AGENDA
RosEXEC Teleconference
July 23, 2015
Welcome
· Gayle Volk (Chair, absent), Cameron Peace (Vice Chair), Ksenija Gasic (Secretary)
· Attendance
· Adoption of minutes from 21 April 2015
Report from the Rosaceae Gene-Naming Standardization subcommittee (Sook Jung)
Subcommittee members: Sook Jung (chair), Robert Schaffer, Lee Meisel, Doug Bielenberg, Carole Bassett, Michela Troggio, Janet Slovin, Dorrie Main, Chris Dardick
· Goal: To come up with Rosaceae gene naming principle and mechanism for enforcement
o Status: (to be discussed)
Rosaceae species webpages for GDR
· Informational pages (text, tables and pictures) about Rosaceae species
o Update: lists of species within Rosaceae (according to GRIN) were obtained by Gayle and sent to Sook. This list did not have the details that were previously provided for apple, but are a starting point.
GDR Advisory Board
· Report from GDR
· Comments from RosEXEC to GDR
RosEXEC membership
· 2015 elections for 2016+ membership
o Process, timeline
o Nominations?
Coordination and updates
· Non-research update
o Industry update
o GMO regulatory & market update (Arctic apples, HoneySweet plum; others?)
o Extension: Info and tech transfer (to industry? to breeders?)
· Competitive federal grant project reports
o Newly funded projects within the Rosaceae
o Other funded AFRI/NSF projects
· Leverage of large-scale opportunities
o RosBREED2
o RosRosette
o NSF for Apple and Peach tree architecture
o Crop Germplasm Committees
· International project collaborations
o FruitBreedomics
o EUBerry
o Horizon 2020
· 2nd edition of book “Genetic and Genomics of Rosaceae – Recent Advances and Application of Knowledge”
Research fields and technology updates
· Whole genome sequences and physical maps
o Updates on status of Rosaceae genomes from community.
· Enabling technologies in genomics
o Sequencing
o Annotation
o Transcriptional profiling
o Genome-scanning SNP arrays – medium- (6-20K) to high-throughput
· Genetics
o Reference maps
o MTLs and QTLs located
o DNA tests developed (locus-specific, performance-predictive)
o Genome-scanning at low resolution (genome-wide, performance-predictive)
o Parentage/pedigree verification – approaches and progress
o True-to-type verification – approaches and progress
· Germplasm/genetic resources
o USDA-ARS germplasm status
o RosBREED Crop Reference Sets as germplasm resources?
o Other germplasm resources?
· Phenotyping
o Standardized phenotyping
o High-throughput phenotyping, high-resolution phenotyping, phenomics
o USDA collection evaluation data (GRIN) – scope, utility, plans
Announcements for upcoming meetings
o NAPB meeting: 27-30 Jul 2015 (next week!), at Pullman, WA
o ASHS annual conference: 4-7 Aug 2015 New Orleans, LA.
o Horticulture Research journal organizing meeting: Oct 2015 (Nanjing?)
o Apple CGC annual meeting: 7-8 Oct 2015, at Geneva, NY
o PAG: 9-13 Jan 2016, at San Diego, CA as usual
o 3rd International Symposium on Biotechnology of Fruit Species: 27 Apr - 1 May 2016, at Antalya, Turkey
o RGC8: 22-24 Jun 2016, at Angers, France
o 11th International Symposium on Integrating Canopy, Rootstock and Environmental Physiology in Orchard Systems: 28 Aug – 2 Sep 2016, at Bologna, Italy
o 4th Symposium in Molecular Markers in Horticulture: 7-10 Mar 2017, at Napier, NZ
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