Help and Faqs

We created a set of questions and answers that we think might help some of you when you are looking for information in the GRIN Query system. We have organized the questions by area. Click on an area and it will take you to its FAQs.

If this list does not answer your question(s), contact the crop specific curator for help or the DBMU. If your question could help others, we'll add it to the list.

Collection Area

1. How do I find out what the NPGS has?
2. How do I find the NPGS site that holds the germplasm collection I am interested in using or how do I find out who curates the collection?
3. How do I find out what collections are held at a given NPGS site?

Accession Area

1. How can I find out everything known about a specific accession in the NPGS collection?
2. How do I obtain a list of red clover accessions that have been collected in France and are currently available for distribution?
3. How do I obtain a list of all landraces of Medicago sativa subsp. falcata that are in the NPGS collection, even those not currently available?
4. How can I obtain seed from the NPGS collection?
5. How can I tell if an accession is a landrace or primitive cultivar?
6. How can I find out how many alfalfa accessions came into the NPGS collection in 1975?
7. How can I see what recent material has been added to the Trifolium collection?
8. How can I find out what Trifolium species are held at the Griffin, Georgia repository?
9. How can I obtain a list of accessions that were collected by John Doe, on his trip to Turkey in 1977?

Crop Science Registration Area

1. How can I tell if CSR material is available from the NPGS?
2. How can I get a list of all the alfalfa cultivars that have been registered by the Crop Science Society of America?
3. I know the CSR number, but not the NPGS identifier number. How do I find more information in GRIN on this accession? How do I find the NPGS identifier number?
4. I am interested in knowing when a particular red clover was registered with Crop Science
5. What other alfalfa accessions were given CSR registration numbers during the same time period as the alfalfa cultivar "Drylander"

Plant Variety Protection Area

1. I want a list of all alfalfa varieties that are protected by PVP
2. How do I find out the status of a specific PVP cultivar?
3. How do I find more information on PVP (PVP homepage)

Descriptor Area

1. How do I select alfalfa accessions that are resistant to downy mildew, and have a growth habit that is semi-erect?
2. How do I identify cultivars that have the same attributes as the above sample?
3. How do I select accessions that have certain descriptor attributes and are likely to be adapted to my climatic conditions?
4. I need to limit the number of accessions I will be screening. How can I select a limited number of accessions that will give me an idea of the diversity in the collection?
5. How do I pull out a list of accessions that have descriptor values similar to an accession I found useful?
6. How can I find out how many accessions have been evaluated for the descriptor Bacterial Wilt for alfalfa?
7. How do I find out the distribution of responses observed for the given trait Bacterial Wilt?
8. How do I find the procedures used to carry out a specific evaluation?
9. How do I find out where, when and who gathered the descriptor data for a given accession?
10. How do I find out how many individual evaluation studies have contributed data for a specific descriptor?
11. How do I obtain a list of descriptors that have been taken on the white clover collection?