Finally, the availability of large numbers of publicly
available markers and the parallel development of userfriendly
databases for the storage of marker and QTL data will undoubtedly encourage the more widespread
use of MAS. In cereals, two of the most extensive and
useful databases are ‘Gramene’ and ‘GrainGenes’
(Ware et al. 2002a,b; Matthews et al. 2003). The
development and curation of these and other databases
to keep pace with the continually growing amount of
data generated will be critical for the efficient use of
markers in the future