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Critical to the success of the GCP's genomics-driven plant breeding is the development of the 'GCP Pantheon Informatics Platform' (http://pantheon.generationcp.org) which aims to integrate the distributed information resources of the consortium members and provide an improved set of bioinformatics tools. One such tool under development is GenoMedium - a plug-in based standalone user interface developed using the Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP) platform (http://www.eclipse.org/rcp). In brief, it allows the user to query, analyze, and visualize data using the array of tools built in accordance with the Pantheon Informatics Platform. As a result, GenoMedium is fully customizable and extendible in terms of a list of services and data sources available. GenoMedium can also construct conceptual linkages between data which assist the user in making sensible decisions. Furthermore, data can be exchanged seamlessly between tools as the data outputted from one tool can be shuttled as input to another. Ultimately, the end-user enjoys a very intuitive and user-friendly experience.

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Lucia Segura

CIMMYT Staff Publications Collection