Germplasm Resources Information Network: Difference between revisions

'''Germplasm Resources Information Network''' or '''GRIN''' is an online [[USDA]] [[National Genetic Resources Program]] software project to comprehensively manage the computer database for the holdings of all plant germplasm collected by the [[NPGS|National Plant Germplasm System]].<ref>{{cite book|author=National Research Council (U.S.)|author2=Committee on Managing Global Genetic Resources: Agricultural Imperatives|title=The U.S. National Plant Germplasm System|publisher=National Academies Press|year=1991|isbn=9780309043908|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V-KiTB2eaCEC&pg=PA139|page=139}}</ref>

GRIN has extended its role to manage information on the germplasm reposits of insect (invertebrate), microbial, and animal species (see [[#Sub-projects|sub-projects]]).<ref name=ars-aboutus/>