1st International Workshop on Plant Genetic Resources
1st International Workshop on the Sustainable Management of Plant Genetic Resources (3-4 October 2023)
The 1st International Workshop on the Sustainable Management of Plant Genetic Resources was held in Chania, Greece, hosted at the MAICh Conference Center. It gathered 62 participants from 20 countries, mainly European, with 225 online participants joining from all over the world.
The Workshop featured talks by plant genetic resource (PGR) managers and research leaders from the public and private sectors on PGR information systems, ex situ and in situ PGR management, PGR access and benefit sharing, technologies and scientific services for PGR management, as well as PGR evaluation and valorization. The participants also had a chance to hear from representatives of the existing EMPHASIS, DISSCO, ELIXIR and METROFOOD European Research Infrastructures. They shared valuable insights on the establishment, timing and process of a European research infrastructure.
The recordings and presentations of the 2-day event are available below.
Tuesday 3 October 2023
Opening remarks
George Baourakis, Director, Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania (MAICh)
Introduction
GRACE-RI: A European Research Infrastructure Dedicated to Plant Genetic Resources
Giovanni Giuliano (ENEA, Italy)
Presentations of Existing European Research Infrastructures
Chair: Gabriele Bucci, CNR, Italy
0:00 Introduction | 0:03:56 Jose Alonso, DISSCO | 0:25:10 Roland Pieruschka, EMPHASIS | 0:41:40 Andrew Smith, ELIXIR | 0:57:11 Claudia Zoani, METROFOOD
1:09:26 Roundtable: Synergies/complementarities between the future GRACE-RI and other European Research Infrastructures
Chair: Gabriele Bucci, CNR, Italy
Presentation of EU-funded projects dedicated to plant genetic resources
0:00 Tony Granell, HARNESSTOM and TRADITOM | 0:16:54 Giovanni Giuliano, G2P-SOL | 0:29:18 Nigel Maxted, FARMER’S PRIDE | 0:46:29 Bruno Mezzetti, BREEDING VALUE | 0:57:46 Ivan Scotti, FORGENIUS | 1:08:16 Roberto Papa, INCREASE | 1:27:10 Hristofor Miho, GEN4OLIVE
Stephan Weise, COUSIN (Pdf)
Thematic Session 1 - Plant genetic resources information systems: making data FAIR and useful
Chair: Stephan Weise, IPK, Germany
00.00 Introduction | 00:52 Clara Pons-Puig (CSIC-IBMCP, Spain): Towards a harmonized system of standards for PGR phenotypic, image, and genetic (meta)data | 31:29 Joana Magos Brehm (Univ of Birmingham, UK): In situ PGR conservation data standards | 42:15 Discussion
Thematic session 2 - Ex situ and in situ PGR management: ensure quality and efficiency
Chair: Joana Magos Brehm, University of Birmingham, UK
00:00 Introduction | 00:22 Theo van Hintum (CGN Wageningen, the Netherlands): A certification system for ex situ genebanks | 16:13 Maria Jose Díez (Polytechnic Univ. of Valencia, Spain): Experiences with peer reviews in European genebanks | 29:32 Nigel Maxted (Univ. of Birmingham, UK): Quality improvement in in situ management of PGR | 45:59 Vojtech Holubec (Crop Research Institute, Czech Republic): Building capacity to assure quality in PGR management | 01:01:56 Discussion
Wednesday 4 October 2023
Thematic session 3: PGR access and benefit sharing, IP protection, training
Chair: N Vangheluwe, Euroseeds
- P Kalaitzis (MAICh, Chania): Training opportunities in the GRACE-RI [PDF]
- S Csörgõ, N Vangheluwe (Euroseeds): IP considerations [PDF]
- L Escajedo San-Epifanio (Univ. of Basque Country): Access and benefit sharing in agricultural research and development [PDF coming soon]
Thematic session 4: Technologies and scientific services for the management of PGR
Chair: L Barchi, Univ. of Torino
- A Fernie (Max Planck Institute Golm): Metabolomic and phytosanitary technologies and scientific services [PDF]
- L Barchi (Univ of Torino): Genomic and bioinformatic technologies and scientific services [PDF]
Thematic session 6: Evaluation and valorization of PGR: facilitating their adoption in breeding programmes
Chair: J Prohens, UPV Valencia
I Verde (CREA)/V Lefebvre (INRAE Avignon): Introduction [PDF]
R Pieruschka (Forschungszentrum Julich): EMPHASIS: European Infrastructure for Multi-Scale Plant Phenotyping And Simulation for Food Security in a Chancing Climate [PDF]
C Pommier (INRAE Saclay): Plant phenotyping data management from phenomics to integration for analysis and PGR characterizations: challenges and solutions from ELIXIR and EMPHASIS [PDF]