title: EURISCO: The European search catalogue for plant genetic resources.
abstract: The European Search Catalogue for Plant Genetic Resources, EURISCO, provides information about 1.8 million crop plant accessions preserved by almost 400 institutes in Europe and beyond. EURISCO is being maintained on behalf of the European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources. It is based on a network of National Inventories of 43 member countries and represents an important effort for the preservation of world's agrobiological diversity by providing information about the large genetic diversity kept by the collaborating collections. Moreover, EURISCO also assists its member countries in fulfilling legal obligations and commitments, e.g. with respect to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources, the Second Global Plan of Action for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture of the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization, or the Convention on Biological Diversity. EURISCO is accessible at http://eurisco.ecpgr.org.
authors: Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, Corrensstr. 3, 06466 Stadt Seeland, Germany weise@ipk-gatersleben.de.
authors: Stephan
authors: 0000-0003-4031-9131
authors: S
authors: Weise
authors: Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, Corrensstr. 3, 06466 Stadt Seeland, Germany.
authors: Markus
authors: M
authors: Oppermann
authors: Bioversity International, Via dei Tre Denari 472/a, 00057 Maccarese (Fiumicino), Rome, Italy.
authors: Lorenzo
authors: L
authors: Maggioni
authors: Centre for Genetic Resources, The Netherlands (CGN), Wageningen University and Research Centre, P.O. Box 16, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands.
authors: Theo
authors: T
authors: van Hintum
authors: Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, Corrensstr. 3, 06466 Stadt Seeland, Germany.
authors: Helmut
authors: H
authors: Knüpffer
mesh_terms: D003628:Database Management Systems; D030561:Databases, Nucleic Acid; D005060:Europe; D018745:Genome, Plant; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics*; D057386:Search Engine; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D064878:Web Browser