Designing of Exotic Germplasm Database Using Client/Server Technology

An efficient management of large volume of data related to Plant Genetic Resources (PGR) has become very essential for researchers, agricultural scientists and policy makers for research and reference purposes. An attempt is made to address the problem of managing data related to germplasm material importedby National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources. A relational information system is designed and developed based on client-server approach. The detailed study also includes the taxonomic details and the addresses of national and international institutes. Some issues and steps related to the database designing of information management in the area of import of exotic material have been discussed. The detailed Entity-Relationship (ER) diagram and Data-Flow Diagrams (DFD) are also included which can help in the detailed designing of the database.