1. Leafy veg, Angers, 12/12/2007 GENRES Leafy Veg Project 1st annual meeting in Angers, 12- 13 th December 2007 Partner 2- GEVES Inputs in year 1 GEVES: Variety and seed, study and control group Groupe d’Etude et de contrôle des Variétés Et des Semences Cadot Valérie

2. Leafy veg, Angers, 12/12/2007 WP1: Objectives Development of chicory database: Month 48 – passportdata: donated Month 30 – evaluation & characterization results in fixed format: Month 48 Selection of accessions for: – regeneration,characterization and evaluation

3. Leafy veg, Angers, 12/12/2007 Progress WP1 in year 1 Templates developed for data transfer, in relationship with P0 –Passport data: Eurisco + 7 additional descriptorsPassport data –Characterization data (crop specific) P2 developed a structure for Chicory DB (software Visio),structure – Possibility to search on several fields of passportdata and to export the data http://www.geves.info/WD110Awp/WD110Awp.exe/CONNECT/Eur http://www.geves.info/WD110Awp/WD110Awp.exe/CONNECT/Eur P2 asked and received 1023 passport data for Chicory from 9 collections: 665 from Germany (P3) 265 from France (P2) but INRA data to integrate 38 from United Kingdom (P1), 26 from Austria (P7) 7 from Czech Republic, 1 from Sweden (P5), 16 from Switzerland, 2 from Romania 3 from Slovenia (P13) P2 provided passport data for lettuce,

4. Leafy veg, Angers, 12/12/2007 To be done for WP1 for year 2 –Improve the DB: –Receive the agreement of partners for the modifications and harmonisation about the Crop name and the taxonomyCrop name –Ask passportadata: again from Italy From some Eurisco countries (313/1136 accessions): Azerbaijan (15), Bulgaria (54), Greece (6), Hungary (60), Poland (11), Russian Federation (149), Ukraine (22) –Receive characterization and evaluation data in a fixed format –Finalize the format for the chicory evaluation data

5. Leafy veg, Angers, 12/12/2007 WP2: Objectives To regenerate and characterize parts of the genebank collection: For regeneration: 8 breeders involved Clause Tezier, Enza Zaden, Florimond Desprez, Gautier, Momont, Rijk Zwaan, Syngenta, Vilmorin

6. Leafy veg, Angers, 12/12/2007 Progress WP2 in year 1 Characterization: 25 accessions –Sowing in July 2007, notations in September and October –Data computerized with pictures in October. Regeneration: Year 1: Sending 26 accessions to the 8 breeders: 17 chicory: regeneration in insect-proof cages 4 lettuce and 2 corn-salad accessions, - Reception of regenerated seeds: On going for chicory; Planned in 2008 for lettuce and corn-salad - Year 2: sending 26 chicory to breeders in November 2007 Selection: - 25 chicory selected by P2 to P8 for regeneration in April, sending 15 chicory by P2 for P8 ; 10 others sent by P3 (IPK) - 20 lettuce sent by P2 to P0 for regeneration by 7 breeders

7. Leafy veg, Angers, 12/12/2007 To be done for WP2 for year 2 Regeneration: –Reception of regenerated seeds of the year 1 to package and store the seeds in a cold room (4°C, 30% HR) and in 2 long term deep fridges, to computerize the arrivals and the % germination –Year 2: sending seeds 2 lettuce and 2 corn-salad to 2 breeders 25 chicory to P8 Characterization: –Preparation of the trial 2008 with 25 chicory accessions

8. Leafy veg, Angers, 12/12/2007 WP3: Objectives To coordinate WP3 For P2: Evaluate chicory for 3 disease resistance tests WP3 evaluation Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4 Diseases & pests Quality

9. Leafy veg, Angers, 12/12/2007 Progress WP3 in year 1 Selected materials for chicory: –25 accessions for P7 and P12 (seeds to send to P12) –Selected chicory and preselected isolates for the evaluation of chicory for year 2: by SNES for Thielaviopsis basicola and Alternaria cichorii by FNPE for Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Inquiry about the scale of notation for WP3

10. Leafy veg, Angers, 12/12/2007 Progress WP5 in year 1 Preparation of meetings, in collaboration with P0, P1, P3: –WP meeting (Angers, 27 September 2007) –1st annual project meeting (Angers, 12-13 December 2007) Dissemination of the interim results –Newspapers (in french): Cultures légumières n°100 Juillet-Aoüt 2007 p10 Réussir fruits et légumes n°264 Juillet-Aôut 2007, p39 Flash vital n°28 /semaine 33 à 34, Août 2007 –Open doors in october To be done : write the WP3 report, in interaction with the partners involved

11. Leafy veg, Angers, 12/12/2007 GEVES Brion : Open doors in october 2007 Thank you for your attention