Plant Germplasm Operations Committee (PGOC)

2014 Draft Agenda

October 28-31, Davis, California

PGOC Chair: Joseph Postman

PGOC Local Host, Vice Chair & Secretary: John Preece

Previous PGOC Chair: Gary Pederson

Tuesday, October 28

  1. Welcome, Agenda Review, Announcements, Approval of 2013 Minutes
  2. National and International Developments
  3. Status of the USDA National Plant Germplasm System- Peter Bretting, ARS Office of National Programs
  4. Canada - Dallas Kessler, Axel Diederichsen (Plant Gene Resources of Canada)
  5. China - Wang Shumin (Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences), Lu Xinxiong (National Genebank of China, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences)
  6. Colombia - Alonso Gonzalez Mejia
  7. Mexico- José Fernando de la Torre, Director, Centro Nacional de Recursos Genéticos, INIFAP, Tepetitlan, Mexico.
  8. National Germplasm Resources Lab, Plant Exchange: Gary Kinard, Karen Williams
  9. National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation:Harvey Blackburn, Stephanie Greene,Christina Walters
  10. Training: Germplasm-Borne Pathogens and Outreach - Invited Lunch Speaker
  11. Deborah Golino - California Foundation Plant Services and theNational Clean Plant Network– Opportunities for NPGS collaboration and models for documenting impact
  12. Training: GRIN-Global Database
  13. GRIN-Global Team
  14. NPGS Order Processing Challenges
  15. Uniform policy for non-research requests – Gary Pederson
  16. Phytosanitary Certificates, Shipping Costs- Gary Kinard
  17. NPGS Regional Plant Introduction Station Updates
  18. Candy Gardner - Ames, Iowa
  19. Gan-Yuan Zhong - Geneva, New York
  20. Gary Pederson - Griffin, Georgia
  21. Jinguo Hu - Pullman, Washington

Wednesday, October 29

  1. Morning - Curator Workshop and Critical/Emerging Issues Discussion
  2. Documenting economic value (impact) of conserving/utilizing genetic resources
  3. Balancing Conservation & Research
  4. Performance evaluation & promotion of Cat 4 scientists, status of expired P&P 431.0
  5. Strategies for coping with funding and personnel shortages

–Guidelines for decommissioning NPGS collections – Stephanie Greene, Candy Gardner

  1. Proprietary, genetically enhanced, x-PVP, other black box materials in NPGS genebanks – Peter Bretting, Candy Gardner
  2. Sharing new technologies within NPGS
  3. Reduced access to foreign germplasm
  4. Quality reviews/audits of NPGS genebanks
  5. (other possible topics as suggested by curators: labeling and electronic data collection, alternate storage technologies, molecular markers, GIS/GPS, crop wild relatives, recent APHIS permit changes, succession planning)

Session to Continue Thursday Morning

  1. Afternoon - Tour of the Davis Genebank and Wolfskill Field Stationfield that will consist of instructions/demonstrations of curatorial practices for stone fruit, nut, and grape clonal genetic resources

Thursday, October 30

  1. Curator Workshop and Critical/Emerging Issues Discussion continued
  2. Training: Germplasm and Global Food Supplies - Invited Lunch Speaker
  3. Colin Khoury: “The changing global diet: implications and priorities for crop scientists”
  4. NPGS Specialty Crop Collections – Opportunity for several brief presentations or discussions relating to unique challenges – Written reports will be circulated relative to site accomplishments.
  5. Aberdeen, Idaho – Small Grains
  6. Ames, Iowa – Amaranth, Clover, Maize, Medicinals, Oil Seeds, Ornamentals, Vegetables
  7. Beltsville, Maryland/Washington, D.C. – Woody Landscape Plants
  8. College Station, Texas–Hickories, Pecans
  9. Columbus, Ohio – Herbaceous Ornamentals
  10. Corvallis, Oregon – Temperate Fruits, Nuts, Hops, Mint
  11. Davis, California – Temperate Fruits, Nuts, Tomato Genetic Stocks
  12. Geneva, New York – Apples, Cherries, Grapes, Vegetables
  13. Griffin, Georgia – Grasses, Legumes, Peanut, Sorghum, Vegetables
  14. Hilo, Hawaii – Tropical Fruits & Nuts
  15. Mayaguez, Puerto Rico – Subtropical/Tropical Fruits, Bamboo, Cacao
  16. Miami, Florida – Subtropical Fruits & Ornamentals
  17. Parlier, California – Arid Land Genetic Resources
  18. Prosser, Washington – Forage Legumes
  19. Pullman, Washington –Garlic, Legumes, Vegetables
  20. Riverside, California – Citrus, Dates
  21. Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin - Potatoes
  22. Stuttgart, Arkansas - Rice
  23. Urbana, Illinois – Maize & Soybean Genetic Stocks
  24. Subcommittee Reports
  25. NPGS Special Achievement Award – John Preece
  26. NPGS Operations Manual – Kim Hummer
  27. Acquisitions & Distributions – Karen Williams
  28. Crop Wild Relatives – Stephanie Greene
  29. GIS and Georeferencing – Stephanie Greene
  30. GMOs/Transgenes– (addressed above in 7b)
  31. Molecular Markers in GRIN – Gayle Volk and Chris Richards
  32. Phytosanitary and Shipping – (addressed above in 5b)
  33. “Seeds for Our Future” brochure update – Gary Kinard
  34. New Business
  35. 2015 PGOC Meeting & Curator Workshop
  1. PGOC Adjourns

Friday, October 31 – Clonal Curator Workshop (half day)
Meeting space at the Repository is limited.

Tour options will be arranged for people staying on for Crop Science meetings the next week, and depending on numbers could also participate in the clonal workshop:

Informal discussion and brainstorming session on unique challenges faced in management and distribution of living vegetative collections including: propagation, labeling, media, growing containers, seasonal availability, perishable propagules, pathogen detection, on-site and off-site backup.