Poster presented at TDWG Annual Conference, Suza, Bratislava (Slovakia) 16-22 Sep 200

Dias, S.R.

Gaiji, S.

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 Increasing Access to Genebank InformationThe international Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) calls for the implementation of a Global Informaton System to facilitate the exchange of information in particular on material conserved in genebanks.In response, Bioversity International in close collaboration with its partners is developing a global accession level information system ('ALIS'), aimed at playing the role of an information hub to the estimated 1,320 genebanks worlwide.The ALIS project would have not been possible without the critical contribution of the CGIAR Centres and the SGRP,  EURISCO, USDA-GRIN and other  partners. Particular thank is given to the Global Crop Diversity Trust for its financial support.   Today there are approximately 1300 genebanks worldwide, holding some 6 million accessions in ex situ collections. Many of these plant genetic resources for food and agriculture are insufficiently and/or poorly documented for their optimal conservation, access and use. With the entry into force of the ITPGRFA, Contracting Parties have agreed to cooperate to develop and strengthen a global information system aimed at facilitating the exchange of information on germplasm conserved in genebanks. Such a system should enable the identification, location and ordering of valuable germplasm. Bioversity, through the CGIAR System-wide Genetic Resources Programme (SGRP), has embarked on a major effort to build a global index that will be the portal to the information on the estimated 6 million accessions conserved in genebanks worldwide. To achieve this, 'ALIS' will build on existing successful information networks, such as the CGIAR System-wide Information Network for Genetic Resources (SINGER) and the European Search catalogue (EURISCO). ALIS has adopted the TDWG Access Protocol for Information Retrieval (TAPIR) and has now initiated the deployment of the PyWrapper v3 service-based interface to genebank databases.   Flow of accession-level information  from genebanks to 'ALIS'Summary information about ex situ collectionsRegion/Institution No of genebanksNo of accessionsAvailable through GBIF PortalAfrica 124 353,523 <10,000Latin America & Caribbean 227 642,405 <10,000North America 101 762,061 400-500,000Asia 293 1,533,979 <50,000Europe 496 1,934,574 >1,000,000Near East 67 327,963 <10,000CGIAR 12 689,578 >650,000Total 1,320 6,244,083 <2,500,000Source: FAO (1998), USDA-GRIN (2007) EURISCO (2007), SINGER (2007)

Increasing access to genebank information.

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Increasing access to genebank information.

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