Crop Trait Mining Informatics Platform (Crop TMIP)

Lack of access to information relating to the characteristics of plant genetic resources is the primary limitation to the effective and efficient identification and deployment of novel genetic variation to address all production challenges. This data collection will build on an already existing global system (www.genesys-pgr.org, still under development) by adding significant Australian generated unique data – initially sourced from Grains Research and Development Corporation resourced projects. For an example refer to CAIGE data (http://caigeproject.org.au/).

In addition to adding Australian data, this collection will be used to further develop a) the international standards (e.g. refer to http://aims.fao.org/community/blogs/faobioversity-multi-crop-passport-descriptors-mcpd-v2), and b) online tools, including a decision support system, to assist researchers and plant breeders identify the genotypes most likely to possess the desired genetic variation, or alleles, for target traits using approaches, such as the Focused Identification of Germplasm Strategy – FIGS (http://figs.icarda.org/).

Australia is a signatory to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture which carries certain obligations, including cooperating to develop and strengthen the global information system described in Article 17 of the Treaty. This allocation request directly addresses this obligation. The Global Crop Diversity Trust (http://www.croptrust.org/) works towards achieving Treaty objectives and are continuing to develop the Genesys information portal to facilitate Article 17 outcomes. The Trust are encouraging Australian researchers to work with them in this objective and are particularly interested in the inclusion of Australian data and local development of online decision support tools locally because of Australian expertise in this area. The Trust are also considering the possibility of having a full mirror of Genesys portal, or even hosting it, in Australia.

This initiative offers numerous opportunities for Australian plant researchers to have greater input into global systems development as well as making significant gains from local and rapid access to the information included.

难以获取与植物遗传资源（Plant Genetic Resources）特性相关的信息，是高效且精准地鉴定和利用新型遗传变异以应对各类生产挑战的首要限制因素。本数据集将依托已有的全球系统（www.genesys-pgr.org，目前仍在开发中），新增大量澳大利亚自主生成的独有数据——这些数据最初来源于谷物研究与开发公司（Grains Research and Development Corporation）资助的项目。示例可参考CAIGE数据集（http://caigeproject.org.au/）。

除新增澳大利亚本土数据外，本数据集还将用于进一步完善两方面内容：一是国际标准（例如可参考http://aims.fao.org/community/blogs/faobioversity-multi-crop-passport-descriptors-mcpd-v2）；二是在线工具，包括一套决策支持系统，以助力研究人员与植物育种家借助种质资源聚焦鉴定策略（Focused Identification of Germplasm Strategy，FIGS，http://figs.icarda.org/）等方法，筛选出最有可能携带有目标性状所需遗传变异或等位基因（alleles）的基因型。

澳大利亚是《粮食和农业植物遗传资源国际条约》（International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture）的缔约国，需承担相应义务，其中包括合作开发并强化该条约第17条所述的全球信息系统。本经费申请正是为了履行这一义务。全球作物多样性信托基金（Global Crop Diversity Trust，http://www.croptrust.org/）致力于实现该条约的目标，目前仍在开发Genesys信息门户以推进条约第17条的落地成果。该信托基金鼓励澳大利亚研究人员参与这一目标的实现，并因澳大利亚在该领域的专业优势，对纳入澳大利亚本土数据以及本地开发在线决策支持工具尤为关注。此外，该信托基金还考虑在澳大利亚搭建Genesys门户的完整镜像站点，甚至直接在澳大利亚托管该门户。

本项目将为澳大利亚植物研究人员提供诸多机遇：既能够更深度地参与全球系统的开发，也可通过本地快速访问收录的相关信息获得显著收益。