Phaseomics

PHASEOMICS Global Initiative

Introduction
The Phaseomics initiative
Partners

Introduction

Beans are one of the most ancient crops of the world. Together with maize and cassava, they have been a dominant staple in the low to mid-altitudes of the Americas for millennia. Beans (Phaseolus spp. L) are extremely diverse crops in terms of cultivation methods, uses, the range of environments to which they have been adapted, and morphological variability. They are found from sea level up to 3,000 metres above sea level, are cultivated in monoculture, in associations, or in rotations. Beans are consumed as mature grain, as immature seed, as well as a vegetable (both leaves and pods). Their genetic resources exist as a complex array of major and minor gene pools, races and intermediate types, with occasional introgression between wild ancestors and domesticated types. Beans are thus a crop that is adapted to many niches, both in agronomic and consumer preference terms. As fruit (pods) can be obtained in as little as two months, rotations are possible with other crops during short growing seasons. Short bush growth habits offer minimal competition and permit inter-planting with other species, for example, in reforestation projects or among fruit trees or coffee plantations during the early years until the main crop can be exploited. At the other extreme are aggressive climbers found at higher altitudes on subsistence farms where a few plants are maintained as a sort of insurance and are continually harvested for about six months. Over the past twenty years, beans have also been increasingly cultivated on a commercial scale, and are now offered in national, regional and international markets.

Diets of subsistence level farmers in Africa and Latin America often contain sufficient carbohydrates (through cassava, corn/maize, rice, wheat, etc), but are poor in proteins. Dietary proteins can take the form of scarce animal products (eggs, milk, meat, etc), but are usually derived from legumes (plants of the bean and pea family). Legumes are vital in agriculture as they form associations with bacteria that “fix-nitrogen” from the air. Effectively this amounts to internal fertilisation and is the main reason that legumes are richer in proteins than all other plants. Thousands of legume species exist but more common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) are eaten than any other. In some countries such as Mexico and Brazil, and those around the Great Lakes in eastern Africa (Burundi, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania), beans are the primary source of protein in human diets. As half the grain legumes consumed worldwide are common beans, they represent the species of choice for the study of grain legume nutrition.

The Phaseomics initiative

We have formed an international consortium called ‘Phaseomics’ ( as for Phaseolus Genomics) at a first meeting in Cuernavaca, Mexico in March 2001, to establish the necessary framework of knowledge and materials that will result in disease-resistant, stress-tolerant, high-quality protein and high-yielding beans. Phaseomics will be instrumental in improving living conditions in deprived regions of Africa and the Americas. It will contribute to social equity and sustainable development. Beans will assume increasing importance in international trade and enhance inter- and intra-cultural understanding, knowledge and relationships. A major goal of Phaseomics is to generate new common bean varieties that are not only suitable for but also desired by the local farmer and consumer communities. Therefore the socio-economic dimension of improved bean production and the analysis of factors influencing the acceptance of novel varieties will be an integral part of the proposed research.

To be rapid and effective, plant breeding programmes (i.e., those that involve crossing two different “parents”) rely heavily on molecular “markers”. These genetic landmarks are used to position important genes (e.g. for resistance to particular pests, for yield, etc) on a chromosome and ensure that they can be “crossed in” to another plant. There are several ways of obtaining molecular markers but the project will establish partial sequences of messenger RNA’s extracted from tissues of interest (e.g. developing pods). These so-called expressed sequence-tags (ESTs), can be used like milestones on a chromosome, to position these and other genes. These efforts will complement current studies on other legumes such as Lotus japonicus and Medicago truncatula as well as the EST projects in soybean by providing a framework for comparative genomics between legumes. Complete sequencing and molecular analysis of the bean genome will follow. Individual laboratories will be encouraged to internally finance or find additional funding for the construction of cDNA libraries and the sequencing of several thousand ESTs. Funds donated to the consortium will be used primarily for sequencing the genome and to co-ordinate the consortium’s activities. As sequence and expression data becomes available it will provide an elaborate framework for plant geneticists to “design” new, improved common bean lines. Amongst these lines will be higher-yielding varieties, cultivars that are resistant to drought, pests and so on. It will also be possible to enhance the content of essential amino acids, minerals and vitamins in the seeds and so improve the nutrition and health of countless people who consume beans in Africa and the Americas. By considering the socio-economic implications of common bean improvement from the outset, this project should lead to sustainable development, to increased social equity, and to greater use of beans in international trade. The added value in this innovative approach to common beans as model food legume lies in the combination of existing and novel genetic approaches with socio-economic criteria that will efficiently target the end users.

