GENESYS Portal User Survey

GENESYS is an initiative of Bioversity International in partnership with the Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and the Global Crop Diversity Trust.

The primary motive for developing GENESYS was to facilitate access to and use of PGRFA through the delivery of associated information. The purpose of this survey is to identify how well this objective has been achieved and to also identify the interest and functionality that both plant breeders and other portal users would like to see incorporated as GENESYS continues to evolve.

Please assist us to make GENESYS more relevant for your work by taking the time to visit the GENESYS portal (click here) and familiarize yourself with its content and functionality before completing this short survey. There are some guidelines on how GENESYS works available from the Help tab on the right side of the home page.

Your participation in this survey is highly appreciated.

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* Please allow us to acknowledge your contribution by completing your full contact details below

Name:

Position:

Organization:

Country:

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* 1. What is your experience with using GENESYS?

None

Low

Medium

High

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* 2. Please indicate your primary interest in plant genetic resources:

Use in plant improvement (plant breeder, researcher etc)

Conservation (curator, PGR research, documentation etc)

Administration (institutional/national management, policy implementation etc.)

Academic (education)

Other. Please specify:

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* 3. Could you please provide two examples of the type of query you would be likely to pose to GENESYS?
For example, ‘How many wheat accessions originating from Turkey are resistant to Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus?’

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* 4. In your opinion, what is the most important feature missing from the GENESYS portal?

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* 5. In your opinion, what is the best feature?

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a) Please select the features planned for the GENESYS portal in your order of priority for implementation.

	Lowest priority	Medium priority	Highest priority	Not a Priority
Addition of non-genebank germplasm (such as breeding lines from large institutions, e.g. CGIAR centers)	Addition of non-genebank germplasm (such as breeding lines from large institutions, e.g. CGIAR centers) Lowest priority	Addition of non-genebank germplasm (such as breeding lines from large institutions, e.g. CGIAR centers) Medium priority	Addition of non-genebank germplasm (such as breeding lines from large institutions, e.g. CGIAR centers) Highest priority	Addition of non-genebank germplasm (such as breeding lines from large institutions, e.g. CGIAR centers) Not a Priority
Addition of functionality to include and analyze pedigrees	Addition of functionality to include and analyze pedigrees Lowest priority	Addition of functionality to include and analyze pedigrees Medium priority	Addition of functionality to include and analyze pedigrees Highest priority	Addition of functionality to include and analyze pedigrees Not a Priority
Provision of a sample ordering tool that fully complies with the International Treaty on PGRFA	Provision of a sample ordering tool that fully complies with the International Treaty on PGRFA Lowest priority	Provision of a sample ordering tool that fully complies with the International Treaty on PGRFA Medium priority	Provision of a sample ordering tool that fully complies with the International Treaty on PGRFA Highest priority	Provision of a sample ordering tool that fully complies with the International Treaty on PGRFA Not a Priority
Provide access to genetic data (molecular markers, QTLs etc.)	Provide access to genetic data (molecular markers, QTLs etc.) Lowest priority	Provide access to genetic data (molecular markers, QTLs etc.) Medium priority	Provide access to genetic data (molecular markers, QTLs etc.) Highest priority	Provide access to genetic data (molecular markers, QTLs etc.) Not a Priority
Provide more functionality to query and analyze the available information	Provide more functionality to query and analyze the available information Lowest priority	Provide more functionality to query and analyze the available information Medium priority	Provide more functionality to query and analyze the available information Highest priority	Provide more functionality to query and analyze the available information Not a Priority
Addition of non-CGIAR mandate crops/species (currently there are 22 mandate crops available)	Addition of non-CGIAR mandate crops/species (currently there are 22 mandate crops available) Lowest priority	Addition of non-CGIAR mandate crops/species (currently there are 22 mandate crops available) Medium priority	Addition of non-CGIAR mandate crops/species (currently there are 22 mandate crops available) Highest priority	Addition of non-CGIAR mandate crops/species (currently there are 22 mandate crops available) Not a Priority

b) Please specify here any other high priority features that are not mentioned:

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* 7. Please feel free to provide any further comments or suggestions in this space.

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* Please allow us to acknowledge your contribution by completing your full contact details below

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* 1. What is your experience with using GENESYS?

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* 2. Please indicate your primary interest in plant genetic resources:

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* 3. Could you please provide two examples of the type of query you would be likely to pose to GENESYS?For example, ‘How many wheat accessions originating from Turkey are resistant to Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus?’

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* 4. In your opinion, what is the most important feature missing from the GENESYS portal?

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* 5. In your opinion, what is the best feature?

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* 6. a) Please select the features planned for the GENESYS portal in your order of priority for implementation.

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* 7. Please feel free to provide any further comments or suggestions in this space.

* 3. Could you please provide two examples of the type of query you would be likely to pose to GENESYS?
For example, ‘How many wheat accessions originating from Turkey are resistant to Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus?’

* 6.
a) Please select the features planned for the GENESYS portal in your order of priority for implementation.