Research Group - IPK Gatersleben

Abteilung Genbank/Department of Genebank
(EURISCO), and numerous European Central Crop Databases.
A webservice was configured to provide passport
data to GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility).
Numerous information requests from users have been
answered.
Other databases. The remaining MS Access and MS Fox-
Pro databases on the Mansfeld Server – TaxCat (Database
of Taxonomic Categories) and Links (Database of Botanical
Links) – were migrated to the Oracle 10g database
system. This included a comparative analysis of source
and target databases with respect to data types, variable
declarations, assignment statements, queries, functions,
cursors, etc., and the transfer of the data into the target
schemas. The corresponding web applications of TaxCat ,
links and the Herbarium database were migrated to Oracle
Application Express (APEX) pages, retaining the full
functionality. All images related to the migrated databases
are now stored in an operating system file outside
the database, and a PL/SQL-based APEX web application
was written to read these images and deliver them to the
browser through the DBMS_LOB package.
The functionality of the migrated web applications was
tested. To increase performance, summary tables and indexes
were created. The application was deployed online
in July.
In a second step, Mansfeld’s World Database of Agricultural
and Horticultural Crops (http://mansfeld.ipkgatersleben.de),
which had been migrated to an Oracle
10g database by the end of 006, is being transferred
to the “Berlin Model” for taxonomic databases, after
migrating the model from MS SQL Server to Oracle 10g.
User-defined procedures and functions as well as database
triggers controlling data integrity and taxonomic
logic in the “Berlin Model” were translated into their
PL/SQL equivalents. Taxonomic authors and bibliographic
references from the Mansfeld Database were parsed and
atomised using special scripts, and inserted into the corresponding
sections of the “Berlin Model” (R. Narang).
Collaboration
Within the Institute:
Dept. of Genebank, Research Group Resources Genetics
and Reproduction; Dr. A. Börner, Dr. U. Lohwasser;
Dept. of Genebank, Research Group External Branch
“North”; Dr. K.J. Dehmer, E. Willner;
Dept. of Genebank, Research Group Plant Data Warehouse;
Prof. I. Große, T. Funke;
Dept. of Cytogenetics, Research Group Bioinformatics
and Information Technology; Dr. U. Scholz, S. Weise.
Outside the Institute:
Federal Centre for Breeding Research on Cultivated
Plants (BAZ), Quedlinburg; Dr. L. Frese,
Dr. C. Germeier;
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Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food (BLE), Information
Centre for Biological Diversity (IBV), Bonn;
Dr. F. Begemann, S. Harrer;
University of Kassel, Faculty of Agriculture, Institute of
Crop Science, Department of Agricultural Biodiversity,
Witzenhausen; Prof. K. Hammer;
Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum, Berlin-Dahlem;
Prof. W. Berendsohn;
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI),
Rome, Italy; Dr. J. Engels, L. Maggioni, S. Gaiji;
Centre for Genetic Resources The Netherlands (CGN),
Wageningen, The Netherlands; Dr. Th. van Hintum;
Nordic Gene Bank, Alnarp, Sweden; D.T.F. Endresen;
Research Institute of Bioresources, Kurashiki, Japan;
Prof. K. Sato.
Publications
Peer Reviewed Papers
Kell, S.P., S.L. Jury, H. Knüpffer, B.V. Ford-Lloyd & N. Maxted:
PGR Forum: serving the crop wild relative user community.
Bocconea 1 ( 007) 413-4 1.
Logozzo, G., R. Donnoli, L. Macaluso, R. Papa, H. Knüpffer &
P.S. Zeuli: Analysis of the contribution of Mesoamerican
and Andean gene pools to European common
bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) germplasm and strategies
to establish a core collection. Genet. Resour. Crop
Evol. 54 ( 007) 1763-1779.
Weise, S., S. Harrer, I. Grosse, H. Knüpffer & E. Willner: The
European Poa Database (EPDB). Plant Genet. Resour.
Newsl. 150 ( 007) 64-70.
Electronic Publications
Kleijer, G., R. Häner & H. Knüpffer: Triticale and Rye Genetic
Resources in Europe: Ad hoc Meeting, 8 September
006, Nyon, Switzerland. http://www.ecpgr.cgiar.
org/Networks/Cereals/Triticale_Rye_Sept06.pdf ( 007).
Knüpffer, H.: Anbindung des Genbankinformationssystems
(GBIS) als Data Provider für die Global Biodiversity
Information Facility (GBIF), mit Hilfe der BioCASE-
Provider-Software. www.gbif.org ( 007).
Lectures, Posters and Abstracts
V111, V11 , V113, V114, V115, V116, V117, V118, P160.
Additional Funding
For further information see the survey page 0 .