Minutes of NCR-84
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Dr. Gary Lemme |
Dr. Horia Groza |
Dr. Jiming Jiang |
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109 Agriculture Hall |
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Rhinelander, WI 54501 |
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Members in Attendance:
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Dermot Lynch, Qin Chen |
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Rich Novy |
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David Hannapel, David Fisher |
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Gary Lemme, David Douches |
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Christian Thill, Dave Esplin, Ryan Hayes, Dimitri Mollov, Ioana Dine, Danielle Posch, Florian Lauer |
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Susie Thompson, Annie Erickson |
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Horia Groza, Jiming Jiang, Chuck Kostichka, John Helgeson, Andy Hamernick, Jim Bradeen, Bob Stupar, Karen Bresee, Alfonso Del Rio, John Bamberg, Kristine Naess |
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Frito-Lay |
Robert Hoopes |
Members Absent: Alex
Pavlista (
The 32th
annual meeting of NCR-84 was held at the Department of Horticulture,
Dr. Groza called the meeting to
order at
The agenda was reviewed:
· Approve agenda
· Approve minutes of 2000 NCR-84 meeting
· Announcements and comments from new Administrative Advisor, Dr. Gary Lemme
· Discussion on renewal of NCR-84 project
· Discussion on restructuring the future NCR-84 meetings
· Presentation on 2001 North Central Regional Trial by Christian Thill
· Discussion on selections to be submitted to 2002 National Trial
· Reports from individual states
· Determine the date and site for the 2002 NCR-84 meeting
· Election of new secretary
· Adjourn
A motion was made and seconded to approve the minuets of 2000 NCR-84 meeting. The motion was approved unanimously.
Dr. Gary Lemme, NCR-84 administrative advisor, provided the
information of all potential research grants in 2002 ($97 million from special
grants, $120 million from NRI and $1.4 million from IR4, no IFAFS grants). The current NCR-84 project will be terminated
on
Dr. David Douches will head the renewal effort for the NCR-84 project. He requested each research group to send him the necessary information for the new proposal.
Dr. Horia Groza proposed to restructure the future NCR-84 meetings. The new format will be for two days: the first day will be only for presentations on new varieties, the second day will be on research on potato genetics and breeding. A motion was made by Groza and seconded by David Douches. The motion was approved unanimously.
Dr. Christian Thill presented the
North Central Regional Trial (NCTR) results from
Two clones will be submitted to the 2002 National Trial. Dr. Christian Thill proposed that the decision on the clones to be submitted should be made after compiling the NCRT results from every state.
Reports were presented from individual states (see “Abbreviated State Reports of NCR-84 Committee” below).
Dr. Christian Thill moved to change the future NCR-84 meetings to sometime between late January and early February. Dr. Horia Groza seconded. The motion was approved unanimously.
Dr. Christian Thill moved to rotate the future NCR-84 meetings among the land-grant universities. Dr. Susie Thompson seconded. The motion was approved unanimously.
Dr. Christian Thill moved that Dr. David Douches host the 2002 NCR-84 meeting according to Dave’s choice of date (from late January to early February) and location. Dr. John Helgeson seconded. The motion was approved unanimously.
Dr. Horia Groza nominated Dr. Susie Thompson as the next NCR-84 secretary. Dr. David Hannapel seconded the nomination. Dr. Susie Thompson agreed to serve as the new secretary. The motion was approved unanimously.
