Welcome to GrainGenes!

Director

Olin Anderson, USDA-ARS Western Regional Research Center, Albany CA

Curators

Dave Matthews
Gerard Lazo
Victoria Carollo

GrainGenes Query Options

Simplest search - Search for an item by its contents

Search by category

Search pattern (optional):
Wildcards:	* multiple characters ? one character

Query language
- For more complex queries

Query by example
- Friendly interface to complex queries

Table - Show any desired fields of multiple data records, in "spreadsheet" format

Please don't be daunted by all these options. Our database software has the richest set of query types of any online database on the Internet, and we're proud to make them available to you. But we realize that having too many choices can slow you down.

We recommend Simplest search if you just want a quick answer. For a more organized exploration of the database to see what kinds of information it contains, use Search by category. The other query types are designed for power users. You know who you are.