Plant Breeding Newsletter Forward...

From: plantnut at shadow.net (Dewey Fisk) on 1997.05.01 at 01:53:07(692) I received the following and I am passing it along for any interested parties.... Dewey +More >Dear Colleagues, > >Sorry for the long mail and any eventual cross-posting. > >Find below the annoucement of a new FAO Electronic Plant Breeding Newsletter. > >Please, forward this announcement to anyone who might be interested. > >Regards. > >Dr Eric Kueneman (FAO) & Prof Don Wallace (Cornell University) > >================================================================ >== ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE ELECTRONIC PLANT BREEDING NEWSLETTER == >================================================================ > >================================================================ > Aware of the importance of plant breeding as a tool for > enhancing agricultural production and its sustainability, > the Food and Organization Agriculture (FAO) of the United > Nations is hosting an electronic newsletter called PLANT > BREEDING NEWS (PBN) designed to promote the exchange of > information among all interested persons including plant > breeders, researchers, policy makers, crop extension experts, > NGOs, students, etc. > > The newsletter is meant to be your informal forum on plant > breeding technologies and related issues including > announcements, inquiries, technical discussions, un-refereed > articles, etc. Other features will be added as per requests > from subscribers. > > Participation is free and is based on voluntary contributions > of information from members. By subscribing you will receive > one monthly PBN edition. >================================================================ > >=================== >== TO SUBSCRIBE: == >=================== > >send an email to: MAILSERV@MAILSERV.FAO.ORG >Leave the subject blank and write in the first line of the email >message: >SUBSCRIBE PBN-L >You will soon receive a welcome message confirming your subscription. >If you have any problems with your subscription, please contact: >PBN-L@MAILSERV.FAO.ORG > >===================== >== TO UNSUBSCRIBE: == >===================== > >send an email to: MAILSERV@MAILSERV.FAO.ORG >leaving the subject blank and writing in the body of your email >message: >UNSUBSCRIBE PBN-L > >========================================== >== PURPOSE OF PLANT BREEDING NEWS (PBN) == >========================================== > > >PBN is intended to provide a dynamic forum of information exchange >for plant breeders and others interested in effective utilisation >of plant genetic resources. > >The PBN is in response to the needs and actions declared important >in The Global Plan of Action for Conservation and Utilisation of Plant >Genetic Resources ratified by 150 countries at the Fourth >International Technical Conference on Plant Genetic Resources (PGR), >Leipzig, Germany, June 1996. The PBN will contribute toward improved >utilisation of PGR. The PBN will also promote effective and responsible >plant breeding technologies to develop improved varieties, well adapted >to the needs of farmers with durable resistance to pests and diseases. >By generously sharing technologies, information, germplasm and ideas >through PBN, the global plant breeding community can expedite responsible >sustainable development and help ensure that the world's agricultural >needs are met for today and for the future. > >===================== >== PARTICIPATION: == >===================== > >Participation in PBN is free, open to anyone, and based on voluntary >contributions by subscribers. It is envisaged that PBN will contribute >to improved communications among breeders and experts in both developed >and developing countries. The quality of PBN content will depend on you >and all other subscribers. PBN NEEDS YOUR INVOLVEMENT!!! To benefit >from the PBN, please contribute information, ideas, discussion and >queries to the Editor (see below). Remember, that the PBN, though very >serious, is intended to be informal. Contributors should not be overly >concerned about the level of syntax. It is the exchange of ideas and >information that are really important in PBN! > >========================== >== CONTENT & PROMOTERS: == >========================== > >Each PBN edition will have a number of sections based on crop groups >and thematic issues. The sections may change as needed over time >based on your suggestions. The initial section headings are shown at >the end of this communication. One or more subscribers may take the >role of "promoter" to encourage dialogue and information exchange for >sections