A detailed description of the project will be published as a chapter in the special issue of Plant & Soil due to be published later this year (upon publication reference will be provided here).

Different working groups have been defined which each have a responsible that can be contacted if you are interested:

1. General issues: Bill Broughton
2. Transformation : Nancy Terryn
3. Resources and libraries: Paul Gepts
4. Nitrogen fixation: Gudni Hardarson
5. EST Sequencing : Georgina Hernández
6. genome sequencing : Eric Triplett
7. Informatics: Jan-Peter Nap
8. Germplasm: Matthew Blair

Partners

Coordinators:

Dr. Matthew W. Blair - CIAT
m.blair@cgiar.org
CIAT - International Center for Tropical Agriculture,
A. A. 6713, Cali, Colombia, South America.
Tel: +57 2 4450 000;
VIA USA +1 650 833 6625
Fax: +57 2 4450 073;
VIA USA +1 650 833 6626.
Miami address:
CIAT - International Center for Tropical Agriculture,
1380 N.W. 78th Ave.,
Miami, Florida 33126
USA. Fax: +1 305 592 97 57

Prof. William Broughton – LBMPS
william.broughton@bioveg.unige.ch
Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes Supérieures (LBMPS),
SCIENCES III
30 quai Ernest-Ansermet
1211 GENEVE 4
Switzerland.
Tel: +41 22 379 31 08
Fax: +41 22 418 51 01

Prof. Paul Gepts – ARS/UC
plgepts@ucdavis.edu
Department of Agronomy & Range Science, University of California,
One Shields Ave,
Davis, CA 95616-8515,
USA.
Tel: +1 530 752 77 43 (off)
Fax: +1 530 752 43 61

Prof. Georgina Hernández – CIFN/UNAM
gina@cifn.unam.mx
Centro de Investigación sobre Fijación de Nitrógeno, U.N.A.M.,
Apdo. Postal 565-A,
62210 Cuernavaca, Mor.
Mexico.
Tel: +52 73 139 877
Fax: +52 73 116 710

Prof. Jos Vanderleyden - CPM/UL
jozef.vanderleyden@agr.kuleuven.ac.be
Centrum voor Microbiële en Plantengenetica, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven,
Kasteelpark Arenberg 20,
B-3001 Heverlee,
Belgium.
Tel: +32 16 32 16 31
Fax: +32 16 32 19 63

Other partners:

Prof. Mario O. Aguilar - UNLP
aguilar@nahuel.biol.unlp.edu.ar
IBBM, Instituto de Bioquímica y Biol. Molecular, Universidad Nacional de La Plata,
Calles 47 y 115,
1900 La Plata,
Argentina.
Tel: +52 221 250 497
Fax: +54 221 250 947

Dr. Nelson Amugune Onzere
noamugune@yahoo.co.uk
Department of Botany
University of Nairobi
P.O. Bos 30197
Nairobi, Kenya.
Fax: +254-020-4449902

Prof. Hani Antoun – UL/RSVS
Antoun@rsvs.ulaval.ca
Local 1255, R.S.V.S., Pavillon Charles-Eugène Marchand, Université Laval,
Québec, CANADA G1K 7PQ.
Tel: +1 418 656 21 31 ext:3650
Fax: +1 418 656 71 76

Dr. Pedro Arraes Pereira - EMBRAPA-CNPAF
Director
Rodovia Goiânia a Nova Veneza, km 12, Fazenda Capivara , C.P. 179
75375-000 Santo Antônio de Goiás, GO,
Tel: +55 62 533 21 10
Fax: +55 62 533 21 00

Dr. Ma. Paz Arrieta- IBt/UNANM
marrieta@ibt.unam.mx
Instituto de Biotecnología, UNAM
Av. Universidad 2001
Col. Chamilpa, 62210
Cuernavaca, Mor.
MEXICO

Dr. M. Carmen Asensio-S-Manzanera
asesanmr@jcyl.es
ITA de Castilla y León
Subdirección de Investigación
Ctra. Burgos Km. 119
Apdo 172, 47080 Valladolid (Spain)
Tel: 34-983-414461
Fax: 34-983-414780

