Current organization structure for the International Triticeae Mapping Initiative (ITMI) as of June 2000

The primary topic for coordination was RFLP mapping organized around theTriticeae homoeologous chromosome groups. In addition, several diploid genomes, genetics of abiotic stress resistance, and Triticeae informatics (database and RFLP probe repository) were coordination topics. An email roster of some 130 scientists who wished to be identified as ITMI affiliate scientists was maintained by the management office.

The primary activity of ITMI since 1989 has been the holding of annual workshops at which coordinators presented summaries of research progress in their areas and invited and volunteer oral and poster presentations on current research on species of Triticeae were made. At the inception (November 1992) of the annual international Plant Genome Conference (now the International Plant and Animal Genome Conference), ITMI participated with a poster; at Plant Genome II in January 1994, the Fourth ITMI Public Workshop was held; and since then ITMI has organized a worksession at the meeting in January of each year at which specific topics relevant to mapping and genomics have been explored with invited speakers.

As an example of the international coordination role ITMI has played, a proposal for an international public repository for ESTs from Triticeae species arose from the Eighth Public Workshop in 1998. The International Triticeae EST Cooperative (ITEC) was subsequently organized under the auspices of ITMI. As of July 1, 2000, more than 20,000 ESTs will be available from a public database.

The University of California Genetic Resources Conservation Program (GRCP) served as the ITMI management office since the inception of ITMI in 1989. This office was supported for this activity by contributions from two international centers (CIMMYT and ICARDA), a plant breeding company active in the early 1990s (Sogetal, Inc.), and a French consortium for wheat genetics and improvement (GIS GENOBLE) and by a five-year grant from the DOE/NSF/USDA Joint Program on Collaborative Research in Plant Biology.

The following coordinator assignments were in place at the time of the 2000 ITMI Workshop:

Management office coordination

Calvin O. Qualset, coordinator, and Patrick E. McGuire, assistant coordinator, GRCP, University of California, Davis CA USA

Homoeologous group coordinators

Group 1
Rudi Appels, CSIRO, Canberra, ACT AUSTRALIA
Peter Langridge, University of Adelaide, Glen Osmond SA AUSTRALIA

Group 2
Peter J. Sharp, University of Sydney, Sydney NSW AUSTRALIA

Group 3
Mark E. Sorrells, Cornell University, Ithaca NY USA
David Hoisington, CIMMYT, Mexico City MEXICO

Group 4
Jan Dvorak, University of California, Davis CA USA

Group 5
Bikram S. Gill, Kansas State University, Manhattan KS USA

Group 6
Kulvinder S. Gill, University of Nebraska, Lincoln NE USA

Group 7
Michael D. Gale, John Innes Centre, Norwich UK

Diploid genome coordinators

Rye (Secale cereale) genome
J. Perry Gustafson, USDA-ARS, University of Missouri, Columbia MO USA

Diploid D (Aegilops tauschii) genome
Bikram S. Gill, Kansas State University, Manhattan KS USA
Rudi Appels, CSIRO, Canberra, ACT AUSTRALIA

Diploid A (Triticum monococcum) genome
Jorge Dubcovsky, University of California, Davis CA USA

Barley (Hordeum vulgare) genome
Andris Kleinhofs, Washington State University, Pullman WA USA

Triticeae genomic database and probe repository coordinator

Olin D. Anderson, USDA-ARS, Western Regional Research Center, Albany CA USA

Mapping of abiotic stress tolerance genes coordinator

Henry T. Nguyen, Texas Tech University, Lubbock TX USA

Summary of Workshop and Worksession venues

1989–Organizational meeting, University of California, Davis CA USA

1990–First Public Workshop, West Sacramento, CA USA

1991–Second Public Workshop, Manhattan KS USA

1992–Third Public Workshop, CIMMYT, Mexico City MEXICO

1993–Business meeting, International Wheat Genetics Symposium, Beijing PR CHINA

1994–Fourth Public Workshop, at Plant Genome II, San Diego CA USA

1995 Worksession at Plant Genome III: Mapping tools and techniques used with species of Triticeae

1995–Fifth Public Workhop, Sydney NSW AUSTALIA

1996–Worksession at Plant Genome IV: Triticeae mapping and map applications: Options for communication of news and research results

1996–Sixth Public Workshop, Norwich, Norfolk UK

1997–Worksession at Plant and Animal Genome V: Status of the tools for Triticeae mapping and map utilization

1997–Seventh Public Workshop, Clermont-Ferrand FRANCE

1998–Worksession at Plant and Animal Genome VI: Functional genomics: The polyploid genetic model

1998–Eighth Public Workshop, International Wheat Genetics Symposium, Saskatoon SK CANADA

1999–Worksession at Plant and Animal Genome VII: Moving toward physical and functional gene maps in Triticeae

1999–Ninth Public Workshop, Viterbo ITALY

2000–Worksession at Plant and Animal Genome VIII: Applications of molecular genetics in the Triticeae

2000–Tenth Public Workshop, Newark DE USA

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