%0 Conference Paper
%A Hamilton, R S
%A Sie, M
%A Valkoun, J
%A Upadhyaya, H D
%A Mahalakshmi, V
%B Molecular Markers for Allele Mining: Proceedings of a workshop
%C M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, India
%D 2005
%F icrisat:5200
%P 67-68
%T The need for allele mining: perspectives of the System-wide Genetic Resources Programme (SGRP)
%U http://oar.icrisat.org/5200/
%X The SGRP is a consortium of all CGIAR gene banks. These banks aim to (1) conserve  diversity efficiently, including and especially rare alleles and genotypes; (2) ensure efficient  use of collection by delivering appropriately selected subsets of germplasm to users,  maximizing the chance of giving users the set of alleles or genotypes that they need; and (3)  ensure that the entire collection remains available for use. The SGRP exists to ensure a  consistent, integrated, system-wide approach to the efficient achievement of these goals.