Crop Descriptors
Provide an international format and a universally understood language for plant genetic resources data. They are targeted at farmers, curators, breeders, scientists and users and facilitate the exchange and use of resources. Information includes such details as the plant's height, flowering patterns and ancestral history. Read more
FAO/Bioversity International Multi-crop Passport Descriptors
Originally published in 2001, the ‘Multi-Crop Passport Descriptors’ is widely used as the international standard to facilitate germplasm passport information exchange. Now expanded to include emerging documentation needs, this new version resulted from consultation with more than 300 scientists from 187 institutions in 87 countries. Read more
Descriptors for Genetic Marker Technologies
A tool for researchers to generate and exchange genetic marker data that are standardized and replicable. They represent the minimum set of descriptors needed to describe a marker technology used with a particular plant species. Read more
Key access and utilization descriptors for crop genetic resources
Initial sets of characterization and evaluation descriptors for crop genetic resources. These descriptors will become the basis for the information portal being developed by Bioversity to facilitate access and use of plant samples (accessions) held in genebanks. Read more
Descriptors for farmers' knowledge of plants
The first attempt to capture and share information between farmers and scientists, integrating biology with traditional knowledge. Read more
Core descriptors for in situ conservation of crop wild relatives
These core Crop Wild Relatives descriptors are designed to facilitate the compilation and exchange of in situ conservation data, which are needed to develop and implement in situ conservation activities. Read more