Online survey about the use of EPPO-Q-bank
The aim of EPPO-Q-bank (https://qbank.eppo.int) is to support species identification of quarantine pests based on barcodes/sequences. EPPO-Q-bank is composed of curated databases for arthropods, bacteria, fungi, nematodes, phytoplasmas, plants, viruses and viroids. Most specimens, strains or isolates, from which sequences included in the databases have been obtained, are from physical collections. EPPO-Q-bank also provides valuable information about these specimens, strains or isolates, information about barcoding and sequencing methodologies, and tools to perform single and multi-locus blast searches.
EPPO-Q-bank has been hosted by EPPO for the past five years, and the EPPO Secretariat is now organizing a survey to better understand how it is used and to gather suggestions for its improvement.
Link to the survey: https://forms.office.com/e/4mDkWZ4CcD
Estimated time for completion of the survey: 10 to 15 minutes
End of the survey: 31st of May 2024
Sources
EPPO Secretariat (2024-04).