Welcome to OREGIN
Providing a pre-breeding pipeline, to integrate sustainability traits into Oilseed Rape cultivars
The Oilseed Rape Genetic Improvement Network (OREGIN) has been successful in achieving initial objectives of providing a focus for the UK Oilseed Rape genetic improvement R&D and stakeholder communities, and a mechanism for prioritising research requirements. The principal activities of the OREGIN project are the generation, gathering, collation and dissemination of information and genetic resources for the benefit of the stakeholders. Ongoing discussions amongst the R&D and breeder communities have identified the highest priority requirements in the context of Defra strategic objectives. It is recognised that other trait areas such as pest resistance may be of increasing commercial priority and affect the long-term sustainability of the crop. The components of the OREGIN pre-breeding platform will also provide a foundation for and contribute significantly to other projects of relevance to the overall objectives of achieving improvements in sustainability through crop genetic improvement. This new site has been divided into the following four sections:
- About - "What is OREGIN?", project outline, news, contact details and information on the other Defra crop genetic improvement networks
- Information - Reports, databases, protocols, general information about Oilseed Rape
- Resources - Genetic diversity for plants and pathogens, experimental materials
- Stakeholders - Who are the OREGIN stakeholders, details of future and past meetings
OREGIN News:
8th OREGIN Stakeholder Forum presentations online (Nov. 2010)
List of 123 B. napus lines currently being re-sequenced in UK (including OREGIN BnaDFS lines) (Jul, 2010)
7th OREGIN Stakeholder Forum presentations online (Nov. 2009)
Royal Society report examining the contribution of biological sciences to food crop production (Oct. 2009)
First stakeholder meeting of the Vegetable Genetic Improvement network (VeGIN) at Warwick HRI, 5th Nov 2009 - flyer (Oct. 2009)
New marker scoring data sets available for both the diversity set and mapping populations (Sep. 2009)
