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The Information System On Plant Genetic Resources of the VIR
contact details of responsible scientists. A question and answer service also assists
in making it more straightforward to contact VIR staff.
The most important part of the VIR Information System is the online database. The
aim of this information service is to improve access to and use of the collections held
at VIR through the increased availability of the related data. To date, 250,000
accessions of passport catalogue, have been verified and access to the passport
data of approximately 90% of this collection is now possible through direct searches
on the Internet.
Access to the database is possible either by using a crop list or by using a search
form for all thirteen fields of the database. Decoding tables are also available by
downloading compressed files. Over the last year, the site has had an average of
about 2,500 hits per month.
Since 2000, the website of the VIR is also available via http://www.vir.nw.ru.
References
ALEXANIAN, S.M. (2000): Modern Problems of Global PGR Mobilisation: Historical and
International Aspects. Ph. D. Thesis. VIR, St. Petersburg, 445 pp.
HARRER, S. and A. OMELCHENKO (1998): VIR information system updated. - Plant
Genet. Resour. Newsl. 13, 5.
OMELCHENKO, A.Y. and S.M. ALEXANIAN (2000): Passport database of the plant
genetic recourses collection of the State Scientific Centre - N.I. Vavilov All-
Russian Institute of Plant Industry and placing information about the collection
on the Internet. http://hall.bulat.ru/~sibfti/conferen/info2000/doclady.htm
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