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Germplasm Resources Information Network or GRIN is an online
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National Genetic Resources Program software project to comprehensively manage the computer database for the holdings of all plant
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collected by the National Plant Germplasm System. GRIN has extended its role to manage information on the germplasm reposits of insect (
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), microbial, and animal species (see sub-projects).


Description

The site is a resource for identifying taxonomic information (scientific names) as well as common names on more than 500,000 accessions (distinct varieties, cultivars etc.) of plants covering 10,000 species; It gives 450,000 accessions (outdated; GRIN gives 500,000 as of June 2012). both economically important ones and wild species. It profiles plants that are invasive or noxious weeds, threatened or endangered, giving out data on worldwide distribution of its habitat; as well as passport information. GRIN also incorporates an Economic Plants Database. The network is maintained by GRIN's Database Management Unit (GRIN/DBMU). GRIN is under the oversight of National Germplasm Resources Laboratory (NGRL) in Beltsville, Maryland, which in 1990 replaced its forerunner, the Germplasm Services Laboratory (GSL), that had formerly run GRIN. Since November, 2015 GRIN has been running on GRIN-Global software produced by a collaborative project between the USDA and the
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.


Sub-projects

A stated mission of GRIN is to support the following projects: * National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS) * National Animal Germplasm Program (NAGP) * National Microbial Germplasm Program (NMGP) * National Invertebrate Germplasm Program (NIGP)


See also

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International Plant Names Index The International Plant Names Index (IPNI) describes itself as "a database of the names and associated basic bibliographical details of seed plants, ferns and lycophytes." Coverage of plant names is best at the rank of species and genus. It inclu ...
* List of electronic Floras (for online flora databases) * Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database *
Natural Resources Conservation Service Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), formerly known as the Soil Conservation Service (SCS), is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) that provides technical assistance to farmers and other private landowners and ...


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* * The NRCS also maintains th
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