Hi Everyone,
Gayle Volk at the USDA-ARS National Center for Genetic Resources
Preservation in Ft. Collins, CO has put together some resources that we
might find helpful:
NPGSRosaceae.doc
summarizing recent changes in the USDA-ARS National Plant Germplasm
System "NPGS" (genotyping Rosaceae, and improvements to the Genetic
Resources Information Network "GRIN")
Rosaceae inventory.xls
A summary of the Malus, Pyrus, Fragaria, Prunus, Rubus, and Rosa
accessions held in the germplasm system
Descriptors Lists for Rosaceae.doc
A large file with links in it, listing all the morphological descriptors
for which there is information in GRIN.
Feel free to contact Gayle directly if you have any questions, comments,
or suggestions; or if you'll be in Michigan this week, I can try and
clarify things.
Cheers,
anja
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Angela M. Baldo, PHD
Computational Biologist
USDA, ARS
Plant Genetic Resources Unit
& Grape Genetics Research Unit
New York State Agricultural Experiment Station
630 W. North Street
Geneva, NY 14456-0462
USA
voice 315 787-2413 or 607 254-9413
fax 315 787-2339 or 607 254-9339
angela.baldo(a)ars.usda.gov
http://www.ars.usda.gov/NAA/Geneva
***Sorry to those of you who have already received this message - this
time it is being sent to a wider audience***
Dear Rosaceae crops genomics, genetics, and breeding community,
To help focus our community during the upcoming Rosaceae Specialty Crops
Planning Workshop (RSCPW - say three times fast!) in East Lansing, June
22-23, we solicit your input for core ideas for a full CAP proposal to
USDA-NRI. Note that this is a US funding opportunity and must have clear
outcomes for the US. However, international collaborations are welcome,
especially those that leverage existing resources and expertise.
The Workshop foremost will be a community-building effort, bringing
together a diverse range of stakeholders in the future of Rosaceae crop
improvement. At the same time, we will seek to develop strategies for
practical application of genomics to provide positive outcomes for
industry and society. One channel for such strategies is through
individual project proposals that are aligned with community objectives
(White Paper and Roadmap). Another is on a broader scale via an Applied
Plant Genomics Coordinated Agricultural Project (CAP) through the
USDA-NRI. To show development as a community, and to have any chance of
getting funded at the CAP level, we need consensus - we all need to get
behind something! A CAP project will involve many institutions across
the US and abroad. No CAP proposal will cover all of our needs - that's
a reality that our diversity entails. But any funded RosCAP would be a
massive boost to us all, and a stepping stone to so much else we want to
achieve. In the end, a successful RosCAP requires that we all get behind
a single idea to spearhead applied genomics in Rosaceae.
Our workshop duration is short, and our experience, expertise, and
opinions diverse. The RSCPW steering committee agrees that would be
useful if we entered the meeting with some ideas for CAP proposals in
hand. This would save time during the proceedings and give all
participants the chance to consider these various ideas prior to the
workshop and to prepare for further discussion. It enables active
community members to be active, requires nothing further from less
active members, and will provide solid foundations to build a CAP
proposal with wide community involvement.
We do not intend to put the cart before the horse. It is understood that
before, during, and after the workshop we will be discussing obstacles
and opportunities for applied genomics in Rosaceae. Some of you will
raise valid points that have never before been thought of by the rest of
us. All of this will be considered, and we must keep our ideas open for
such input. However, we increase our chances of coming out with a clear
strategy and make greater gain if we start the workshop with some core
project ideas in mind - circulated widely before the workshop, to be
discussed during the workshop.
Details for core idea submission:
The outlines should be short - 2 pages maximum.
To enable dissemination to the rest of the community before the
workshop, they must be submitted by Monday 11 June. Submit to the RSCPW
core idea coordinator, Cameron Peace via email: cpeace(a)wsu.edu
Use the following headings:
Working title
Objective(s)
Synopsis
Alignment with US White Paper and Roadmap
Supporters
You should consult the USDA-NRI 2007 RFA
(http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/pdfs/07_nri.pdf, pp34-39) for
the scope and particulars of a CAP proposal, and read up on successfully
funded CAPs.
White Paper, March 2006:
http://www.bioinfo.wsu.edu/gdr/community/rosexec/RosWP_March_2006.doc
Roadmap, February 2007:
http://www.bioinfo.wsu.edu/gdr/community/rosexec/documents/USRosEXEC_Roa
dmap_0207.doc
I don't see why individual people can't support multiple core ideas at
this stage, so if you think of or hear of more than one potentially
useful core idea, put your name down on each. But remember that in the
end, there can be only one CAP proposal from our community.
The expectation of the RSCPW steering committee is that ideas will be
hatched, discussed among colleagues to refine details and garner
support, written in the above format, and submitted by Monday June 11.
Shortly thereafter, I will distribute your core ideas, on behalf of the
RSCPW steering committee, to Rosaceae participants of the workshop, so
that each idea can be considered and discussed by this wider audience in
the week before the workshop, and then used as foci and jumping-off
points for discussion during the workshop, both informally and formally.
We can refine, amalgamate, or discard ideas as we go. During Day 1 of
the workshop, speakers may refer directly to the pros or cons of a
particular core idea. During Day 2, our discussions will be more focused
and can directly refer to the merits of these suggested core ideas,
putting us ahead in developing our strategic plan and implementation
plan. This will greatly help us achieve Workshop Deliverables 2 and 3.
Workshop deliverables:
1) We will develop a final workshop report to summarize the outcomes of
the discussions...
2) A strategic plan for development of "science to the marketplace" for
Rosaceous crops to guide individual future funding efforts in the
community.
3) A community framework for a CAP in Rosaceae that can be translated
into proposals to relevant agencies.
If you have any other comments/ ideas/suggestions for workshop
consideration that are not formalized as a core idea in the above
format, you are strongly encouraged to submit them in the web form
hosted on the GDR
(http://www.bioinfo.wsu.edu/cgi-bin/gdr/gdr_crops_planning_workshop_inpu
t_form.cgi). These comments will be compiled and made available as part
of the workshop packet that will be disseminated prior to the workshop,
and presented at the workshop within planned discussion sessions.
Cameron Peace, on behalf of the RSCPW steering committee
