GRIN-Global Status - I, CRI 2016 February

1. GRIN Czech
Workshop GRIN Global
8.-12.2.2016
Crop Research Institute, Prague

2. GRIN Czech
 National programme for genetic
resources - from 1993
 CRI – coordinating center; server
 12 institutions
 Approx.60 curators and technicians
 Passport data – 65 391 accessions
(1173 taxons)
 CH&E data – 1 087 284 traits

3. GRIN Czech
Aromatic and
medicinal plants
2%
Beta and other seed
root crops
<1%
Cereals
39%
Flowers
3%
Rhododendron, Rosa
1%
Fruit woody plants
6%
Grasses
4%
Vegetables
14%
Food legumes
10%
Miscelaneous
<1%
Oil plants
3%
Potatoes
4%
Fodder plants
3%
Grape
2%
Industrial plants
5%
Zea and alternative
cereals
3%
Crop structure of Czech collections of plant genetic resources

4. Former IS
 Evigez
 DOS platform, software FoxPro 2.5,
 Off-line communication with curators
 Incompatible with new technology
 Imposibility of further development

5. Conversion to GRIN Global
2008 - 2010
– I.Faberová participated in the project G-G
2011-2013
- translations, data preparation, waiting for
suitable version of G-G
June 2014 – June 2015
- restart of work
- transformation and migration of data -
external IT firm
- training of curators

6. Challenges
 New columns in Accession table – not in
Accession Wizard (curator, maintained by)
 Taxonomy – different system of taxonomy,
not accepted name (added record Full taxon)
 New codes – add again after upgrade
 Site x Cooperator
 FAO Instcode – missing Lookup picker in
Cooperator
 Missing wizard for CH&E data

7. Lessons learnt
Be prepared:
 Curators PC skills differ significantly
 Training environment; QA
 Not all willing to change
 Check of data after migration by curators –
problem
 Repeat and repeat

8. Today and the future
Functional system
Permanent technical support
Advance training – pictures…
Improvement of mainteinance policy
Molecular data?
Upgrade on higher version?
Eurisco