Report of the Tomato Genetics Cooperative Number 58

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ANNOUNCEMENTS TGC REPORT 58, 2008 ________________________________________________________________________________ Dear fellow tomato scientists, The venue and dates have been selected for the 43rd Tomato Breeders Round Table. The 2009 meeting will be held June 28 th through July 1 st , 2009 at the Embassy Suites, Sacramento, California. This TBRT is being jointly hosted by several processing tomato breeding programs – Campbell’s, Nunhems, HeinzSeed, Harris Moran, and Seminis - as well as the Center of Fruit and Vegetable Quality at UC Davis. Embassy Suites is located at the south end of “Old Sacramento”, a state historic park known for its shops, train museum and wide variety of restaurants. There are many more activities available within a few-block walking distance from this riverfront hotel (art museum, mall, even a baseball stadium). The conference room rate will be $179 per night (mention 2009 TBRT) with a limited number of rooms available the nights before and after the conference at this same rate. The rate includes complementary cocktails at happy hour, airport shuttle and cooked-to-order breakfast. Room reservations can be made at http://embassysuites.hilton.com/en/es/groups/personalized/SACESES-TOM-20090628/index.jhtml A complementary shuttle is available from the Sacramento Airport to the hotel (about 10 miles) so a car may not be necessary even if you or a guest have some extra time to fill. If you do rent a car, UC Davis is located about 30 minutes west of the hotel. San Francisco is about 100 miles away. The Sacramento Airport is serviced by most major domestic airlines. Driving time from the San Francisco airport can range from 1.5 to 3 hours depending on traffic generally making it less convenient than Sacramento for all but international travelers. It is our intention to steer the meeting to a more discussion-oriented model, perhaps with shorter, less formal presentations; a return to our “round table” roots. The Center at UC Davis will be contributing to the program and including a tour of their new sensory laboratory. If you have ideas for speakers or presentations, please let pass them to one of the organizers (Dawn Adams, Diane Barrett, Steve Schroeder, Mike Kuehn, Teresa Beck-Bunn or myself). A website and mailing will be forthcoming with more details and program information. PLEASE NOTE: If you are interested in receiving more information on this meeting and you DID NOT receive a “Save-The-Date” e-mail in June, we may not have your current contact information. Please forward your e-mail and mailing addresses to Rich Ozminkowski at the e-mail address below with TBRT in the subject line. See you there. The 2009 TBRT Organizing Committee. Rich Ozminkowski (rich.ozminkowski@us.hjheinz.com) Dawn Adams (dawn_adams@campbellsoup.com) Steve Schroeder (steven.schroeder@nunhems.com) Diane Barrett (dmbarrett@ucdavis.edu) Mike Kuehn (m.kuehn@harrismoran.com) Theresa Beck-Bunn (teresa.beck.bunn@seminis.com) 4
ANNOUNCEMENTS TGC REPORT 58, 2008 ________________________________________________________________________________ Grant Opportunity: Request for Proposals for Tomato Germplasm Evaluation Funding is expected to be available again in fiscal year 2009 for evaluation of tomato germplasm. Proposals must be submitted through the Tomato Crop Germplasm Committee (CGC). All proposals will be evaluated according to the national need for evaluation data, the likelihood of success, and the likelihood that the data will be entered into GRIN and shared with the user community. When all other factors are equal, preference for funding will be given to supporting those proposals forwarded by CGCs that have not received prior funding. Proposals will be reviewed by the CGC and forwarded to the USDA for consideration. Proposals must be returned to the CGC Chair by November 7, 2008 so that reviews and rankings can be forwarded to the USDA in Beltsville. Evaluation priorities established by the CGC will provide review criteria. These criteria were revised in 2006, and applicants are encouraged to review the URL (http://www.arsgrin.gov/npgs/cgc_reports/tomatocgc2006evalpriorities.html ). The Tomato CGC is placing the highest emphasis on Genetic analysis to define core collections. Our aim is to collect objective data that can be leveraged to expand the knowledge of genetic diversity within the tomato collections. Although there are several proposed core collections (http://tgrc.ucdavis.edu) and (https://www.msu.edu/~douchesd/SolResources.html), the CGC will consider new proposals for core collections drawing from NPGS supported centers. If molecular data are to be collected, marker systems and allele calling that are unambiguous and can be linked to existing data are strongly encouraged. Because of limited funds, the USDA cannot support all proposals submitted. Consequently, please be very frugal in your request for funds. In recent years, the USDA has limited budget allocations to $15,000-$18,000 per project annually. The proposal format is outlined below. Please submit proposals electronically as a PDF file to David Francis, CGC Chair, francis.77@osu.edu by November 7. I. Project title and name, title of evaluators. II. Significance of the proposal to U.S. agriculture. III. Outline of specific research to be conducted including the time frame involved include the number of accessions to be evaluated. IV. Funding requested, broken down item by item. Budgets should follow USDA form ARS454 as funding will be in the form of a specific cooperative agreement. No overhead charges are permitted. V. Personnel: A. What type of personnel will perform the research (e.g. ARS, State, or industry scientist; postdoc; grad student, or other temporary help). B. Where will personnel work and under whose supervision. VI. Approximate resources contributed to the project by the cooperating institution (e.g. facilities, equipment, and funds for salaries). 5
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