NOTE-Management system of an active genebank of common bean

Abstract

Genetic resources are conserved ex situ in genebanks, which are used as a source of useful alleles. Theinformation generated by the Active Common Bean Genebank (ACBG) is stored in a Database Management system whichensures a quick and safe data recovery. Using Microsoft Access, a database system was developed to store and search basesof accession combinations or directly among morphological, physiological and yield descriptors of common bean. The systemcalled Common Bean Genebank (CBGB) provides a graphical interface for the operation in the database, facilitating andoptimizing the search time in germplasm catalogues.

Keywords

• database
• genetic resources
• germplasm
• accessions.