Dr. Carmen Asensio-Vegas
asevegma@jcyl.es
ITA de Castilla y León
Subdirección de Investigación
Ctra. Burgos Km. 119
Apdo 172, 47080 Valladolid (Spain)
Tel: 34-983-414461
Fax: 34-983-414780

Prof. Craig A Atkins – UWA/P
catkins@cyllene.uwa.edu.au
Department of Botany, University of Western Australia,
35 Stirling Highway,
Crawley, WA 6005,
Australia.
Tel: +61 8 9380 22 62
Fax: +61 8 9380 10 01

Professor Mark Baker
mbaker@proteome.org.au
Chief Executive Officer
Australian Proteome Analysis Facility
Head Office: Level 4, Building F7B Research Park Drive, Macquarie University,
Sydney, NSW. 2109. AUSTRALIA
Tel: 61 2 9850 8211
Mob: 0439 870 590
APAF Administration: 61 2 9850 6201
Fax: 61 2 9850 6200
www.proteome.org.au

Prof. Jean-Pierre Baudoin - LTCHH/G
baudoin.jp@fsagx.ac.be
Faculté Universitaire des Sciences Agronomiques, Unité de Phytotechnie Tropicale et d'Horticulture,
2, Passage des Déportés, B 5030 Gembloux, Belgium,
Tel: +32 81 62 21 12
Fax: +32 81 61 45 44
http://www.fsagx.ac.be/pc/

Dr. Steve Beebe - CIAT
s.beebe@cgiar.org
CIAT - International Center for Tropical Agriculture, A. A. 6713, Cali, Colombia, South America.
Tel: 57-2-4450-000; VIA USA +1 650 833 6625
Fax: +57 2 4450 073; VIA USA +1 650 833 6626.
Miami address:
CIAT - International Center for Tropical Agriculture,
1380 N.W. 78th Ave.,
Miami, Florida 33126
USA.
Fax: +1305 592 97 57

Dr. Dan Bergey – MSU/B
Soil & Environmental Microbiology, Montana State University,
PO Box 173 120,
Bozeman MT 59717-3120,
USA.
Tel: +1 406 994 21 90
Fax: +1 406 994 39 33

Dr. Kirstin Bett – CDC/US
k.bett@usask.ca
Department of Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan,
51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A8,
CANADA.
Tel: +1 306 966 49 47
Fax: +1 306 966 50 15

Dr. Matthew W. Blair - CIAT
m.blair@cgiar.org
CIAT - International Center for Tropical Agriculture, A. A. 6713, Cali, Colombia, South America.
Tel: +57 2 4450 000; VIA USA +1 650 833 6625
Fax: +57 2 4450 073; VIA USA +1 650 833 6626.
Miami address:
CIAT - International Center for Tropical Agriculture,
1380 N.W. 78th Ave.,
Miami, Florida 33126
USA.
Fax: +1305 592 97 57

Dr. Roberto Bollini – IBBA/CNR
bollini@ibv,.mi.cnr.it
Istituto di Biologia e Biotecnologia Agraria, CNR,
Via Bassini 15, 20133 Milan
Italy.
Tel: +39 022 369 94 30
Fax: +39 022 369 94 11
http://www.ibba.cnr.it/research.html

Dr. Graeme Bradley – B/UWC
gbradley@uwc.ac.za
University of the Western Cape, Department of Biotechnology,
Private Bag X17, Bellville, 7535,
South Africa.
Tel: +27 21 959 21 99

Dr. Sonya Broughton – AgWA
smbroughton@agric.wa.gov.au
Crop Improvement Institute/Entomology, Agriculture Western Australia,
Baron-Hay Court, South Perth,
Western Australia 6151.
Tel: +61 8 9368 32 71
Fax: +61 8 9474 28 40

Prof. Luis E. A. Camargo - ESALQ/USP
leacamar@esalq.usp.br
Department of Plant Pathology, ESALQ, University of Sao Paulo,
Av. Padua Dias, 11 Piracicaba, SP 13418-900,
Brazil.
Tel: +55 19 3429 4124
Fax: +55 19 3434 4839

Dr. Bruno Campion - CNR/ISPORT
bruno.campion@libero.it
Istituto Sperimentale per l'Orticoltura di Pontecagnano, Salerno, S.O.P. di Montanaso Lombardo, Via Paullese 28, 26836, Montanaso Lombardo, Lodi
Tel: +39 0371 68171
Fax: +39 0371 68172

