Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands Workpackage 1: Documentation Rob van Treuren EU Leafy Veg Annual meeting Angers, Dec. 2007

Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands WP1: Outline of the meeting Overview of WP1 Morning session Detailed WP1 discussion Afternoon session

Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands WP1: Objectives Crop databases Update of the ILDB DB development for spinach, chicory and minor crops Selection of material to be used in other WPs Linkage of data from other WPs to databases Organization of a safety duplication system Identification of gaps within the collections

Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands WP1: Workplan Collection of passport data Consortium, other European and non-European collections Selection of material for use in other WPs Regeneration, characterization, evaluation Incorporation of new data in DB’s Characterization and evaluation data Design of safety duplication system Design of system and implementation Identification of collection gaps Analysis of new databases

Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands WP1: Duration and coordination Duration Month 1-48 WP-leader CGN Task-leaders CGN (lettuce and spinach) GEVES (chicory) IPK (minor crops)

Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands WP1: Activities 2007 Formats developed for data exchange Start made of requesting passport data Prototype of leafy vegetables database developed Start made of including passport data in the new databases Start made of including characterization in the new databases Plan developed for the arrangement of safety duplicates

Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands WP1: Leafy vegetables homepage

Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands WP1: Menu of the crop-specific databases

Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands WP1: On-line search form

Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands WP1: Display of search results

Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands WP1: Download section

Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands WP1: Downloadable characterization data Experiment description

Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands WP1: Downloadable characterization data Data presentation

Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands WP1: Contributors and contact details

Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands WP1: Material included in the databases Lettuce accessions (30 collections) Spinach 1830 accessions (24 collections) Chicory 994 accessions (7 collections) Minor leafy vegetables 157 accessions (IPK only)

Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands WP1: Deliverables

Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands WP1: Milestones 2007

Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands WP1: Milestones

Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands WP1: Conclusions WP1 is fully on schedule All deliverables and milestones planned for 2007 were met No major bottlenecks foreseen for the near future

Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands WP1: Discussion – database issues (1) General set-up Satisfactory or improvement needed? Modification ILDB name International Lettuce DataBase? Coverage of collections Project, European or global scale? Presentation of characterization & evaluation data Relational database or attached files?

Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands WP1: Discussion – database issues (2) Harmonization of crop name Crop name: lettuce, spinach Harmonization sub-crop type in lettuce Cultivated, hybrid or wild lettuce Specification of cultivated lettuce if possible Butterhead, crisphead, cos, cutting, latin, stalk, oilseed Heading lettuce, cos/heading, latin/cos

Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands WP1: Discussion – safety duplication (1) Background Avoidance of potential loss of a collection Black box construction Inventory made within ECPGR working group on leafy vegetables Poorly arranged for many collections Sufficient number of hosts available Svalbard seed vault open in 2008 Main problem: insufficient seed quantities and/or workload

Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands WP1: Discussion – safety duplication (2) Safety duplication within the project Objective: Establish a functional system of safety duplication of the leafy vegetable crops in cooperation with the ECPGR Leafy Vegetables Working Group Workplan: All genebank partners cooperate in the safety duplication activity and send duplicates to the agreed genebanks D04: Safety duplication system of the LV collections established (month 48)

Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands WP1: Discussion – safety duplication (2) Safety duplication within the project Milestones Inventory of system of safety duplication of the collections made and discussed during the second project meeting (month 12) Safety duplication of part of the collections realized (month 36) Safety duplication of collections inside the project realized (month 42) Suggested plan Inventory of the current status concerning safety duplication of the collections of the project partners Identification of the bottlenecks Identification of suitable hosts if necessary Safety duplication of at least the material that is involved in the project

Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands WP1: Discussion Other issues?