Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands Workpackage 1: Documentation Rob van Treuren EU Leafy Veg Annual meeting Alnarp, Nov. 2008

Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands WP1: Outline of the meeting Progress 2008 and status overview Wednesday morning Wrap up based on partner contributions Thursday afternoon

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 2008 Databases Lettuce and spinach Non-European collections approached for passport data Chicory Format/lay-out changed according to ECPGR standards CGN hosting the new database Databases on-line and publicly available Webpage structure for download section developed Safety duplication Realized safety duplication INRA ---> WHRI (28%) Arche Noah ---> AGES, Linz KIS ---> CZ (?)

Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands WP1: Material included in the databases Lettuce accessions (30 collections) Spinach 2017 accessions (25 collections) Chicory 1180 accessions (9 collections) Minor leafy vegetables 183 accessions (3 collections)

Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands WP1: Webpage structure for data downloads (lettuce)

Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands WP1: Presentation of downloadable files Data files so far available Characterization: 5 (IPK & CGN) + 2 (incomplete) Evaluation: 0 Utilization: 0

Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands WP1: Procedure for providing project data Partners Enter the data in the applicable format file available from the project website Send data to their WP-leader Characterization: IPK (Stefanie Thumm) Evaluation: GEVES (Pascal Coquin) Utilization & marketing: WHRI (Dave Pink) WP-leaders Final check and forwarding to CGN CGN Make the data on-line available as downloadable files

Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands WP1: Workplan safety duplication Inventory current status for each partner Identification of bottlenecks Identification of suitable hosts Safety duplication of at least the material involved in the project

Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands WP1: Status overview safety duplication

Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands WP1: Deliverables Deliverabl e MonthDescriptionStatus D0130Passport data of the four leafy vegetable (LV) collections donated Ongoing D0248Databases of the four crop groups developed and on the Internet Ongoing D0348Evaluation and characterization results in fixed formats linked to the databases Ongoing D0448Safety duplication system of the LV collections established Not yet due D0548Gaps in the four LV crop collection groups identified Not yet due

Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands WP1: Milestones 2007 MilestoneMonthDescriptionStatus M013Start made selecting material used for the evaluation activities Complete d M023Start made requesting passport data for the four crop groups Complete d M036Material selected for regeneration and characterization of the four crop groups Complete d M0412Material selected for the evaluation activities of the four crop groups Complete d M0512Inventory of system of safety duplication of the collections made and discussed during the second project meeting Complete d

Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands WP1: Milestones MilestoneMonthDescriptionStatus M0624Passport data of most collections of the four databases delivered Ongoing M0736Databases with passport data for the four crop groups nearly finalized Ongoing M0836Part characterisation and evaluation data donated and start made including these in the databases Ongoing M0936Safety duplication of part of the collections realizedOngoing M1036Start made identifying gaps in the collectionsNot yet due M1142Start made with making the databases available via the Internet Completed M1242Safety duplication of collections inside the project realized Ongoing M1345Most characterisation and evaluation data donated for inclusion in the databases Not yet due

Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands WP1: Status summary WP1 is still on schedule Points of attention Increase of content chicory database Uptake of more collections Increase of content minor LV database Uptake of more collections (lamb's lettuce and Rucola) Other minor LVs (asparagus, artichoke and Rheum) Uptake of non-European collections in databases? Project data: delivery by project partners Uptake of accession pictures or links to institutional databases? Safety duplication: status reports and realization by partners