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are available to hasten crop improvement programs. Linkage mapping and QTL
analysis programs help to decipher the markers closely associated with traits of
interest such as shell thickness of oil palm [44] and cuticular wax [45] in coconut.
Breeders are developing new markers to identify sex of plants and desirable traits

Table 1.6 Genomic Resources Developed as Portals Specific for Botanical Families

Family Resource Link Major Plants Covered

Poaceae Gramene http://www.gramene.org/ Rice, sorghum, maize, wheat, and

barley

Fabaceae LIS http://www.comparative-

legumes.org/

Medicago, lotus, soybean, chickpea,
groundnut, and pigeonpea beans

Rosaceae GDR http://www.bioinfo.wsu

.edu/gdr/

Apple, pear, prunus, almond, apricot,
cherry, peach, raspberry, rose, and
strawberry

Solanaceae SOL http://solgenomics.net/ Tomato, potato, pepper, eggplant,

petunia, tobacco, plus coffee, and
snapdragon

Table 1.7 Internet Links of Societies, Organizations, and Networks for Palms

URL Details of the Organization/Network/Society

http://www.pacsoa.org.au PACSOA Palm and Cycad Societies of Australia

http://www.plantapalm.com/ PACSOF Palm and Cycad Societies of Florida

http://www.plantapalm.com/vpe/vpe_
index.htm

Virtual palm encyclopedia

http://www.neiker.net/link2palm/Coco/
DefCOCO.htm

Link2Palm of Neiker Institute

http://www.inbar.int/ International Network for Bamboo and Rattan

http://tropgenedb.cirad.fr/ Tropgenedb

http://www.inibap.org/cogent/ The International Coconut Genetic Resources Network

http://www.kew.org/ Royal Botanic Garden, Kew, UK

http://www.apccsec.org/ The Asian and Pacific Coconut Community

http://www.palmweb.org/ Palms of the World Online (Palmweb)

http://www.scanpalm.no/english.html Palms in Scandinavia

http://www.palmsociety.org.uk/ The European Palm Society

http://www.icar.org.in Indian Council of Agricultural Research

http://www.cirad.fr CIRAD Montpellier France

http://www.mpob.gov.my Malaysian Palm Oil Board

http://www.cri.lk Coconut Research Institute Sri Lanka

http://www.pca.da.gov.ph Philippine Coconut Authority

http://www.cpcri.gov.in Central Plantation Crops Research Institute India

http://www.iopri.org Indonesian Oil Palm Research Institute

http://www.aciar.gov.au Coconut and its pathogens

http://www.qatar-weill.cornell.edu/
research/datepalmGenome/download.
html

Date palm genome sequencing project