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Title: THE INTERACTIVE MAIZE PLANT (IMP)

Author
item VINCENT, P - UNIV OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA
item MOORE, S - UNIV OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA
item Coe Jr, Edward

Submitted to: Maize Genetics Conference Abstracts
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 3/14/2001
Publication Date: 3/14/2001
Citation: VINCENT, P.L., MOORE, S.D., COE JR, E.H., POLACCO, M.L. THE INTERACTIVE MAIZE PLANT (IMP). MAIZE GENETICS CONFERENCE. 2001. ABSTRACT P. 65.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: An overview of the proposed contents of the Interactive Maize Plant (IMP) is presented. The purpose of IMP is to develop and extend the considerable educational facility that is inherent in MaizeDB for people in developing and developed parts of the world who are interested in maize - anyone who has access to the Internet. The IMP will cater for a wide range of users - from K12 scholars and teachers to undergraduates, graduates, an new and not so new researchers of maize and the general public. The IMP comprises image maps of the maize plant linked to attractive and botanically accurate and annotated line-drawings and images of associated macro- and micro-morphology, anatomy, developmental stages, etc., of maize. All of this will be based on an Ontology with its own appropriate Controlled Vocabulary of terms. Other facilities provided are: Interesting Facts, Zea mays - A Scientific Fact Sheet; FAQs; Glossary & Synonym facility. Definitely a work in progress. Access the IMP via http://www.agron.missouri.edu/.