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The National Plant Genome Initiative was launched in 1998 as a long-term project to explore DNA structure and function in plants so that useful properties of plants can be understood, improved, and ultimately harnessed to address national needs, including agriculture, nutrition, energy and waste reduction. Experts in the community were asked to consider how to build on current accomplishments in order to address major questions in plant biology and to make recommendations for objectives for the next five-year phase of the Initiative.
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Consensus
·2008
Life on Earth would be impossible without plants. Humans rely on plants for most clothing, furniture, food, as well as for many pharmaceuticals and other products. Plant genome sciences are essential to understanding how plants function and how to develop desirable plant characteristics. For example...
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Description
An ad hoc committee will conduct a study on the National Plant Genome Initiative (NPGI). The objectives of the study are to:--Review the accomplishments of NPGI to date;--assess the contribution of NPGI to science, research infrastructure, education of the next generation scientists, and international research collaboration;--discuss the broad impacts of NPGI to fundamental advances in biological sciences;-- assess the contributions of NPGI to the application of scientific knowledge including technological innovation and economic competitiveness; and--recommend future research directions and objectives for NPGI.The committee will not make budgetary recommendations.The project is sponsored by the Interagency Working Group on Plant Genomes. The start approximate date for the project is March 1, 2007.A report expected to be released at the end of the project in approximately 14 months.
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Committee Membership Roster Comments
There has been a change in committee membership with the resignation of Dr. Michael Lyncheffective 07/03/2007 and Dr. William F. Tracy effective 09/11/2007.
Sponsors
Agricultural Research Service
Department of Agriculture
Department of Energy
National Science Foundation
U.S. Forest Service
Staff
Evonne P.Y. Tang
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