The ECPGR Vicia spp. Database Institute of Plant Genetics (C.N.R.) Via Amendola 165/A. 70126 Bari, Italy Tel: ++(39) 080 5583400; Fax: ++(39) 080 5587566 Database manager: Dr. Giambattista Polignano

The Vicia spp. (excluding V. faba L.) European Crop Database was established at Bari, Italy, following the first meeting of the ECPGR Forages Working Group in Budapest, Hungary in 1991. The database is maintained in Bari by the Plant Genetic Institute (former Germplasm Institute) founded by the National Research Council. The database contains 5525 accessions representing the Vicia spp. crops and the wild taxa from 11 institutions. The data have been created by SAS system and until 1998 was stored at the Main Frame c/o High Studies and Advanced Technology (CSATA-TECHNOPOLIS) of Valenzano, Bari, Italy. From 1999 a new Vicia spp. database was created by APACHE system in PHP3 data format and needs to be updated after 1995. The work is still in progress. Limitedly, to the Bari Institute's accessions the passport data is searchable on the Institute Web site [click here]. A minimum of 12 descriptors are included with incomplete data for some accessions. At the moment no characterization and evaluation data are available.

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