GRIN-Global is a new plant germplasm information system under development. It will replace the current USDA GRIN system, and will be freely available for use by any germplasm bank in the world.

To design the best possible user interface, the GRIN-Global development team needs your suggestions and comments. If you have used GRIN or similar systems, you probably have identified particularly helpful interface features, and also other features that you believe are inferior or unnecessary. We invite you to communicate your experiences and opinions through this survey of plant germplasm information system needs.

This survey will require 15-20 minutes to complete. In the survey, please check the box or radio button that best describes your views. Some questions have optional text boxes for providing comments: we encourage you to communicate additional information whenever possible. Thank you in advance for taking the time to help us make GRIN-Global the best possible plant germplasm information management system. Your replies to this survey will help us to create a new user interface with the features and functions you need.

Also, please visit the GRIN-Global wiki (http://www.grin-global.org) to keep abreast of the project status and offer additional feedback on GRIN-Global in the future.