International Peanut Genome Initiative Meeting

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International Peanut Genome Initiative Meeting
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PGIAgendaJuly 17, 2008
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Guiding Principles for Research

• Global forums for communication between
  stakeholders and research communities
• Strategic Plans to define and guide program
  implementation
• Credible processes to ensure program relevance,
  high-quality research, and external assessment of
  progress
• Business platform to promote industry consumer
  acceptance of technology

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Farid Waliyar, Niger Richard Wilson, USA Xinyou
Zhang, China
David, Bertioli, Brazil Baozhu Guo, USA Corley
Holbrook, USA Steve Knapp, USA Xuanqiang Liang,
China Ousmane Ndoye, Senegal Shyam Nigam,
India Thomas Stalker, USA Howard Valentine, USA
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PGI website
rfwilson_at_mindspring.com
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Net US Peanut Returns
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Food, Conservation Energy Act of 2008 HR 6124
Title I Commodity Programs Subtitle C Peanuts
Title VII Research Related Matters, Part II
Research, Education, Extension Section 7511
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Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
Economic Research Service (ERS)
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
Cooperative State Research, Education Extension
Service (CSREES)
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Authorized REE Reorganization

• Research, Education Extension Office Divisions
• Food Safety, Nutrition Health
• Agricultural Systems Technology
• Plant Health, Production Products
• Animal Health, Production Products
• Agricultural Economics Rural
• Communities
• Renewable Energy, Natural Resources
• Environment

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Authorized Reorganization
Under Secretary REE
Research, Education Extension Office
ARS CSREES National Program Staffs
National Institute Food Agriculture
Base-Funded ARS Programs
Competitive Grants NRI (Basic, 60 ) IFAFS
(Applied, 40 )
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Transparency Accountability
IPGI Accomplishments Report 2006-2008
IPGI Strategic Plan 2008-2012
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Coordinators

• Production Productivity
• John Burke, David Jordan, Marshall Lamb
• Quality Safety
• Ed Cleveland, Tim Sanders
• Crop Protection
• Albert Culbreath, Pat Phipps, Baozhu Guo
• Germplasm Genetics
• Corley Holbrook, Mark Burow, Boshou Liao
• Genome Characterization
• Steve Knapp, Rajeev Varshney, David Bertioli
• Plant Transformation
• Beth Grabau, Maria Gallo, Peggy Ozias-Akins

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Leverage Resources with India(www.generationcp.or
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• Generation Challenge Program Launched in 2003
• 10-year framework (20042008 20092013)
• About 16M annual budget
• 75 Research
• 15 Training and capacity building
• 10 Management cost
• Major donors
• European Community
• DFID
• The Bill Melinda Gates Foundation
• World Bank
• Switzerland
• Target areas Marginal drought-prone environments
• Mandate crops (CGIAR)
• - A CGIAR Challenge Program hosted at
  CIMMYT, Mexico

Rajeev Varshney, ICRISAT
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Breeding
Genomics
NSF
Association Causality
Application Improvement
Diversity
Tools
Traits
Product
Uptake
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Applied Genomics and Breeding GCP David
Hoisington ICRISAT Rajeev
Varshney ICRISAT-GCP Doug Cook
UC-Davis Matthew Blair
CIAT Jeff Ehlers
UC-Riverside Tim Close
UC-Riverside Carmen de Vicente
GCP Spurthi Nayak
ICRISAT Andrew Paterson University of
Georgia David Bertioli EMBRAPA
Evolution NSF Doug Cook UC-Davis George
Bruening UC-Davis Guohao He Tuskegee
University Mei Yuan Tuskegee University Deka
Allie Tuskegee University Limin Gong Tuskegee
University Greg May NCGR Andrew
Farmer NCGR Varma Penmetsa UC-Davis Birinchi
Sarma UC-Davis (BOYSCAST, BHU, Varanasi) Bhuvanesh
war Patil UC-Davis (DBT, UAS-Dharwad) Ben
Rosen UC-Davis Noelia Garcia UC-Davis Bullo
Mamo UC-Davis (Ethiopia) Jimmy
Woodward UC-Davis Jinliang Gao UC-Davis Sally
Vail University of Saskatchewan Nayibe
Garzon Columbia/IITA Rhonda Foley CSIRO, WA Karam
Singh CSIRO, WA Francisco Goes daSilva
UC-Davis Anand Surendrarao UC-Davis
(Chennai) Rakesh Chahota UC-Davis (Borlaug
Fellow, India) Zack Chestnut UC-Davis Cecelia
Osorio UC-Davis Subhojit Datta UC-Davis
(IIPR, Kanpur, ICAR Fellow) Esperanza
Martinez UC-Davis
AKI Pigeonpea Genomics initiative Doug Cook
UC-Davis NK Singh
NRCPB Rajeev Varshney
ICRISAT Subhojit Datta IIPR, Kanpur M
Kurivanaschetty UAS, Dharwad
KB Wanjari UA, Akola MN Singh BHU,
Varanasi
Chickpea and Groundnut initiatives Subhra
Chakraborty
NIPGR Sabhyata Bhatia
NIPGR Vidya Gupta NCL
Pune Rajeev Varshney
ICIRSAT Hari Upadhyaya
ICRISAT Doug Cook UC-Davis Fred Muehlbauer
USDA-ARS Pullman
US National Science Foundation Plant Genome
Program CGIAR Generation Challenge Program
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation INDO-US
Science and Technology Forum INDO-US
Agricultural Knowledge Initiative Indian Council
for Agricultural Research Indian Department of
Biotechnology USDA-Foreign Agricultural Service
US Agency for International Development
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Putting the best case forward
Peanut CAP
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Next PGI Meeting APC Winter meeting Atlanta
GA December 9-12, 2008