The meeting was adjourned at
Approved:
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Jiming Jiang Date
NCR-84 Secretary 2001
Approved:
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Gary Lemme Date
NCR-84 Administrative Advisor 2001
Abbreviated State Reports of NCR-84 Committee
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Dr. Dermot Lynch |
Email: lynchd@em.agr.ca |
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Agriculture and |
Tele: (403) 317-2276 |
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Fax: (403) 382-3156 |
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Research activities in 2001 at the Lethbridge Research Center included biocontrol of Colorado potato beetle using Beauvaria bassiana; development of Verticillium wilt resistance in potato varieties using two inverted genes from the tomato Ve locus; epidemiological studies utilizing confocal microscopy to monitor pathogen movement through the rhizosphere and disease management in the plant; enhancement of indigenous potato genes expressed transgenically for expression of simultaneous resistance to multiple pathogens; identification of new genes and development of new germplasm utilizing the dual resistance to late blight and Colorado potato beetle in S. pinnatisectum; registration of two advanced clones – V0123-25 (cold tolerant chip variety) and V0168-3 (russet skin for use as count pack) and evaluation of potato for the heterologous expression of livestock feed additives, vaccines and pharmaceuticals.
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Dr. Rich Novy |
Email: rnovy@uidaho.edu |
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USDA-ARS |
Tele: (208) 397-4181 |
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1693 S. 2700 W. |
Fax: (208) 397-4311 |
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Eleven recent cultivar releases from the Tri-State program were discussed. An advanced selection, A 90586-11, has shown high levels of resistance to late blight in both the foliage and tubers. This clone is in its second year of evaluation in the Western Regional Potato Variety Trial and shows promise. Progeny of Solanum etuberosum were shown to have resistances to green peach aphid, PVY, and PLRV.
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Dr. David Hannapel |
Email: djh@iastate.edu |
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Department of Horticulture |
Tele: (515) 294-2751 |
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Fax: (515) 294-0730 |
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Dr. David Hannapel reported the discovery of a potato transcription factor in the knox family, designated as POTH1, that has been implicated in regulating plant growth as a negative regulator of giberellin synthesis. Using techniques that identify protein binding partners, David’s group has isolated seven different transcription factors that interact with the POTH1 protein. Dr. David Fisher reported progress on developing potato clones with horizontal resistance to the Colorado potato beetle.
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Dr. David Douches |
Email: douchesd@pilot.msu.edu |
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Department of Crop and Soil Sciences |
Tele: (517) 355-6887 |
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Fax: (517) 353-0890 |
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Dr. David Douches reported on results from variety trials conducted at the MSU Montcalm Research Farm. In 2001 three varieties were released. Michigan Purple, Liberator (scab resistant chipper) and Jacqueline Lee (late blight resistant tablestock). He also reported on the field and lab experiments to evaluate the effect of combining natural and engineered resistance to Colorado potato beetle. Results indicate that Bt-cry3A combined with glycoalkaloid-based resistance is very effective against all life stages in both field and lab. Gene mapping of late blight has also been conducted. A major QTL for late blight resistance has been linked to an SSR marker in a segregating population derived from S. microdontum. Late blight field trials in 2001 identified over fifty genotypes from seven different sources with foliar resistance to the US8 genotype of late blight.
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Dr. Christian Thill |
Email: thill005@tc.umn.edu |
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Department of Horticultural Science |
Tele: (612) 624-9737 |
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Fax: (612) 624-4941 |
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Dr. Christian Thill and his graduate students Ryan Hayes, Danielle Posch, Ioana Dinu, and Dimitri Mollov discussed varietal development and advances being made in selecting and advancing clones more efficiently in breeding. Clones resistant to diseases, especially to late blight and viruses, have been identified. Clones with superior cold chipping quality have also been discovered.
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Dr. Susie Thompson |
Email: asunta_thompson@ndsu.nodak.edu |
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Department of Plant Sciences |
Tele: (701) 231-7971 |
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Fax: (701) 231-8474 |
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Approximately 106,000 seedlings were planted in the
greenhouse in 2001. About 160,000 first
year clones were evaluated in the field at Langdon, Crookston and
Larimore. Additionally, about 1600
second year and above selections were evaluated in the field and
laboratory. Trials were grown at four
locations. Dryland
sites included
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Dr. Jiming Jiang |
Email: jjiang1@facstaff.wisc.edu |
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Department of Horticulture |
Tele: (608) 262-1878 |
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University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Fax: (608) 262-4743 |
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Horia Groza
reported the NCRT results in