| II. Report Report of the International Board for Plant Genetic Resources Advisory Committee on Wheat Genetic Resources First Meeting Rome, Italy, 20-22 september 1976 IBPGR Secretariat FAO, Rome, Italy Introduction 1. The first meeting of the IBPGR Advisory Committee on Wheat Genetic Resources was held at FAO Headquarters in Rome on 20-22 September 1976. Professor W. Hondelmann chaired the meeting which was attended by all members of the Committee except Dr. M.A. Fedin acted for Dr. V.F. Dorofeev and Dr. R.G. Anderson who was unable to be present . Professor G. Fischbeck attended as a member of IBPGR. Participants are listed in Appendix I. Dr. J.T. Williams acted as Rapporteur. (F : Appendix I - III)1) 2. The Secretary of the Board, Mr. Pichel, welcomed the members of the Committee on behalf of FAO. 3. Dr. Fischbeck outlined the aims and policies of the Board in relation to the terms of reference of the Committee. 4. The provisional agenda was adopted (Appendix II). 5. Prof. Yamashita kindly showed his film entitled "A documentary of the botanical expedition to the heart of the Aegilops distribution". Terms of Reference 6. The terms of reference of the Committee (AGPE:IBPGR/75/41) were approved. Review of data available on existing collections 7. Recognizing from the data on major collections assembled for the Committee by the Secretariat : (a) that there exist serious gaps for regions and species ; and (b) that duplciation is extensive and may not ordinarily be recognized until genetic evaluation has been made ; it was agreed that an attempt must be made to ascertain more fully what is present in existing collections. It is recommended that the Board requests that the GR/CIDS team in Boulder, Colorado will use the data made available to the Secretariat, obtain data not yet available from the major wheat collections and computerise these on the basis only of the passport record descriptors agreed at the Leningrad Symposium 1975 (Appendix III). If possible this work should be part of the GR/CIDS regular programme and should be completed for the next meeting of the Wheat Advisory Committee. |
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