商业用途。玉米不仅是优质的食物、饲料和燃料来源，其副产品还用于生产各种商业产品。玉米在农业领域取得的无与伦比的成功源于基础研究，基础研究成果推动了育种和产品开发。为了让基础研究人员、转化研究人员和应用研究人员能够从他人的研究中受益，新生成的数据必须免费且方便获取。玉米基因组数据库（MaizeGDB）是玉米研究界遗传学和基因组学信息的核心存储库。玉米基因组数据库的总体目标是通过将新的玉米数据整合到数据库中来促进对玉米研究成果的获取，并通过协调团队活动来支持玉米研究界。
