
## Singer Can Be Searched By

- Taxonomy: **You can search for specific taxa based on the fields genus, species,** 
crop and common names. This entry point allows you to identify specific taxa(s) and visualize detailed information on the collecting missions, accession level or material transfer areas. 

- Collecting missions**: This search is based on specific collecting missions carried** 
by the CGIAR Centres and their co-operators by Centres, collections, taxa, country and year. 

- Accessions**: Search for can be based on accession level data. This entry points** 

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offers multiple choices (i.e. by CGIAR Centres, collections, taxa, country source, source of collection, sample status, ...). 

- Material transfer**: Seach can also be based material transfer or distribution. This** 
entry point offers multiple choices from accession level data, cooperators name, organization, country, type and the date of transfer. 

- Cooperators**: You can search for cooperators that participated in collecting** 
missions and/or in donated material and/or requested material. 

- Characterization & Evaluation**: You can search for characterization and** 
evaluation data provided by the Centres. 

## 2.4 Iris

The International Rice Information System (IRIS) of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is the rice implementation of The International Crop Information System 
(ICIS), a database system for the management and integration of global information on genetic resources and crop improvement for any crop. ICIS global project is not intended to be discussed here. Certain important aspect of ICIS will however be discussed. IRIS is being developed by genetic resource specialists, crop scientists and information technicians in several CGIAR centres and in National Agricultural Research Systems to solves problems related to 