The ECPGR Umbellifer Database  Genetic Resources Unit, Warwick HRI,  Wellesbourne, Warwick CV35 9EF, United Kingdom  Tel:  +44-(0)24 7657 5014     Fax:  +44-(0)24 7657 4500  Database manager: Dave Astley

The Umbellifer database was established at Wellesbourne following the first meeting of a European carrot group under the auspices of the ECPGR in Kraków, Poland in 1997. The group agreed to develop a database to include nine genera including Anethum L. (dill), Apium L. (celery), Carum L. (caraway), Chaerophyllum L. (chervil), Coriandrum L. (coriander), Daucus L. (carrot), Foeniculum Miller (fennel), Pastinaca L. (parsnip), and Petroselinum Hoffm. (parsley). The European Umbellifer DataBase (EUDB) has been rebuilt using data from EURISCO and national programmes.  The data are available in ACCESS 2000 and Excel using the EURISCO MCPD. The database is maintained by the Warwick HRI Genetic Resources Unit (GRU) funded by the Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The EUDB2007 contains 9396 accessions representing the 9 major Umbellifer crops and a range of the wild taxa from 39 institutions in 21 countries.