PGR-Clim: Climate Atlas of Genetic Resources of Five Crops

Abstract

PGR-Clim is a web-based tool that provides an easy interface to access climate change (temperature and rainfall) atlases relevant to plant genetic resources management. The online tool combines climatic data with information on germplasm collection sites of five crops (sorghum, pearl millet, wheat, chickpea and pigeon pea) to predict future (2020 and 2050) climatic situations at germplasm occurrence sites. The tool allows users to choose a crop and visualize how climate is predicted to change over time and stimulate them to assess impacts and plan for measures of mitigation and adaptation.