title: TNAURice: Database on rice varieties released from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University.
abstract: WE DEVELOPED, TNAURICE: a database comprising of the rice varieties released from a public institution, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Coimbatore, India. Backed by MS-SQL, and ASP-Net at the front end, this database provide information on both quantitative and qualitative descriptors of the rice varities inclusive of their parental details. Enabled by an user friendly search utility, the database can be effectively searched by the varietal descriptors, and the entire contents are navigable as well. The database comes handy to the plant breeders involved in the varietal improvement programs to decide on the choice of parental lines. TNAURice is available for public access at http://www.btistnau.org/germdefault.aspx.
authors.forename: Jegadeesan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ramalingam
authors.forename: Loganathan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Arul
authors.forename: Natarajan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sathishkumar
authors.forename: Dhandapani
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vignesh
authors.forename: Katiannan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Thiyagarajan
authors.forename: Ramasamy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Samiyappan