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Knowledge sharing on best practices to manage crop genebanks
1. Knowledge sharing on best practices for managing crop genebanks Authors: MA JORGE, G CLAESSENS, J HANSON, ME DULLOO, E GOLDBERG, I THORMANN, S ALEMAYEHU, E GACHERU, A AMRI, E BENSON, D DUMET, N ROUX, P RUDEBJER, R SACKVILLE HAMILTON, I SANCHEZ, S SHARMA, S TABA, HD UPADHYAYA and I VAN DEN HOUWE IAALD XIIIth World Congress, Scientific and Technical Information and Rural Development 29 April 2010 Presented by Geert Claessens The Crop Genebank Knowledge Base (CGKB)
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3. 1800’s: Farmers in USA growing 7100 varieties Today: 6800 of those are extinct Potentially lost varieties with resistance or tolerance to disease or stresses Photo: www.bestliquidvitamins.com Background (Info from TED talk Cary Fowler)
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Notes de l'éditeur
Importance of genebanks for future use by breeders who need to develop new varieties that are resistant to stresses, such as pests and diseases, drought, salinity, climate change and so on
The structure was designed to have a simple and logical flow of content .
What could you expect on a typical best practices webpage Copyright issues for the various types of information (text, links, visual aids, references) displayed on the website follow the policies of each collaborating institution
For genebanks to share and discuss best practices
CGKB as a Learning tool
The heart of the website. Also regeneration guidelines for other crops Conservation, characterization, regeneration and safety duplication are the basic steps of conservation of seeds or germplasm in genebanks
Different procedures for handling the seed or germplasm in genebanks for example registration, sample processing and so on
DVD for low bandwith users or no internet Gathering materials in other languages
The process of developing the CGKB as a multi-partner, multi-crop, multi-location and multi-disciplinary project was complex. There were many lessons learned: Different interpretation template There are almost 1000 genebanks worldwide
Most collaborators were unfamiliar with web tools like wikis, blogs or Google shared documents, and these were not used extensively or effectively More time needs to be invested i build the community of users
Most collaborators were unfamiliar with web tools like wikis, blogs or Google shared documents, and these were not used extensively or effectively More time needs to be invested i build the community of users