Author
MCCLUSKY, KEVIN - Kansas State University | |
ALVAREZ, ANNE - University Of Hawaii | |
BENNETT, RICK - University Of Kentucky | |
BOKATI, DEEPAK - Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc | |
BOUNDY-MILLS, KYRIA - University Of California | |
BROWN, DANIEL - University Of Florida | |
BULL, CAROLEE - Pennsylvania State University | |
COFFEY, MICHAEL - University Of California | |
DREADEN, TYLER - Us Forest Service (FS) | |
DUKE, CLIFFORD - Ecological Society Of America | |
DYE, GREG - Duke University | |
EHMKE, ERIN - Duke University | |
EVERSOLE, KELLYE - Eversole Associates | |
FENTSTERMACHER, KRISTI - Pennsylvania State University | |
GEISER, DAVID - Pennsylvania State University | |
GLAESER, JESSIE - Us Forest Service (FS) | |
Greene, Stephanie | |
GRIBBLE, LISA - Sandia National Laboratory | |
GRIFFITH, M - Montgomery Botanical Center | |
HANSER, KATHRYN - North Carolina State University | |
Humber, Richard | |
JOHNSON, BARBARA - Centers For Disease Control And Prevention (CDC) - United States | |
KERMODE, ANTHONY - Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau International (CABI) | |
KRICHEVSKY, MICHAH - Bionomics International | |
LAUDON, MATT - University Of Minnesota | |
LEACH, JAN - Colorado State University | |
LESLIE, JOHN - Kansas State University | |
MAY, MEGHAN - University Of New England | |
MELCHER, ULRICH - Oklahoma State University | |
NOBLES, DAVID - University Of Texas | |
FONSECA, NATALIA - Universidade Federal De Vicosa | |
ROBINSON, SARA - Oregon State University | |
RYAN, MATTHEW - University Of Toronto | |
SCOTT, JAMES - Bionomics International | |
SILFLOW, CAROLYN - University Of Toronto | |
VIDAVER, ANNE - Colorado State University | |
Webb, Kimberly | |
WERTZ, JOHN - University Of Nebraska | |
YENTSCH, SARA - Yale University | |
ZEHR, SARAH - Duke University |
Submitted to: Phytopathology
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal Publication Acceptance Date: 3/4/2016 Publication Date: 6/1/2016 Citation: Mcclusky, K., Alvarez, A., Bennett, R., Bokati, D., Boundy-Mills, K., Brown, D., Bull, C., Coffey, M., Dreaden, T., Duke, C., Dye, G., Ehmke, E., Eversole, K., Fentstermacher, K., Geiser, D., Glaeser, J.A., Greene, S.L., Gribble, L., Griffith, M.P., Hanser, K., Humber, R.A., Johnson, B.W., Kermode, A., Krichevsky, M., Laudon, M., Leach, J., Leslie, J., May, M., Melcher, U., Nobles, D., Fonseca, N., Robinson, S., Ryan, M., Scott, J., Silflow, C., Vidaver, A., Webb, K.M., Wertz, J., Yentsch, S., Zehr, S. 2016. United States Culture Collection Network: 2015 Meeting report and call to action. Phytopathology. Phytopathology 106(6): 532-540. doi:10.1094/PHYTO-02-16-0074-RVW. Interpretive Summary: Logistic issues can make collection preservation difficult. Within the United States, permitting for interstate movements is perhaps the most significant. Permit requirements differ depending on the types of material being moved. For wild-type, classical, or molecular genetic mutants of non-plant pathogen strains, no permits are normally required (for example, yeast for research, baking, or brewing). Wild type and classical mutant plant pathogen strains require prior approval of the USDA APHIS (PPQ526), while movements of mutant plant pathogen strains generated by molecular technology require specific strain-by-strain permits from the USDA Biotechnology Regulatory Service in addition to PPQ526 permits. In many cases it is easier to reconstruct a mutant strain than to obtain necessary permits, although this may lead to proliferation of diverse strain lineages, complicating direct comparison and challenging reproducibility. Regardless of permit requirements, guidelines for shipping perishable material established by the International Air Transport Authority need to be observed. Technical Abstract: Continuing the progress established through their collaborative activities, a group of culture collection scientists and stakeholders met at the US Department of Agriculture National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation in Fort Collins, Colorado to discuss the fate of endangered and orphaned collections. The meeting built upon success in establishing off-site backups with the USDA-ARS and promoted the value of preserving historical collections, both formal distributing collections as well as research collections with significant holdings. Among the former, the US National Science Foundation-supported genetic stock centers as well as university and government supported repositories have established off-site backups at the NCGRP. Facing the retirement of several pioneering researchers, the community discussed the value of preserving personal research collections and agreed that a mechanism to preserve these valuable collections was essential to any future plant-microbe culture collection system. |