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Authors: Keller, J.; Astley, D.; Tsivelikas, A.; Engels, J.; Lipman, E.
Source/Contributor: ECPGR
The seventh meeting of the ECPGR Working Group (WG) on Allium took place on 6-8 September 2011 in Perea, near Thessaloniki, Greece, bringing together 14 members, 7 observers and the Coordinator of the initiative for “A European Genebank Integrated System” (AEGIS). The status of the European Allium Database (EADB) was presented and the WG agreed to continue its management and development. The EADB, which will be transferred from the University of Warwick to IPK-Gatersleben from January 2012, provides the foundation for the selection of European Accessions for AEGIS. The WG agreed on methods to establish the list of candidate European Accessions for seed-propagated Allium landraces(using leek as an exemplar), seed-propagated wild Allium taxa, and cultivars. The selection processes were summarised in flow diagrams. It was agreed to start with A. ampeloprasum and then extend the list to other priority groups of seed-propagated species. Other activities on seed-propagated species will include updating the information on conservation status of Allium landraces and safety-duplication. Vegetatively propagated species had been the main focus of the WG over the past 10 years. Results of the EU-funded project on garlic and shallot, EURALLIVEG (“Vegetative Allium, Europe’s Core Collection, Safe and Sound”), were presented, as well as a report on the AEGIS-funded project on “Cryopreservation of young inflorescence bases in bolting garlic for germplasm storage”. Future developments for vegetatively propagated material include a project on molecular characterization, aiming at covering all European garlic genetic resources as completely as possible. Other topics discussed include the selection process of the European Accessions of vegetatively propagated Allium and the development of standards for vegetatively propagated crops.
Report of a Working Group on Barley
Authors: Knüpffer, H.; Maggioni, L.; Jalli, M.; Kolodinska Brantestam, A.; Fasoula, D.; Lipman, E.
Source/Contributor: ECPGR
The seventh meeting of the ECPGR Barley Working Group (WG), organized in collaboration with the Agricultural Research Institute (ARI) of Cyprus, was held from 10 to 12 May 2011 in Nicosia, bringing together 24 members, 3 observers and the ECPGR Coordinator. The meeting covered a wide range of topics: implementation of “A European Genebank Integrated System” (AEGIS) by the Barley WG (approaches and aims for the European Barley Collection; criteria for Most Appropriate Accessions; quality standards criteria; species-specific maintenance protocols for wild Hordeum species as part of the AEGIS Quality System); precise genetic stocks of barley; collection of developmental mutants of barley and their potential use in pre breeding work; Trust multiplication project for cereals and legumes; characterization and evaluation (pre-breeding workshop and activities, ring tests update, breeding for climate change); in situ and on-farm activities in barley (Hordeum wild species in Europe, crop wild relatives of cultivated barley, conservation strategy for wild Hordeum species); documentation and information (the European Barley Database and EURISCO; the International Barley Core Collection); pre-breeding and joint research proposals (development of a disease resistance database; development of phenotype tests for abiotic stress resistance; evaluation of germplasm through ring tests; lobbying for pre-breeding at EU and national level; collaboration for joint project proposals; sharing of information and expertise).
Report of a Working Group on Umbellifer Crops
Authors: Maggioni, L.; Geoffriau, E.; Allender, C.; Lipman, E.
Source/Contributor: ECPGR
ou also confirm us that The First Meeting of the ECPGR Working Group on Umbellifer Crops took place on 30 March–1 April 2011 at the Julius Kühn-Institute in Quedlinburg, Germany, jointly with the second and final workshop of the project on “Assessment of unique material in the European collections of umbellifer crops” funded by the initiative for “A European Genebank Integrated System” (AEGIS).
