The fall meeting of the US RosEXEC will take place Wednesday, October 6 at the RGC6 in Mezzocorona, Italy. Meeting Agenda is attached.

AGENDA RosEXEC Meeting at RGC6 (open meeting) Mezzocorona -Palarotare, Italy 15:40-16:40 Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Welcome (10 min)

* Current officers, Jay Norelli, Chris Dardick, JD Swanson, and Jim McFerson, send their best wishes for an excellent meeting and regret they are unable to join you. * Ksenija Gasic, Acting Chair (KGASIC@clemson.edumailto:KGASIC@clemson.edu) * Nahla Bassil, Acting Secretary (nahla.bassil@ars.usda.gov))mailto:(nahla.bassil@ars.usda.gov)) * Self-introductions and sign-up sheet

* Mission * Serve as a communication and coordination focal point for the US Rosaceae genomics, genetics and breeding community * Define and promote research priorities based on input from the industry and research community * Facilitate scientific interaction and foster dynamic research teams * Coordinate educational efforts from the research community to the industry and the public.

Adopt Minutes of Summer Meeting (July 31, 2012) (Nahla Bassil) (5 min) · Proposed revisions · Adoption of minutes

2013 RosEXEC election (2 min)

* After 3 years of excellent service the following US members: John Clark, Kevin Folta, Ksenija Gasic, Amy Iezzoni, and Jim McFerson, will be rotating off the RosEXEC in January of 2013. * International liaison members, Michela Troggio (EU) and Thomas Debener (EU) will be rotating off in January of 2013 after 2 years of excellent service. * 2013 RosEXEC election of new members to replace those rotating off the Committee is currently underway. To date there are 6 confirmed RosEXEC nominees and 4 international liaison nominees. The election is tentatively scheduled for Nov 5th to Nov 16th. Newly elected members will begin their terms at PAG XXI.

Emerging Technologies (Ksenija Gasic) (20 min)

* Future genotyping platforms: SNP arrays versus GBS * Currently available arrays * Current GBS projects within Rosaceae * Current limitations * Future potential

USDA-NIFA-SCRI RosBREED2 Project Proposal (Amy Iezzoni, Cameron Peace) (8 min)

* Update

Coordination (Ksenija Gasic) (15 min)

* Research Project Updates * Newly funded projects within the Rosaceae? * RosBREED * Updates from other funded SCRI, AFRI and NSF projects * Other research updates * GDR (Dorrie Main, Sook Jung) * International Project Collaborations

Meeting reports and announcements for upcoming meetings (10 min)

* Meeting Reports * 1st Rosaceae Tree Fruit Joint Crop Germplasm Committees (CGC) Meeting: ASHS, Friday Aug 3 * NCCC 212 Coordinating Comm for Small Fruit and Small Fruits CGC, 30Oct 2012, Tampa, FL * Other meeting reports?

* Upcoming Meetings * X International Symposium on Integrating Canopy, Rootstock and Environmental Physiology in Orchard Systems, December 3-6, 2012, Stellenbosch , South Africa * PAG XXI, January 12-16, 2013, San Diego, California, USA * II International Symposium on Discovery and Development of Innovative Strategies for Postharvest Disease Management, April 29 - May 2, 2013, Kusadasi , Turkey * VI International Symposium on Almonds and Pistachios, May 27-31, 2013, Murcia, Spain * VIII International Peach Symposium, June 17-20, 2013, Matera, Italy * VII International Cherry Symposium, June 22-26, 2013, Plasencia, Spain * XIII International Workshop on Fire Blight, July 2-5, 2013, Zürich, Switzerland * VI International Symposium on Rose Research and Cultivation, August 25-30, 2013, Hannover, Germany * II International Symposium on Plum Pox Virus, September 3-6, 2013, Olomouc , Czech Republic * Other upcoming meetings?

Other business: (5 min)

Adjourn: 16:40

John (Jay) Norelli, Ph.D. Research Plant Pathologist USDA-ARS Appalachian Fruit Research Station 2217 Wiltshire Road Kearneysville, WV 25430

mailto:jay.norelli@ars.usda.gov (304) 725-3451 x264 FAX: (304) 728-2340

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