Introduction to development of electronic descriptors of medicinal plants to promote information exchange and sustainable uses of plant genetic resources

V. Ramanatha Rao, . and Cho Gyu-Taek, . and Quek Paul, . and Lee Sok-Young, . and Batugal Pons, . and Park Yong-Jin, . (2006) Introduction to development of electronic descriptors of medicinal plants to promote information exchange and sustainable uses of plant genetic resources. [Proceedings Paper]

It is important to have an agreement on the traits or descriptors to be used when characterization and evaluating plant genetic resources. The International Plant Genetic Resources Institute IPGRI has been working on the development of descriptors for about two decades. The web-based plant descriptors could be used for promoting information exchange and sustainable use of plant genetic resources and systematic characterization and evaluation. The rapid developments in information communication technologies lCT have prompted the move towards making the descriptors development process a time consuming process and involving many experts into a collaborative online platform and vastly faster than the conventional descriptor development. For example about 100 crop descriptors have been published by IPGRI and its partners in 20 years. Now in collaboration with 12 Asian countries IPORI is developing e-descriptors for medicinal plants. This allows for more descriptor lists to be developed concurrently using an application processing descriptors as XML documents using the Multicentric Platform http://www.multicentric. com/. In the process of moving from published descriptors to the e-descriptors which can be published later if necessary due attention should be paid to issues such as harmonization of descriptor states that have evolved over the last 20 years. In the case of medicinal plants the challenge goes beyond plants into the medicines and drugs domain for describing disease pharmacopoeia and effective chemical constituents and secondary metabolites. e-Descriptor approaches the issues as a documentation tool for domains beyond plants as an option that can be considered for information management.

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It is important to have an agreement on the traits or descriptors to be used when characterization and evaluating plant genetic resources. The International Plant Genetic Resources Institute IPGRI has been working on the development of descriptors for about two decades. The web-based plant descriptors could be used for promoting information exchange and sustainable use of plant genetic resources and systematic characterization and evaluation. The rapid developments in information communication technologies lCT have prompted the move towards making the descriptors development process a time consuming process and involving many experts into a collaborative online platform and vastly faster than the conventional descriptor development. For example about 100 crop descriptors have been published by IPGRI and its partners in 20 years. Now in collaboration with 12 Asian countries IPORI is developing e-descriptors for medicinal plants. This allows for more descriptor lists to be developed concurrently using an application processing descriptors as XML documents using the Multicentric Platform http://www.multicentric. com/. In the process of moving from published descriptors to the e-descriptors which can be published later if necessary due attention should be paid to issues such as harmonization of descriptor states that have evolved over the last 20 years. In the case of medicinal plants the challenge goes beyond plants into the medicines and drugs domain for describing disease pharmacopoeia and effective chemical constituents and secondary metabolites. e-Descriptor approaches the issues as a documentation tool for domains beyond plants as an option that can be considered for information management.

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Item Type:	Proceedings Paper
Additional Information:	Perpustakaan Sultan Abdul Samad Universiti Putra Malaysia 43400 UPM Serdang Selangor Malaysia. RS180 M3I61 2005 Call Number
AGROVOC Term:	Genetic resources
AGROVOC Term:	Electronics
AGROVOC Term:	Medicinal plants
AGROVOC Term:	Networks
AGROVOC Term:	Crops
Geographical Term:	MALAYSIA
Depositing User:	Ms. Suzila Mohamad Kasim
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 05:14
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/11706

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