Sol CAP Solanaceae Coordinated Agricultural Project Tomato US

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Sol. CAP Solanaceae Coordinated Agricultural Project Tomato US: $2 billion product value. The United

Sol. CAP Solanaceae Coordinated Agricultural Project Tomato US: $2 billion product value. The United States is one of the world's leading producers of tomatoes, second only to China. Tomato varieties are bred specifically for the requirements of either the fresh or the processing markets. What is Sol. CAP? Potato The Sol. CAP project links together people from public institutions, private institutions and industries who are dedicated to the improvement of the Solanaceae crops: potato and tomato. Through innovative research, education and training the Sol. CAP project will focus on providing significant benefits to both the consumer and the environment. The Sol. CAP project is supported by the National Research Initiative Plant Genome Program of USDA’s Cooperative State Research , Education and Extension Service. Sol. CAP project inception date: October 2008 US: $3. 2 billion product value on 461, 000 ha (1. 1 million acres) Most highly valued processing vegetable in the US. Potato varieties are bred specifically for table stock or processing (chip, frozen dehydrated products) markets. Sol. CAP Project Participants Lead Institution: Michigan State University In Solanaceae There is a Major Gap Between Genomic Information and Breeding Education Develop distance learning for graduate student courses in marker assisted breeding Tomato and potato breeding are based upon phenotypes, not genotypes, even though they are being sequenced Sol Genomics Network (SGN) database is not being utilized by breeders Similar genomes, few examples of orthologous gene discovery Marker assisted breeding (MAB) is not generally practiced due to: -limited genetic diversity -lack of genetic markers linked to traits of interest Oregon State University Alexandra Stone M. Isabel Vales Cedar Lake Research and Consulting Michael Coe Idaho USDA/ARS University of Idaho Richard Novy California UC Davis Allen Van Deynze Roger Chetelat Campbells’ R&D Nankui Tong Minnesota University of Minnesota Christian Thill Wisconsin USDA/ARS University of Wisconsin Shelly Jansky Michigan State University David Douches Robin Buell Kelly Zarka New York Cornell University Walter De Jong Lukas Mueller Maryland USDA/ARS Beltsville Kathleen Haynes Ohio State University David Francis Deborah Lewis West Virginia State University Barbara Liedl Carbohydrate, Sugar content , Vitamin content Germplasm Elite germplasm, Breeder driven, Appropriate out groups Sol. CAP e. Xtension Component High Value Traits Targeted Tools Fund existing facilities to SNP genotype germplasm panels Genotyping additional populations for validation or additional traits marker conversion Co. P will collaboratively generate outreach materials that will be published on the public e. Xtension. org site for continuing education. Data mining and management SGN, Sol. CAP websites Extension Sol. CAP databases developed at SGN and the MSU central Sol. CAP website will be linked to e. Xtension information and vice-versa. e. Xtension; partner with other CAPs Education Curriculum development; breeder workshops, graduate course From the existing sequence databases, we have identified 7, 700 potato and 5, 200 tomato sequences with candidate SNP’s; these are being further validated using computational approaches c. DNA Libraries for sequencing of potato and tomato using the Illumina Genomic Analyzer Genotype germplasm panels of 480 and mapping populations with Illumina, Luminex or Infinium · 75% of the SNP’s assayed will be random throughout the genome · 25% of the SNP’s assayed will be targeted to high value traits Visit us at http: //solcap. msu. edu E-mail us at solcap. msu. edu Create a web community to foster cross-disciplinary and cross– commodity networking and collaboration within the Community of Practice (Co. P). Provide leadership to bring all CAPs into the Co. P Flexible funding Sol. CAP SNP Analysis • Potato Breeder Workshops • Tomato Breeder Workshops North Carolina State University Craig Yencho Florida University of Florida Jay Scott Sol. CAP Focus Traits Workshops for breeders, staff, and graduate students in bioinformatics, marker theory and practice. Carbohydrate Sugar Content Vitamin Content SGN TOOLBOX Breeders, geneticists, and bio-informaticians will work to create integrated genomic and phenotypic databases that serve the entire potato and tomato breeding and genetics community http: //www. sgn. cornell. edu This project is supported by the National Research Initiative Plant Genome Program of USDA’s Cooperative State Research , Education and Extension Service