of specific interest to them. Subscribers wishing to assist >promotion of discussion for a section are asked to contact Prof. >Wallace. Promoter's contributions will be acknowledged. > >============== >== EDITOR: == >============== > >The editor will place the information received into the appropriate >section for each monthly issue. Professor Don Wallace of the Plant >Breeding and Biometry Department of Cornell University, Ithaca, New >York is the first Editor of the PBN. To reach the editor, simply >send your email message to: >PBN-L@MAILSERV.FAO.ORG >writing in the subject: "To the Editor". > >============== >== SPONSOR: == >============== > >The FAO provides the List Server facilities for publishing the PBN. >FAO's Plant Production and Protection Division and of the Plant Breeding >and Genetics Section of the Joint Division of FAO and the International >Atomic Energy Agency are co-sponsors. The staff of all three will >contribute to this newsletter as part of their programme to bring >improved plant breeding technologies to developing countries. It is >the intention and our hope that the plant breeding community, globally, >finds the PBN an effective means of information exchange. FAO is open >to exploring wider sponsorship arrangements. > >================= >== LIST OWNER: == >================= > >Mr. Eric Kueneman, Senior Officer in the Plant Production and >Protection Division of FAO is the List Owner and PBN Coordinator. >He will work with Professor Wallace to facilitate implementation >of the PBN. Again should you have any difficulties in receiving >the PBN, kindly contact Professor Wallace or Mr. Kueneman at: >PBN-L@MAILSERV.FAO.ORG > >========================================== >== SECTIONS OF THE PLANT BREEDING NEWS: == >========================================== > >Some communications for the PBN will have primarily a crop >orientation, and others a disciplinary orientation. Most may >involve both. The following matrix of CROPS GROUPS and DISCIPLINARY >AREAS will be used to indicate the subject matter area of each >submission that can be located in the PBN. To guide subscribers to >the communications they wish to read, the editor will classify all >short submissions (3 pages and less) and abstracts presented in >each PBN edition according to the crop groups/disciplinary areas >presented below > >CROP GROUP > > 1. Cereals > 2. Roots & Tubers > 3. Horticulture > 4. Industrial > 5. Pulses & Oil-Seed Legumes > 6. Pasture and Forage > 7. New Crops > 8. Applies to all Crops > >DISCIPLINARY AREA > > A. Editor's Notes > B. Announcements > C. General Inquiries > D. Technology & Breeding Methods > E. Biotechnology > F. Diseases & Pests > G. Abiotic Stresses > H. Breeders Rights > I. BioSafety and/or Plant Quarantine > J. Policy > K. Society & Plant Breeding > L . Quantitative traits > M. Plant Genetic Resources > N. Genetic Vulnerability > O. Seed > P. Bibliographies > Q. Popular WEB Sites > > >==================== >== CONTRIBUTIONS: == >==================== > >SEND ALL CONTRIBUTIONS, QUERIES AND DISCUSSION FOR THE PBN TO: >PBN-L@MAILSERV.FAO.ORG > >Indicate at the beginning of your contribution the disciplinary and/or >crop section in which you wish your communication to be placed. Until >published in a PBN issue, your contribution will be known to only the >Editor and the List Owners. > >The PBN will be based on email "text only" format regardless of >length of submissions. Please do not send attachments in word >processing formats such as Microsoft Word or WordPerfect. > > >LONG SUBMISSIONS > >Authors must send abstracts of any submission longer than 3 pages in >length. The full text of long submissions will be archived. > >=========================== >== ARCHIVING FACILITIES: == >=========================== > >PBN has an archive facility where long submissions (greater than 3 >pages) and prior issues of the PBN will be stored for free retrieval. >A file name will be given and stated at the end of the abstract in PBN. >You can retrieve the full text from the archive by sending an email >message to MAILSERV@MAILSERV.FAO.ORG >and leave the subject blank and write in the body of the message: >SEND [PBN]filename.ext >For example, if the file name of the full text that you want to >retrieve from the archive is: PBNA3.TXT then in the body of your >message to MAILSERV@MAILSERV.FAO.ORG will be: >SEND [PBN]PBNA3.TXT >MAILSERV will send you the full text of the requested file by email. > >================================================================ Dewey E. Fisk, Plant Nut THE PHILODENDRON PHREAQUE

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