The history of the Genebank Information System at the Nordic Gene Bank (1979-2007) and the Nordic Genetic Resource Center (NordGen, 2008-2010). BIRS (1981-1989), dBASE (1989-1994), and SESTO (dBASE, 1995-2001), SESTO (PHP, since 2002).
25. 1966: Konzak, C.F., and B. Sigurbjörnsson (1966). International cooperation in standardization of procedures in crop research data recording. Fifth Yugoslav Symposium on Research in Wheat. Contemporary Agriculture 11-12, 691-696.
44. SESTO installations in Baltic and Balkan Europe, Africa, Bhutan, North Korea, Caucasus, ...
45. Collecting places and country of origin SESTO by country of origin Red dots are the georeferenced collecting places :: countries colored by ORIGIN of accessions
46. SOURCE versus USE (seed requests) SESTO distribution and georeferenced accessions Red dots are the georeferenced collecting places :: country cored by accessions DISTRIBUTED
Editor's Notes
Presentation at the NordGen Christmas lunch 16 December 2010, Alnarp, Sweden
Alnarp seed storage containers for demonstration, Nordic Gene Bank March 2004, Photo: Dag Endresenhttp://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/CdQu1kFQH_GIsm1-C6DC2w
Previous Nordic Gene Bank building. Photo: October 2003, Dag Endresenhttp://picasaweb.google.com/dag.endresen/NordicGeneticResources#5345350845852787666
Hagen, E. (1985). FröhandteringvidNordiskagenbanken 1979-1985. SverigesUtsädesföreningsTidskrift, 95, 211-216. (clip above from page 215).
DagensNyheter interview with RagnarSohlman, VisstfungerarNordiskarådet. Nordiskaministerrådet.
SESTO (version 3), Visual dBASE V (Morten Hulden, 1995)
http://www.ngb.se
pcGRIN (USDA NPGS GRIN, 1995)
SPGRC SADC SDIS (SADC Documentation and Information System)
SPGRC SADC SDIS (SADC Documentation and Information System)
SPGRC SADC SDIS (SADC Documentation and Information System)
http://sesto.nordgen.org/sesto/
http://sesto.nordgen.org/sesto/
http://sesto.nordgen.org/sesto/
http://sesto.nordgen.org/sesto/
Dynamic maps live to SESTO, created with UMN Mapserver (Dag Endresen, 2009)
NOTE that the countries are colored by the distribution of accessions:: while the red dots are the georeferenced collecting places.Dynamic maps live to SESTO, created with UMN Mapserver (Dag Endresen, 2009)