The priority for this meeting was to validate the analysis made on carrot accessions in the European Plant Genetic Resources Catalogue (EURISCO) and to identify a number of accessions to be proposed as European accessions for AEGIS. The methodology for selecting accessions was discussed. A tentative selection of 1415 carrot accessions was made. The list will be cross-checked, confirmed with complementary information and extended to landraces and wild relatives. The analysis will also be extended to other Apiaceae. Minimum descriptors for characterization of carrot, celeriac, celery, dill and parsley were selected and agreed, and minimum standards for regeneration and long-term conservation conditions were proposed as required by the AEGIS quality system.
The implementation of a project on characterization of wild relatives was discussed. This project was approved by the Steering Committee as an ECPGR Network activity. The objective is to clarify the status of ex situ accessions and in situ populations and to make progress in the taxonomy identification. The main interest and expertise of the Working Group would be in the characterization of wild relatives of carrot and celery. The usefulness to continue the maintenance of the ECPGR Umbellifer Database rather than simply relying on EURISCO was discussed. It was concluded that the Database remained useful at present since it allows including additional passport data that cannot reach EURISCO and additional minimum characterization descriptors, as well as easy and flexible specific crop searches on the downloaded files.
Report of a Working Group on Forages
Authors: Maggioni, L.; Veteläinen, M.; Willner, E.; Lipman, E.
Source/Contributor: ECPGR
The Tenth meeting of the ECPGR Working Group on Forages was held on 28-29 April 2010 on the Island of Poel, Germany and was hosted by the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben. The meeting gathered together Working Group members, Central Forage Database Managers and numerous observers.
Since the 1990s the Working Group has been working towards the sharing of responsibilities in conservation and management of European forage collections. Specific mechanisms for identifying the most original samples (MOS) and holders of primary collection (PRIMCOLL) have been developed to identify forage accessions for the European Forage Collection (EFC).
The present meeting reviewed achievements to date and made important decisions to complete the process to identify the unique European forage accessions and thus promote the goals of the initiative for “A European Genebank Integrated System” (AEGIS).
The status of the European Central Forage Databases and their relationship to the European Plant Genetic Resources Catalogue (EURISCO) were presented and discussed. It was decided to use EURISCO as a starting point when updating information in the Central Forage Databases. In order to rationalize the identification of accessions for the EFC and reduce the workload when updating databases, it was also decided to merge several of the Central Forage Databases on the basis of the genus and the type of forage crop. Responsibilities were assigned for the resulting 11 databases.
Several presentations dealt with on-farm and in situ conservation, and the Working Group decided to promote in situ conservation of forage crops in order to complement ex situ conservation work.
The Working Group on Forages, of which many members are plant breeders, also emphasized the importance of the inclusion of forage crop-specific descriptors and characterization and evaluation data in Central Forage Databases.
Report of a Working Group on Avena
Authors: Germeier, C.; Maggioni, L.; Katsiotis, A.; Lipman, E.
Source/Contributor: ECPGR
The sixth meeting of the ECPGR Working Group on Avena was held in Bucharest, Romania, on 21-22 October 2010, back-to-back with the final meeting of the AGRI GENRES project AVEQ on “Avena Genetic Resources for Quality in Human Consumption” (19-21 October).
The first part of the publication reports the results of field experiments and analyses carried out in the framework of the AVEQ project, covering yield and technical quality, Fusarium-related issues, nutritional quality of oats and cold tolerance in oat genetic resources.
The second part, dedicated to the activities of the ECPGR Working Group on Avena, focuses on wild species (collecting in Cyprus, Sicily and Spain in the framework of the AEGRO project; domestication, multiplication and regeneration issues) and on sharing of responsibilities, particularly for the implementation of “A European Genebank Integrated System” (AEGIS). Significant progress had been made in the ECPGR Avena Database, which can now integrate in situ data from the AEGRO project as well as evaluation data from the AVEQ project. The database can be used to define the Most Appropriate Accessions for the AEGIS European Collection. The material selected for the AVEQ project could immediately be suggested to become European accessions in the AEGIS system.
Areas of interest for future project proposals were also discussed (wild species, base-broadening of A. sativa, domestication of the wild species, genotyping, etc.).
