Principles of Plant Breeding

Documentation

Documentation
a. Documentation refers to compilation, analysis, classification, storage and dissemination of information.
b. In plant genetic resources, documentation means dissemination of information about various activities such as collection, evaluation, conservation, storage and retrieval of data.
c. Now the term documentation is more appropriately known as information system.

Information system is useful in many ways as given below:
a. It provides information about various activities of plant genetic resources.
b. It provides latest information about characterization, conservation, distribution and utilization of genetic resources.
c. It helps explorers, evaluators and curators in the conservation of genetic resources.