Maclean et al. - 2002 - Rice almanac source book for the most important e
Maclean et al. - 2002 - Rice almanac source book for the most important e
Maclean et al. - 2002 - Rice almanac source book for the most important e
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1. Name: INTERNATIONAL RICE INFORMATION SYSTEM (IRIS)<br />
Location: IRRI Biom<strong>et</strong>rics and Bioin<strong>for</strong>matics Unit<br />
Description: Integrated in<strong>for</strong>mation on over 1,000,000 rice accessions,<br />
breeding lines, and cultivars from around <strong>the</strong> world. Stores<br />
in<strong>for</strong>mation on origin, development, nomenclature,<br />
characterization, and ev<strong>al</strong>uation. Manages in<strong>for</strong>mation <strong>for</strong><br />
breeding projects, produces field <strong>book</strong>s, and <strong>al</strong>lows pedigree<br />
an<strong>al</strong>ysis, data mining, and management and integration of loc<strong>al</strong><br />
data.<br />
Contact: C.G. McLaren (g.mclaren@cgiar.org)<br />
2. Name: INTERNATIONAL RICE GENEBANK COLLECTION INFORMATION<br />
SYSTEM (IRGCIS)<br />
Location: IRRI Gen<strong>et</strong>ic Re<strong>source</strong>s Center<br />
Description: In<strong>for</strong>mation system that supports genebank daily operations in<br />
acquisition of germplasm, multiplication, conservation,<br />
characterization, rejuvenation, and distribution to end-users. It<br />
<strong>al</strong>so provides users with on-line in<strong>for</strong>mation on <strong>the</strong> passport<br />
data, morpho-agronomic characterization, response to biotic and<br />
abiotic stresses, grain qu<strong>al</strong>ity, and isozyme characteristics of <strong>the</strong><br />
registered accessions in <strong>the</strong> genebank.<br />
Contacts: A. Alcantara (a.<strong>al</strong>cantara@cgiar.org) and E. Guevarra<br />
(e.guevarra@cgiar.org)<br />
3. Name: INTERNATIONAL NETWORK FOR GENETIC EVALUATION OF RICE<br />
INFORMATION SYSTEM (INGERIS)<br />
Location: IRRI Gen<strong>et</strong>ic Re<strong>source</strong>s Center (INGER)<br />
Description: In<strong>for</strong>mation system that supports day-to-day operations of<br />
INGER, from processing of incoming seeds to seed<br />
multiplication, seed storage and inventory, nursery composition<br />
and germplasm distribution, and nursery data processing. It <strong>al</strong>so<br />
facilitates r<strong>et</strong>riev<strong>al</strong> of in<strong>for</strong>mation on <strong>the</strong> multilocation nursery<br />
tri<strong>al</strong>s conducted by NARES through INGER.<br />
Contacts: V. Lopez (v.lopez@cgiar.org) and E. Javier (e.javier@cgiar.org)<br />
4. Name: SOIL FERTILITY, PRODUCTIVITY, AND SUSTAINABILITY IN<br />
IRRIGATED RICE<br />
Location: IRRI Crop, Soil, and Water Sciences Division<br />
Description: Stores fertilizer field-plot tri<strong>al</strong> data. Used in production of<br />
“Progress Reports of Different INSURF Sub-N<strong>et</strong>works” and<br />
“Progress Reports on Experiments and Tri<strong>al</strong>s.”<br />
Contact: R.R. Pamplona (r.r.pamplona@cgiar.org)<br />
5. Name: RICESTAT DATABASE<br />
Location: IRRI Soci<strong>al</strong> Sciences Division<br />
Description: Stores rice-related statistics such as production, consumption,<br />
trade, prices, and o<strong>the</strong>r socioeconomic in<strong>for</strong>mation related to<br />
rice.<br />
Contact: J. Narciso (j.narciso@.cgiar.org)<br />
6. Name: CLIMATOLOGY DATABASE<br />
Location: IRRI Crop, Soil, and Water Sciences Division<br />
Description: Contains daily wea<strong>the</strong>r data from 10 Philippine stations + 5<br />
rice-wea<strong>the</strong>r stations outside <strong>the</strong> Philippines.<br />
Contacts: J. Sheehy (j.sheehy@cgiar.org) and G. Centeno<br />
(g.centeno@cgiar.org)<br />
<strong>Rice</strong>-related databases 237