Report of a Working Group on Allium
Authors: Keller, J.; Astley, D.; Tsivelikas, A.; Engels, J.; Lipman, E.
Source/Contributor: ECPGR
The seventh meeting of the ECPGR Working Group (WG) on Allium took place on 6-8 September 2011 in Perea, near Thessaloniki, Greece, bringing together 14 members, 7 observers and the Coordinator of the initiative for “A European Genebank Integrated System” (AEGIS). The status of the European Allium Database (EADB) was presented and the WG agreed to continue its management and development. The EADB, which will be transferred from the University of Warwick to IPK-Gatersleben from January 2012, provides the foundation for the selection of European Accessions for AEGIS. The WG agreed on methods to establish the list of candidate European Accessions for seed-propagated Allium landraces(using leek as an exemplar), seed-propagated wild Allium taxa, and cultivars. The selection processes were summarised in flow diagrams. It was agreed to start with A. ampeloprasum and then extend the list to other priority groups of seed-propagated species. Other activities on seed-propagated species will include updating the information on conservation status of Allium landraces and safety-duplication. Vegetatively propagated species had been the main focus of the WG over the past 10 years. Results of the EU-funded project on garlic and shallot, EURALLIVEG (“Vegetative Allium, Europe’s Core Collection, Safe and Sound”), were presented, as well as a report on the AEGIS-funded project on “Cryopreservation of young inflorescence bases in bolting garlic for germplasm storage”. Future developments for vegetatively propagated material include a project on molecular characterization, aiming at covering all European garlic genetic resources as completely as possible. Other topics discussed include the selection process of the European Accessions of vegetatively propagated Allium and the development of standards for vegetatively propagated crops.
Report of a Working Group on Barley
Authors: Knüpffer, H.; Maggioni, L.; Jalli, M.; Kolodinska Brantestam, A.; Fasoula, D.; Lipman, E.
Source/Contributor: ECPGR
The seventh meeting of the ECPGR Barley Working Group (WG), organized in collaboration with the Agricultural Research Institute (ARI) of Cyprus, was held from 10 to 12 May 2011 in Nicosia, bringing together 24 members, 3 observers and the ECPGR Coordinator. The meeting covered a wide range of topics: implementation of “A European Genebank Integrated System” (AEGIS) by the Barley WG (approaches and aims for the European Barley Collection; criteria for Most Appropriate Accessions; quality standards criteria; species-specific maintenance protocols for wild Hordeum species as part of the AEGIS Quality System); precise genetic stocks of barley; collection of developmental mutants of barley and their potential use in pre breeding work; Trust multiplication project for cereals and legumes; characterization and evaluation (pre-breeding workshop and activities, ring tests update, breeding for climate change); in situ and on-farm activities in barley (Hordeum wild species in Europe, crop wild relatives of cultivated barley, conservation strategy for wild Hordeum species); documentation and information (the European Barley Database and EURISCO; the International Barley Core Collection); pre-breeding and joint research proposals (development of a disease resistance database; development of phenotype tests for abiotic stress resistance; evaluation of germplasm through ring tests; lobbying for pre-breeding at EU and national level; collaboration for joint project proposals; sharing of information and expertise).
Report of a Working Group on Umbellifer Crops
Authors: Maggioni, L.; Geoffriau, E.; Allender, C.; Lipman, E.
Source/Contributor: ECPGR
ou also confirm us that The First Meeting of the ECPGR Working Group on Umbellifer Crops took place on 30 March–1 April 2011 at the Julius Kühn-Institute in Quedlinburg, Germany, jointly with the second and final workshop of the project on “Assessment of unique material in the European collections of umbellifer crops” funded by the initiative for “A European Genebank Integrated System” (AEGIS).