Dr. Andrea Carboni - PIN
a.carboni@isci.it
ISCI, Istituto Sperimentale per le Colture Industriali,
via di Corticella, 133 – 40128, Bologna (Italy).
Tel: +39 051 631 68 32
Fax: +39 051 374 857

Dr. Alejandra Covarrubias- IBt/UNAM
crobles@ibt.unam.mx
Instituto de Biotecnología, UNAM
Av. Universidad 2001
Col. Chamilpa, 62210
Cuernavaca, Mor. MEXICO

Dr. Francis De Lima – AgWA
fdelima@agric.wa.gov.au
Crop Improvement Institute/Entomology, Agriculture Western Australia,
Baron-Hay Court, South Perth WA 6151.
Tel: + 61 8 9368 3587
Fax: +61 8 9474 28 40

Dr Antonio M. De Ron - MBG-CSIC
amderon@mbg.cesga.es
MBG-CSIC, P. O. Box 28, 36080 Pontevedra.
SPAIN
Tel: +34 986 854 800
Fax: +34 986 841 362
Mob: +34 629 824 536
www.usc.es/mevex. phaselieu.cesga.es

Dr. Jaroslav Dolezel – O/IEB
dolezel@ueb.cas.cz
Laboratory of Molecular Cytogenetics and Cytometry, Institute of Experimental Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Sokolovska 6, CZ-77200 Olomouc,
Czech Republic.
Tel: +420 68 522 85 21
Fax: +420 68 522 85 23
www.ueb.cas.cz/olomouc1

Dr. Jean-Jacques Drevon – INRA/M
drevonjj@ensam.inra.fr
ENSA.M-INRA Sol Symbioses Environnement UMR,
Place Viala 34060 Montpellier cedex,
France
Tel: +33 4 99 61 22 69
Fax: +33 4 67 54 57 08

Dr. Hugues Driguez - CERMAV - CNRS
Hugues.Driguez@cermav.cnrs.fr
CNRS-CERMAV,
38041 Grenoble cedex 9,
France.
Tel : + 33 4 7603 76 64
Fax: + 33 4 7654 72 03

Dr. Peter Eggenberg – BIOEN/GE
Peter.Eggenberg@bioen.unige.ch
Laboratoire de Bioénergétique, Université de Genève,
Chemin des Embrouchis 10,
1254 Jussy/Genève,
Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 759 99 40
Fax: +41 22 759 99 45

Dr. Valérie Geffroy – LPPM/O
geffroy@ibp.u-psud.fr
Laboratoire de Phytopathologie moléculaire (LPPM),
Institut de Biotechnologie des Plantes (IBP), Bâtiment 630,
Université Paris Sud, 91 405 Orsay Cedex,
France.
Tel: +33-1 69 15 33 70 (off)
Fax: +33-1 69 15 34 24

Prof. Chris A. Gehring – B/UWC
cgehring@uwc.ac.za
University of the Western Cape, Department of Biotechnology,
Private Bag X17, Bellville, 7535,
South Africa.
Tel: +27 21 959 21 99

Prof. Paul Gepts – ARS/UC
plgepts@ucdavis.edu
Department of Agronomy & Range Science, University of California,
One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616-8515,
USA.
Tel: +1 530 752 77 43 (off)
Fax: +1 530 752 43 61

Dr. R. Goodman - UW
Department of Plant Pathology
University of Wisconsin - Madison
1630 Linden Dr.
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: +1(608) 262 9162

Prof. Gerhard Gottschalk – UG/G
ggottsc@gwdg.de
Institut für Mikrobiologie, Universität Göttingen,
Griesebachstrasse 8, 37077 Göttingen,
Deutschland.
Tel: +49 551 393 781
Fax: +49 551 393 793

Prof. Marcelo Guerra – LCV/UFPE
mguerra@ufpe.br
Laboratório de Citogenética Vegetal, Departamento de Botânica – CCB - UFPE
R. Prof. Moraes Rego, s/n, CDU, Recife – PE,
Brazil 50.670-901.
Tel: +55 81 327188 46
Fax: +55 81 327183 50

Dr. Gudni Hardarson – IAEA/FAO
G.Hardarson@iaea.org
Soil Science Unit, IAEA Laboratories, A-2444 Seibersdorf,
Östereich.
Tel: +43 1 2600 282 77
Fax: +43 1 2600 728 222

