Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

NAPB New Officers: Todd Wehner, President; Rita Mumm, Vice President; David Stelly, Secretary; Shelley Jansky, Treasurer; Seth Murray, Web Editor; Past President (to begin in 2011. PBCC New Officers: Phil Simon, Chair; Mike Havey, Vice Chair. New subcommittee leadership: Grand Challenges: Mary Lou Arpaia, Chair; Vice Chair position open due to Mike Havey being elected to Vice Chair; PBCC Secretary to be identified. Science, Technology, and Informatics: Liz Lee, Chair; Mitch McGrath, Vice Chair; Ross Whetten, Secretary. Communications & Outreach: Allen Van Deynze, Chair; Linda Wessel-Beaver, Vice Chair; Maria Salinas-Fernandez, Secretary; Shelby Repinski, Graduate Student Representative. Awards: Karen Moldenhauer, Chair; Brooks Blanche, Vice Chair; Secretary to be identified. Education: Donn Cummings, Chair; Jamie Sherman, Vice Chair; Pat Brown (UIUC) Secretary; graduate student representative to be identified. Representatives and Liaisons continue to serve another year. Minutes of Business Meeting of the 4th Annual Plant Breeding Workshop of PBCC, August 15, 2010, Johnston, IA: The PBCC Business Meeting was opened by Phil Simon, Chair, PBCC. Tabare Abadie of Pioneer delivered a warm welcome on behalf of the meeting host, Pioneer Hi-Bred International. Todd Wehner asked the constituency to consider creation of the NAPB. The vote taken was unanimously in favor of this motion. Those desiring membership in NAPB were invited to star their names in the registration key at the main desk in the meeting hall. With results of elections and the progression of positions according to the bylaws, the EC Committee of NAPB/PBCC includes the following: New officers were elected for NAPB and PBCC. Subcommittee break-out sessions were held and reports were delivered when the body reconvened. Shelby Repinski reported on the results of the Delphi Study coordinated by UC-Davis to determine the curriculum content, skills, experiences, and specialties important in the education and training of future plant breeders. The EC recognizes the need to be able to provide spot-on information in response to various types of requests on very short notice. Because the EC must be empowered to request and gather information as needed, a rapid response group will be formed to promptly identify experts on various topics. The rapid response group may be a part of the Communications Subcommittee. A model for 1-pagers will be sought from Karl Glasener (ASA). Future Annual Meetings of the NAPB/PBCC will be held concurrently: 2011 in College Station, TX; TAMU host. May 23-25, 2011 2012 in Indianapolis, IN; Dow AgroSciences host. Dates tbd. 2013. An offer to host from University of Florida/Tampa was received from Barry Tillman. Suggested timing in mid-February to March or October to November. 2010 Awards were presented by Jodi Scheffler: Dr. James (Jim) Brewbaker of the University of Hawaii was awarded the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award for the 50 years of dedication to breeding corn and sorghum in the tropics. Dr. Yanqi Wu, a forage and turfgrass breeder from Oklahoma State University received the 2010 Early Career Plant Breeder Award. Other special recognition was given to the following for their outstanding contributions to the PBCC and the newly created NAPB: Ken Frey; Ann Marie Thro; Stephen Baenziger. The meeting was closed with summary comments by Stephen Baenziger and parting remarks by Stephen Smith.

1) Surveyed plant breeders in the U.S. to determine their needs that could be addressed in a federally-supported granting program. A survey was sent to approximatley 750 plant breeders in August, 2009, to identify the research areas most important for continued progress in U.S. plant breeding. 143 responses were received and 133 of these included results that could be tabulated. The top 3 categories of plant breeders' needs were: (1) Germplasm characterization, colllection, and exchange; (2) Marker development and mapping, including sequencing and establishment of centralized marker generation facilities; (3) Plant phenotyping database development, including establishing standardized methods. Other important needs were: (1) Cataloging of plant germplasm and genomics resources; (2) Development of quantiative methods and tools; (3) Prebreeding of exotic germplasm. 2) Developed an ASK statement to request support of an initiative for plant breeding training. 3) Developed website for Plantbreeding.com and Plantbreeding.org to post PBCC and NAPB-related activities. 4) Developed, to various stages of completion, white papers and one-page documents on Excellence in Science and Technology, A Globally Collaborative Agricultural System Competitiveness, Sustainability and Quality of Life in Rural America, Safe and Secure Food and Fiber System, Healthy, Well-nourished Population, Harmony Between Agriculture and the Environment, Education and Training of Plant Breeders. 5) Developed and presented awards to an early career plant breeder, and a lifetime achievement plant breeding award. 6) Todd Wehner represented NAPB and PBCC at a USDA NIFA Stakeholders Meeting in Washington, DC. 7) Established a framework for structure and organization of the National Association of Plant Breeders, and voted to establish NAPB at the annual PBCC meeting. 8) Held our annual meeting in Johnston, Iowa, August 15-17, 2010

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