Genebank information management system (GBIMS)

Genebank Information Management System (GBIMS) software has been developed for catering to the needs of the genebank staff of the National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR) of India. Presently, information for more than 320,000 accessions stored in the National Genebank of NBPGR is being maintained through this software. The GBIMS is developed using Visual Basic as the front end and Microsoft SQL Server as the relational database management system in the back end. This software is based on client-server technology in which many clients make requests from the same database. The design and description of GBIMS software in this paper may be used by various organizations involved in maintaining germplasm collections. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.