Founded in 2010 as an outgrowth of the
PBCC (Plant Breeding Coordinating
Committee).
Represents the common interests of the
plant breeding community working in field,
forest, horticultural, and specialty crops.
Serves a forum for leadership regarding
issues, challenges, and opportunities of longterm strategic importance where plant
breeding contributes to national goals.
http://www.plantbreeding.org/napb/index.htm
NAPB
PBCC
National Association of Plant Breeders
Plant Breeding Coordinating Committee
Membership: Voluntary / Email listserv
Activities
- Advocacy
- Lead organizer
of annual meeting
- Website
governance
Officers
- President (Rita Mumm)
- Vice President (David Stelly)
- Secretary (Liz Lee)
- Past President (Todd Wehner)
- Treasurer (Shelley Jansky)
- Web Editor (Seth Murray)
- Assistant Web Editor (Jim Hancock)
- Archivist (Tom Stalker)
Liaisons
- International Plant Breeding Centers
(Stephen Baenziger, Paul Gepts)
- Private Non-Profit Breeders (Bill Tracy)
- Forestry Plant Breeders (Ross Whetten)
- CSSA Plant Breeders (Andrea Cardinal)
- ASA (Karl Glasener, Caron Gala)
- ASHS (Chris Cramer, Amy Iezzoni)
- NCCPB (Tom Koch)
- ASTA (Donn Cummings, Don Blackburn)
- EUCARPIA (Rale Gjuric)
- NPGCC (David Baltensperger)
- Organic Seed Alliance (Jim Myers)
Membership: Institutional representatives
Officers
- Chair (Mike Havey)
- Vice Chair (Allen Van Deynze)
- Secretary (Marcelo Carena)
- Past Chair (Phil Simon)
- Admin. Advisor (George Askew)
- CSREES Rep. (Anne Marie Thro)
- USDA-ARS Rep. (Roy Scott)
- US Forest Service Advisor( Randy Johnson)
Subcommittee Chairs
- Grand Challenges (t.b.d.)
- Science, Technology and Informatics (Mitch McGrath)
- Communications and Outreach (Pat Byrne)
- Awards (Brooks Blanche)
- Education and Training of Plant Breeders
(Jamie Sherman)
Activities
- Identifying needs of plant breeders
- Meeting organization
- Communicating with the public
- Recognizing achievements of plant breeders
- Identifying educational needs and challenges
Activities
- USDA
reporting
- USDA
advising
- NIMSS
website
Who is NAPB?
Originally the definition was:
Plant breeders from land grant universities, US government, and industry.
The more accurate definition is:
Anyone who is interested in or associated with the science and/or business of
plant breeding.
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plant breeders from universities, research institutes, ngos, & industry
graduate students & post-docs
lawyers
social scientists
molecular geneticists and biologists, bioinformaticists, & quantitative
geneticists
• administrators
NAPB’s mission statement:
To strengthen capacities for U.S. plant breeding research, technology,
education, and public awareness to meet needs for plants on which our
nation and world rely -- for food, feed, fiber, fuels, environmental
stewardship, aesthetics, recreation, and human health.
Some of our key issues:
• Strengthening plant breeding capacity by encouraging improvements
to infrastructure and education. Currently this is a US focus, but will
probably move beyond the borders.
• Educating the next generation of plant breeders.
• Funding for public sector plant breeding.
Developing a “Common Voice” in conjunction with ASTA
Vision of the NAPB:
The basis of sustainability of the US is to invest, amply and re-vitalize
public field-based plant breeding and plant breeding educational
programs.
Big Harry Audacious Goal(s):
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Sustaining Society through Science and Innovation and …..
Sustaining Society through an Educated Workforce…….
The basis of the vision:
1.
Plant Breeding Capacities: Conserve and enhance US capacities for fieldbased breeding of all plant species important to the US in agri-regionally
relevant manners.
2.
Education: Foster federal and state-based efforts and investments to
retain and strengthen plant breeding education in agri-regionally relevant
manners. Investment in education is essential to maintain and enhance
our competitiveness in crop improvement.
3.
Science and Innovations: Identify, research and exploit new approaches
and targets that augment the range and speed of field-based plant
breeding that enhance our economy, environment, health, sustainability
and food security.
4.
Germplasm: Conserve, organize, evaluate and develop germplasm.
5.
Outreach: Communicate and exemplify why society needs plants, plant
breeders, and plant breeding programs.
2011 annual meeting was hosted by TAMU
Speakers:
Dr. Joe Bouton – “Breeding and Climate Change”
Dr. Yanqi Wu – “Breeding and Molecular Research in Bermudagrass and
Switchgrass”
Dr. Jim Myers – “Organic Breeding”
Ms. Susan Dworkin, Author, The Viking in the Wheat Field
Dr. Helen Hambly Odame – “Education Strategies”
Dr. Rob Hansen – “Intellectual Property Issues”
Dr. Pat Schnable – “The Maize Genome”
Dr. Ed Buckler – “Genotyping by Sequencing”
Dr. Tom Brutnell – “The Maize Transcriptome”
Dr. Ben Hayes – “The GWS Experience in Dairy Cattle”
Dr. Bill Rooney – “Sorghum Bioenergy Breeding”
2011 annual meeting was hosted by TAMU
Intellectual Properties Panel Discussion:
“Looking Ahead at the Intellectual Property Landscape for Plant Breeding”
Panelists Include:
Dr. Robert Hanson – SNR Denton – Panel Moderator
Dr. Stephen Smith – Pioneer Hybrid International
Dr. Peter Schuerman – Office of Technology Commercialization, Texas A&M
Dr. Erich E. Veitenheimer – Partner, Cooley LLP
Tours:
CERES bioenergy crops
TAMU breeding programs in: wheat, sorghum, maize, cotton, roses, hot
peppers, melons, cukes, perennial grasses, forage grasses, vegetables and
fruits
2012 NAPB annual meeting will be held August 5-8th (Mon-Wed).
Dow AgroSciences is the meeting coordinator/host.