The National Plant Genetic Resources Information System of the Republic of China
Shu Chen, Ming‐Jen Fan, Chien‐Yih Lin · 中國園藝 · 1999
The goat of the Notional Plant Genetic Resources Information System (NPGRIS) of the Republic of China is to accelerate the exchange of plant germplasm information among plant scientists and breeders. To enhance the efficient use of plant germplasm, a user-friendly information system was built up in 1994. The NPGRIS employs ORACLE as a relational database management system. Both the ORACLE and UNIX operation system are built in the HP9000 800/G40 server. To modernize and computerize the operations in National Plant Genetic Resources Center (NPGRC), all personal computers of NPGRC-related laboratories are linked lathe server with a client-server local network architecture. About 30,000 records of passport data, 20,000 records of characterization data and 1,000 records of image data have been conserved in the NPGRIS database. These accessions represent more than 119 families, 367 genera and 500 species of plant germplasm. In order to strengthen the communication of germplasm information among breeders and other plant scientists all over the world, the NPGRC has linked its information system with foreign genetic resources centers through the World Wide Web (http://www.opgrc.tarigov.tw or http://192.l92.196.1).