The priority for this meeting was to validate the analysis made on carrot accessions in the European Plant Genetic Resources Catalogue (EURISCO) and to identify a number of accessions to be proposed as European accessions for AEGIS. The methodology for selecting accessions was discussed. A tentative selection of 1415 carrot accessions was made. The list will be cross-checked, confirmed with complementary information and extended to landraces and wild relatives. The analysis will also be extended to other Apiaceae. Minimum descriptors for characterization of carrot, celeriac, celery, dill and parsley were selected and agreed, and minimum standards for regeneration and long-term conservation conditions were proposed as required by the AEGIS quality system.
The implementation of a project on characterization of wild relatives was discussed. This project was approved by the Steering Committee as an ECPGR Network activity. The objective is to clarify the status of ex situ accessions and in situ populations and to make progress in the taxonomy identification. The main interest and expertise of the Working Group would be in the characterization of wild relatives of carrot and celery. The usefulness to continue the maintenance of the ECPGR Umbellifer Database rather than simply relying on EURISCO was discussed. It was concluded that the Database remained useful at present since it allows including additional passport data that cannot reach EURISCO and additional minimum characterization descriptors, as well as easy and flexible specific crop searches on the downloaded files.
Report of a Working Group on Forages
Authors: Maggioni, L.; Veteläinen, M.; Willner, E.; Lipman, E.
Source/Contributor: ECPGR
The Tenth meeting of the ECPGR Working Group on Forages was held on 28-29 April 2010 on the Island of Poel, Germany and was hosted by the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben. The meeting gathered together Working Group members, Central Forage Database Managers and numerous observers.
Since the 1990s the Working Group has been working towards the sharing of responsibilities in conservation and management of European forage collections. Specific mechanisms for identifying the most original samples (MOS) and holders of primary collection (PRIMCOLL) have been developed to identify forage accessions for the European Forage Collection (EFC).
The present meeting reviewed achievements to date and made important decisions to complete the process to identify the unique European forage accessions and thus promote the goals of the initiative for “A European Genebank Integrated System” (AEGIS).
The status of the European Central Forage Databases and their relationship to the European Plant Genetic Resources Catalogue (EURISCO) were presented and discussed. It was decided to use EURISCO as a starting point when updating information in the Central Forage Databases. In order to rationalize the identification of accessions for the EFC and reduce the workload when updating databases, it was also decided to merge several of the Central Forage Databases on the basis of the genus and the type of forage crop. Responsibilities were assigned for the resulting 11 databases.
Several presentations dealt with on-farm and in situ conservation, and the Working Group decided to promote in situ conservation of forage crops in order to complement ex situ conservation work.
The Working Group on Forages, of which many members are plant breeders, also emphasized the importance of the inclusion of forage crop-specific descriptors and characterization and evaluation data in Central Forage Databases.
Report of a Working Group on Avena
Authors: Germeier, C.; Maggioni, L.; Katsiotis, A.; Lipman, E.
Source/Contributor: ECPGR
The sixth meeting of the ECPGR Working Group on Avena was held in Bucharest, Romania, on 21-22 October 2010, back-to-back with the final meeting of the AGRI GENRES project AVEQ on “Avena Genetic Resources for Quality in Human Consumption” (19-21 October).
The first part of the publication reports the results of field experiments and analyses carried out in the framework of the AVEQ project, covering yield and technical quality, Fusarium-related issues, nutritional quality of oats and cold tolerance in oat genetic resources.
The second part, dedicated to the activities of the ECPGR Working Group on Avena, focuses on wild species (collecting in Cyprus, Sicily and Spain in the framework of the AEGRO project; domestication, multiplication and regeneration issues) and on sharing of responsibilities, particularly for the implementation of “A European Genebank Integrated System” (AEGIS). Significant progress had been made in the ECPGR Avena Database, which can now integrate in situ data from the AEGRO project as well as evaluation data from the AVEQ project. The database can be used to define the Most Appropriate Accessions for the AEGIS European Collection. The material selected for the AVEQ project could immediately be suggested to become European accessions in the AEGIS system.
Areas of interest for future project proposals were also discussed (wild species, base-broadening of A. sativa, domestication of the wild species, genotyping, etc.).
