Sugarcane Crop Germplasm Committee Meeting

Houma, Louisiana, June 13, 2007, 9:00 -11:00 am

Members
                       
Comstock, Jack, USDA, ARS, Canal Point, FL
DaSilva, Jorge, TAMU, Weslaco, TX
Gilbert, Robert, UF, Belle Glade, FL
Gravois, Kenneth, LSU, St. Gabriel, LA
Irey, Michael, US Sugar Corporation, Clewiston, FL
Jackson, Windell, ASCL, Thibodaux, LA
Legendre, Benjamin, LSU, St. Gabriel, LA
Richard, Charley, C. Richard & Associates, New Orleans, LA (El Centro, CA)
Richard, Edward, USDA, ARS, Houma, LA
Schenck, Susan, Hawaiian Agricultural Research Center, Aiea, HI
Shine, Jim, Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida, Belle Glade, FL
Tew, Thomas, USDA-ARS, Houma, LA (Chairman)

Ayala-Silva, Tomas, USDA-ARS, Subtropical Hort. Res. Stn., Miami, FL (Ex-officio)
Bretting, Peter USDA-ARS, National Program Staff, Beltsville, MD (Ex-officio)
Bohning, Mark, USDA-ARS, NGRL, Beltsville, MD (Ex-officio)
Mock, Raymond, USDA-ARS, Plant Genetic Resources, Beltsville, MD (Ex-officio)
Maroon-Lango, Clarissa, USDA-APHIS, Plant Germplasm Quarantine, Beltsville, MD (Ex-officio)
Wisler, Gail (USDA-ARS, National Program Staff, Beltsville, MD (Ex-officio)

Agenda

  9:00         Introductions, announcements, and general welcome
  9:05         Summary of previous meeting’s minutes – Gravois or Legendre
  9:10         Follow up on 2006 action items – Tew
  9:20         Reports

• Final report on 2005-funded project: Evaluation of Saccharum Germplasm with Microsatellite DNA Markers – Pan
• Report on 2006-funded project: Evaluation of Novel Molecular Markers for S. spontaneum Germplasm Characterization on Sugar Composition – da Silva
• Report on sugarcane quarantine and related research activity at Beltsville –    Clarissa Maroon-Lango, Roy Turner, Maggie Smither
• Report from crop registration committee, new journal – Gravois
• Other reports????

10:30         Open floor for general discussion
10:50         Nomination of committee members and officers
11:00         Adjourn, Lunch at A-Bear’s Restaurant
11.45         Tour of USDA Sugarcane Research Lab (Houma & Chacahoula, LA)