Prof. Robert Haselkorn – UC/MGCB
r-haselkorn@uchicago.edu
Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology,
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL60637,
USA.
Tel: +1 773 702 10 69
Fax: +1 773 702 28 53

Prof. Georgina Hernández – CIFN/UNAM
gina@cifn.unam.mx
Centro de Investigación sobre Fijación de Nitrógeno, U.N.A.M.,
Apdo. Postal 565-A, 62210 Cuernavaca, Mor. Mexico.
Tel: +52 731 39 877
Fax: +52 731 16 710

Prof. Luis Herrera-Estrella - CINVESTAV
lherrera@ira.cinvestav.mx
CINVESTAV, Unidad Irapuato Gto, 36500 Irapuato Gto,
Mexico.
Tel: +52 462 396 42
Fax: +52 462 459 96

Dr. Mariangela Hungria
hungria@cnpso.embrapa.br
EMPRAPA Soja, Cx. Postal 231, 86001970 Londrina,
Brazil.
Tel: +55 433 716 206
Fax: +55 433 716 100

Dr. Helen R. Irving - VCP/M
helen.irving@vcp.monash.edu.au
Department of Pharmaceutical Biology and Pharmacology, Victorian College of Pharmacy, Monash University,
381 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria 3052
Australia.
Tel: +61 3 9903 9565
Fax: +61 3 9903 9638

Prof. James D. Kelly – EL/MSU
kellyj@msu.edu
Crop and Soil Sciences, Michigan State Universtiy,
East Lansing, MI 48824,
USA.
Tel: +1 517 355 02 05
Fax: +1 517 353 39 55

Theodore J. Kisha
kisha@mail.wsu.edu
USDA-ARS
Washington State University
Box 646402
Pullman, WA 99164-6402
Tel: (509)335-6898
Fax: (509)335-6654

Dr. Serge Laberge - AgCAN
laberges@em.agr.ca
Centre de recherche et de développement sur les sols et les grandes cultures,
2560, bld. Hochelaga, Sainte-Foy, Québec,
CANADA G1V 2J3.
Tel : +1 418 657 7985 ext 228
Fax : +1 418 648 24 02

Dr. Thierry Langin – LPPM/O
langin@ibp.u-psud.fr
Laboratoire de Phytopathologie moléculaire (LPPM), Institut de Biotechonologie des Plantes,
Bâtiment 630, 91405 Orsay Cedex,
France.
Tel: +331 69 15 33 67 (off)
Fax: +331 69 15 34 24

Dr. Miguel Lara – CIFN/UNAM
lara@cifn.unam.mx
Centro de Investigación sobre Fijación de Nitrógeno,
U.N.A.M., Apdo. Postal 565-A, 62210 Cuernavaca, Mor.
Mexico.
Tel: +52 1 777 329 1815
Fax: +52 1 777 3174357

Dr Lucia LIOI IGV/CNR
lucia.lioi@igv.cnr.it
Istituto di Genetica Vegetale,
Via Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari,
Italy
Tel: +39 080 558 3400 ext. 238
Fax: +39 080 558 7566

Dr. Ruth López-Pérez
lopperru@jcyl.es
ITA de Castilla y León
Subdirección de Investigación
Ctra. Burgos Km. 119
Apdo 172, 47080 Valladolid (Spain)
Tel: 34-983-414461
Fax: 34-983-414780

Dr. Ellen Luyten – CPM/UL
ellen.luyten@agr.kuleuven.ac.be
Centrum voor Microbiële en Plantengenetica, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven,
Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, B-3001 Heverlee,
Belgium.
Tel: +32 16 32 16 31
Fax: +32 16 32 19 63

Dr. Jiri Macas – IPMB/CB
macas@umbr.cas.cz
Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, Department of Molecular Cytogenetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budĕjovice, Czech Republic.
Tel: +420 38 777 55 13
Fax: +420 38 530 03 56

Prof. Phil McClean – NDSU/F
phillip_mcclean@ndsu.nodak.edu
Dept. of Plant Sciences, Loftsgard Hall,
North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105,
USA.
Tel: +1 701 231 84 43
Fax: +1 701 231 84 74

Prof. Sally Mackenzie – UN/L
smackenzie2@unl.edu
Beadle Centre for Genetics Research, University of Nebraska,
Lincoln, NE 68588-0660,
USA.
Tel: +1 402 472 6997
Fax: +1 402 472 3139

