Genesys

A database of global genebank accessions, providing accession data drawn from multiple catalogues and the facility to directly request samples.

Year announced
:2008
Year launched
:2011
Genesys homepage
Home institute(s)
: Crop Trust
Funders
: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, CGIAR Genebank Platform
Project history
:
    Genesys was developed in collaboration between the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Bioversity International and the Crop Trust, with initial funding provided by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The portal was launched in 2011. In 2012, a task force recommended that the Crop Trust become the legal custodian of Genesys.
Partners (past & present)
: BrAPI, EURISCO, GLIS, GRIN, Multi-Crop Passport Descriptors, WIEWS Institute Code, Bioversity International, Crop Trust, IT-PGRFA Secretariat
Functionality
: Search tool for CG genebank accessions
Domain
: Genebanking
Planned interoperability
: GRIN-Global
Data system type
: Genebank accession search tool