The ECPGR Vitis Database Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants – Julius Kuehn Institute, JKI Institute for Grapevine Breeding 76833 Siebeldingen, Germany Tel: ++(49-6345) 41122, Fax: ++(49-6345) 919050 Database manager: Ms Erika Maul

The European Central Vitis Database is maintained by the Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants - Institute for Grapevine Breeding, Germany, and is an Information Service of the Information and Coordination Centre for Biological Diversity (IBV) of the Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food (BLE) in Bonn, Germany. The establishment of an European grapevine genetic resources database with free access via Internet was one of the objectives of the European Project GENRES #81, European Network for Grapevine Genetic Resources Conservation and Characterization (completed in February 2002). The aim of the database is to enhance the utilization of relevant and highly valuable germplasm in breeding. The database contains passport data of more than 28 200 accessions representing the Vitis collections from 18 European contributors. The structure of the database follows the principles of the FAO/IPGRI Multi-Crop Passport Descriptors list.