Dr. Timothy R. McDermont – MSU/B
timmcder@montana.edu
Soil & Environmental Microbiology, Montana State University,
PO Box 173 120,
Bozeman MT 59717-3120,
USA.
Tel: +1 406 994 2190
Fax: +1 406 994 3933

Prof. Alain Maquet – LTCHH/G
maquetalain@hotmail.com
Unité de Phytotechnie tropicale et Horticulture,
Département « Agronomie, Economie et Développement »,
Faculté Universitaire des Sciences Agronomiques, 2, Passage des Déportés,
B-5030 Gembloux,
Belgium.
Tél: +32 81 62 21 45
or +32 81 62 24 24
Fax: +32 81 61 45 44

Dr. Alvaro Mejía-Jiménez-CIAT
A.MEJIA@CGIAR.ORG
CIAT - International Center for Tropical Agriculture,
A. A. 6713, Cali, Colombia,
South America.
Tel: +57 2 4450 000;
VIA USA +1 650 833 6625
Fax: +57 2 4450 073;
VIA USA +1 650 833 6626.
Miami address:
CIAT - International Center for Tropical Agriculture,
1380 N.W. 78th Ave., Miami, Florida 33126
USA.
Fax: +1 305 592 9757

Dr. Maeli Melotto
melottom@msu.edu
MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory
Michigan State University
206 Plant Biology Building
East Lansing, MI 48824 USA

Prof. Tom Michaels – PA/UG
michaels@uoguelph.ca
Biotechnology Division, Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Guelph,
Ontario, N1G 2W1,
Canada.
Fax: +1 519 763 8933

Dr. Jan Michiels - CPM/UL
jan.michiels@agr.kuleuven.ac.be
Centrum voor Microbiële en Plantengenetica, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven,
Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, B-3001 Heverlee,
Belgium.
Tel: +32 16 32 16 31
Fax: +32 16 32 19 63

Prof. Marc van Montagu – IPBO/G
mamon@psb.ugent.be
Institute Plant Biotechnology for Developing Countries (IPBO), Department Genetics, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Gent /
Belgium.
Tel: +32 9 264 8727
Fax: +32 9 264 8795

Dr. David Henry Moon - CENA/USP
moon@mail.cena.usp.br
Laboratorio de Biologia Celular e Molecular, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Campus de Piracicaba, Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura,
Av. Centenario 303, Caixa Postal 96, CEP 13400-970, Piracicaba, Sao Paulo,
BRASIL.
Tel: +55 19 429 4600
Fax: +55 19 429 4610

Dr. Jeremy Murray – PA/UG/G
jeremymu@uoguelph.ca
Biotechnology Division, Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Guelph,
Ontario, N1G 2W1,
Canada.
Fax: +1 519 763 8933

Dr. Richard O. Musser, Ph. D.
Asst. Professor of Biology
RO-Musser@wiu.edu
Department of Biological Sciences
Western Illinois University
Macomb, Illinois, 61455
Tel: (309) 298-1096
http://faculty.wiu.edu/RO-Musser/Musser%20Lab%20site.htm

Dr. Jan-Peter Nap – PRI/W
J.P.H.Nap@plant.wag-ur.nl
BU Genomics, Plant Research International, P.O. Box 16, NL-6700 AA Wageningen,
The Netherlands.
Tel: +31 317 477169
Fax: +31 317 418094

Prof. Vit Našinec - IPMB/CB
nasinec@thsbp.cas.cz
Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budĕjovice,
Czech Republic.
Tel: +420 38 777 59 24
Fax: +420 38 414 75

Prof. Valeria Negri
vnegri@unipg.it
Dipartimento di Biologia Vegetale e Biotecnologie Agro-ambientali
Facoltà di Agraria
Borgo XX Giugno 74
06100 Perugia, Italy
Tel: + 39 075 585 6218
F ax: + 39 075 585 6224

Prof. Dale Noel
dale.noel@marquette.edu
Department of Biology, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53233,
USA
Tel: +1 414 288 7355
Fax: +1 414 288 7357

Donal O'Sullivan PhD
donal.osullivan@niab.com
Project Leader
Molecular Research Group
NIAB, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0LE
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)1223 276381 ext 2463
Fax: +44 (0)1223 277602
http://www.niab.com

