Putting Research into Practice: The Plant Breeding and Genomics Community of Practice

Putting Research Into Practice: The Plant Breeding and Genomics Community of Practice on eXtension,[object Object],Heather Merk (presenter), John McQueen (presenter), Ed Zaborski, Michael Coe, David Douches, Alex Stone, Allen Van Deynze, Deana Namuth-Covert, Roger Leigh, Walter De Jong, and David Francis,[object Object]

Plant Breeding & Genomics CoP,[object Object],Outreach and education initiative of the Solanaceae Coordinated Agricultural Project (SolCAP),[object Object],NIFA funded project under the Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Genomics Program,[object Object],Community ofinterest: public and private plant breeders and their staff (including researchers and educators),[object Object],Includes leaders from eOrganicCoP,[object Object],Target audience - professional plant breeders and allied professionals ,[object Object],Launched January, 2011,[object Object]

Initial Community Survey,[object Object],Prior to CoP formation,[object Object],Conducted by external evaluator,[object Object],IRB approved online survey,[object Object],Sent to SolCAP target audience,[object Object],108 tomato breeders and allied professionals responded,[object Object],66 potato breeders and allied professionals responded,[object Object],Baseline survey,[object Object],Assess what audience is thinking about molecular markers,[object Object],Do they use?,[object Object],Intention to use?,[object Object],How confident are they in using them?,[object Object],Allows for future assessment of reported changes in behavior,[object Object]

Additional Training & Tools Recommended,[object Object],Self-reported comments,[object Object],Training,[object Object],Format: In-person workshops, online,[object Object],Focus: new technologies, applied learning,[object Object],Tools,[object Object],Databases that include marker information, marker-trait associations, mapping information, sequence information,[object Object],i.e. tools to allow application of basic research,[object Object]

Goal of PBG CoP,[object Object],Put genomics research and tools into practice through plant breeding by:,[object Object],[object Object]

Sharing the most current, relevant, and accurate information available on techniques, procedures, and softwareShow the community how,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

www.eXtension.org/plant_breeding_genomics,[object Object]

Trait Reviews,[object Object],[object Object]

Value added information for practicing breeders (summary tables, markers)

Focused on traits relevant to breeding,[object Object]

Downloading & installing software

Performing appropriate analyses

Evaluating hypothesesTomato Analyzer ,[object Object]

Case Studies,[object Object],IBC Population Development,[object Object],[object Object]

Analyzing sample genotypic and phenotypic dataNPGS Tutorial,[object Object]

Videos,[object Object],DNA Extraction and Marker-Assisted Selection Video,[object Object],[object Object]

Demonstrate making crosses in tomato, DNA extraction & marker-assisted selection

~ 12 000 views,[object Object]

Recorded webinars– published to eXtension

Putting Research into Practice: The Plant Breeding and Genomics Community of Practice

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