The Soybean Genetics Committee met from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m., February 21, 20000, at the Sheraton West Port Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri, in conjunction with the Soybean Breeders Workshop. Prakash Arelli called the meeting to order.
Committee members attending the meeting were; P. R. Arelli, G. R. Buss, E. R. Cober, P. B. Cregan, B. W. Diers, R. J. Fioritto, D. G. Lohnes, R. L. Nelson and T. W. Pfeiffer. C. Sneller and G. A. Graef both are recently elected by mail ballot to serve a three-year term. But G. Graef has declined to serve on the committee and D. Grant was elected during the meeting to replace G. Graef. At the conclusion of the meeting G. Buss was elected to succeed P. Arelli for the year ending in February 2001.
Also, in attendance at the meeting were Rich Wilson, R. D. Bernard, J. G. Burgon and Istavan Rajcan. Current committee members and the February expiration date for their terms on the committee include:
G.R. Buss (2002) Chair gbuss@vt.edu
E.R. Cober (2002) Coberer@em.agr.ca
P.B. Cregan (2001) pcregan@nal.usda.gov
R.J. Fioritto (ex officio) fioritto.1@osu.edu
D. Grant (2003) dgrant@iastate.edu
D.G. Lohnes (ex officio) lohnes.2@osu.edu
R.L. Nelson (ex officio) rnelson@uiuc.edu
T.W. Pfeiffer (2001) tpfeiffe@ca.uky.edu
C. Sneller (2003) csneller@comp.uark.edu
Procedure: As in the past, manuscripts concerning genetics interpretation, gene symbols, and linkages should be sent to the chair of the Soybean Genetics Committee for review. To facilitate the review process, the committee will proceed as follows:
1. The review will only be for 'validity of the genetic interpretations' and 'appropriateness of gene symbol.'
2. Reviewers of manuscripts will be given a deadline of forty-five days to return the reviewed manuscript to the chair. If the authors have not received a reply within sixty-days of submission, they should contact the chair.
Assignment/Approval of Gene Symbols: If gene symbols are being assigned where the material is from induced mutants, variants from heterogeneous populations, or from transgenic changes, then the authors should deposit representative sample of the genetic material in the Genetic Type Collection with Dr. R. L. Nelson, Curator.
Gene symbols will be approved only in cases where the relevant material is available in soybean germplasm collections for distribution to researchers. If the material is not made available, a symbol is not necessary.
Summaries for the past year: A list of soybean gene symbols approved during the year March 1999 through February 2000 include the following:
1. On January 1, 2000, committee concurred with the conclusion of Glenn Buss, et al. that resistance to soybean mosaic virus from cv.Raiden is controlled by a single dominant gene that is allelic to Rsv1.
2. On September 17, 1999, the committee agreed with the interpretations and conclusions as provided by Walter Fehr's group that they developed a new. mutant allele fan3 for reduced linolenate that is not at the fan1 or fan2 locus.
3. On May 6, 1999 based on the review of the soybean genetics committee it was agreed with the interpretation by Walter Fehr's group that A25 has an allele fap6 for evaluated palmitate which is at a locus other than fap1fap2, fap3 and fap4.
4. On July 6, 1999, the committee concluded that it was not required to review the assignment of Y18 in Ames 2 by Reid Palmer etal., when it was already assigned previously. (Required by the USDA).
Arelli thanks the fellow committee members for their methodical review process and timely return to him with their conclusions. There were no complaints by any of the authors except one author who was a bit impatient and somewhat sarcastic.