Third OREGIN Stakeholder Forum

"Traits of interest revised" - held on 23/03/04 at Warwick HRI, Wellesbourne, Warwickshire, UK.

A copy of the agenda used is available by clicking here.

Presentations:

Peter Werner (CPB - Twyfords)
OREGIN - the structure and objectives
Background to the crop networks and how the OSR network is structured and staffed
Remit of the stakeholder forum

Graham Teakle (Warwick HRI)
Development of the core plant resources (diversity sets)

Olu Latunde-Dada (Rothamsted Research)
Core project on pathology

Graham King (Warwick HRI)
Wider Networking
Brassica genetics, genomics and breeding - collation and curation of material

Neal Evans (Rothamsted Research)
Integration of pathology projects
Dissemination of resources and information via the OREGIN website

Peter Werner (CPB - Twyfords)
Review discussions on OSR traits meeting held in November - summary of traits of interest to stakeholders

Simon Kightley (NIAB)
Update: Study into Sustainable Arable traits

Ralph Kissen (Imperial College London, Wye)
Glucosinolates: value of an Arabidopsis model

Richard Mithen (Institute of Food Research, Norwich)
Glucosinolates: their role in crop protection

Ingrid Williams/Sam Cooke (Rothamsted Research)
Cabbage stem flea beetle: defining the problem and summarise state of the art with respect to control

John Spink (ADAS, Rosemaund)
Establishment: early or late drilling?

John Foulkes (University of Nottingham)
Update on the Nitrogen Use Efficiency desk study

John Walsh (Warwick HRI)
Viruses: A brief synopsis of what is known to affect B. napus

Discussion:

Five traits were discussed in depth: Insects, Viruses, Glucosinolates, Establishment and Nitrogen Use Efficiency. For details of the discussion, click here (PDF, 19KB).

Future Stakeholder Meeting

The next Stakeholder meeting in scheduled for March 2005. The topic, venue and exact date will be decided in the near future.