Presentation to Genebank Platform side event, ITPGRFA 7th Governing Body meeting, 2017, Kigali, Rwanda

1. Genesys in numbers
www.genesys-pgr.org
• 3,6 million records
• 434 institutions
• 359 botanical families
• 5939 genera

2. Data aggregation
• Individual genebanks and
networks
• EURISCO: 1,8 million accessions.
• USDA-ARS NPGS: 580.000
accessions.
• CGIAR: 750.000 accessions.
• WorldVeg: 60.235 accessions.
• CATIE: 1.990 accessions.

3. Georeferenced accessions in Genesys

4. But still some data gaps…
Source: https://croplands.org/ and https://www.genesys-pgr.org

5. Source: https://croplands.org/ and https://www.genesys-pgr.org
But still some data gaps…

6. New data providers: Data provider agreement.
2013: CIP, IITA, CIMMYT, ICRISAT, IRRI, ICRAF, AVRDC
2014: ICARDA, ILRI, AfricaRice, URG/IER (MLI), BIOVERSITY, WGRC-KSU (USA)
2015: Seed Savers Exchange (USA), SADC Plant genetic Resources Centre (ZMB)
2016: Embrapa (BRA), SPC (FJI), APG (AUS), CIAT, AGG (AUS)
2017: CATIE (CRI), GeRRI-KALRO (KEN), MARDI (MYS), NPGRL (PHL), NGBT (TUN)
Data providers

7. • Genesys aggregates data without alteration.
• Tool to validate coordinates and scientific names
https://validator.genesys-pgr.org/
• Passport Data Completeness Index (PDCI)
Data validation

8. Partners
• WorldVeg (Taiwan), CATIE (Costa Rica), GeRRI (Kenya), BNG
(Tunisia), NPGRL (Philippines), MARDI (Malaysia).
Expected outcomes
• Partners establish written procedures, develop and test checklists
for data publication.
• Genesys Catalog infrastructure developed, tested and established.
• Characterization and evaluation datasets (and
metadata) are integrated and visible through the
Catalog.
Genesys Catalog

9. Advantages of using
Genesys
Internally
• Establish written data management
procedures.
• Organize internal documentation
workflows.
• Preserve data and prevent data loss.
• Give context to characterization and
evaluation data (who, what, where,
when, how).
• Improved access by clients.
• Improve identification of germplasm for
breeding.
• Increase use of accessions.
• Data reuse: further research, teaching,
planning.
• Use of attractive and user friendly portal.
• Reduced costs (portal development,
maintenance and hosting).
• Germplasm ordering functionality.

10. Use Module
• DOIs implementation (GLIS).
• Interoperability with other systems (BrAPI – Excellence in
Breeding Platform).
• Active participation of CGIAR community:
– Data maintenance (frequent updates).
– Development of visualization tools.
– Subsets creation to better answer germplasm user needs.

11. Genesys and DOIs

12. Several options to publish data:
API
Standalone tool for Windows and OS X
GRIN-Global
Genesys Helpdesk (helpdesk@genesys-pgr.org)
National Focal Points (NFPs) may use Genesys to report on the
implementation of the Second GPA. By publishing collection data on
Genesys the NFPs do not have to submit accession-level passport data again
to FAO. FAO should be informed accordingly (WIEWS@fao.org)
Data providers