Roberto Papa
rpapa@univpm.it
roberto_papa@yahoo.com
Associate Professor, Ph.D.
DiSA - Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti
Facoltà di Agraria
Università Politecnica delle Marche
Via Brecce Bianche,
60131 ANCONA
ITALY
Tel: +39-0712204984 office
+39-0712204983 lab
+39-339-3921616 mobile
Fax: +39-0712204858
http://www.geocities.com/roberto_papa/

Dr. Soon J. Park – Ag. Canada
parks@agr.gc.ca
Research Branch
Research Station
Hrrw, Notario
NOR 1GO

DrProf. K. Peter Pauls – PA/UG/G
ppauls@uoguelph.ca
Biotechnology Division, Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1,
Canada.
Fax: +1 519 763 8933

Dr. Andrea Pedrosa-Harand– LCV/UFPE
adcpedrosa@uol.com.br
Laboratório de Citogenética Vegetal, Departamento de Botânica – CCB - UFPE
R. Prof. Moraes Rego, s/n, CDU, Recife – PE,
Brazil 50.670-901.
Tel: +55 81 32718846
Fax: +55 81 32718350

Prof. Juan-Jose Peña-Cabriales - CINVESTAV
jpena@ira.cinvestav.mx
CINVESTAV, Unidad Irapuato Gto, 36500 Irapuato Gto, Mexico.
Tel: +52 462 623 9642
Fax: +52 462 624 5996

Dr. Xavier Perret – LBMPS/GE
xavier.perret@bioveg.unige.ch
L.B.M.P.S., Université de Genève,
SCIENCES III
30 quai Ernest-Ansermet
1211 GENEVE 4
Switzerland.
Tel: +41 22 379 31 17
Fax: +41 22 379 31 99

Dr. Angela R. Piergiovanni IGV/CNR
angelarosa.piergiovanni@igv.cnr.it
Istituto di Genetica Vegetale,
Via Amendola 165/A, 70126, Bari,
Italy
Tel: +39 080 558 3400 ext. 214
Fax: +39 080 558 7566

Tim Porch, USDA/ARS/TARS
maytp@ars-grin.gov
2200 P.A. Campos Ave., Suite 201, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico 00680
Tel: 787-831-3435x254

Prof.Carmen Quinto – IBt/UNAM
quinto@ibt.unam.mx
Plant Molecular Biology Department, Instituto de Biotecnología, UNAM,
Av. Universidad 2001, Chamilpa, Cuernavaca, Morelos.
México 62210.

Dr. Mario Ramírez- CIFN/UNAM
mario@cifn.unam.mx
Ap. Postal 565-A, Cuernavaca, Mor.
Mexico

Dr. Holly Rask-Pulse Canada
hollyrask@saskpulse.com
310-111 Research Drive
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,
Canda S7N 3R2

Dr. Eric Samain - CERMAV - CNRS
eric.samain@cermav.cnrs.fr
BP53, 601 Rue de la Chimie, F-38041 GRENOBLE cedex 9,
France.
Tel: +33 4 7603 7603 (central)
+33 4 7603 7648 (direct)
Fax: +33 4 7654 7203

Dr. Federico Sánchez – IB/UNAM
federico@ibt.unam.mx
Instituto de Biotecnología, UNAM, Av. Universidad 2001, Col. Chamilpa. 62210
Cuernavaca, Morelos.
México.
Tel: +52 73 291653, 291666
Fax: +52 73 172388

Dr Marta Santalla - MBG-CSIC
msantalla@mbg.cesga.es
Legumes Breeding Group, MBG-CSIC, P. O. Box 28, 36080 Pontevedra.
Spain.
Tel: +34 98 6854 800
Fax: +34 98 6841 362
www.usc.es/mevex

Dr. Art Schaafsma- PA/UG/G
aschaafs@ridgetownc.uoguelph.ca
Biotechnology Division, Department of Plant Agriculture, Ridgetown College, University of Guelph, Ridgetown, ON, N0P 2C0 Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1,
Canada.
Fax: +1 519 674 1600

Dr. Eduardo C. Schröder - UPRM
eschroder5596@yahoo.com
BNF Laboratory, P O Box 9030, Department of Agronomy and Soils,
University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, PR 00681-9030
USA
Tel : +1 787 832 3980
Fax: +1 787 265 0860

Prof. Dr. Farida Shah, Director,
faridashah@melaka.gov.my
Melaka Insititute of Biotechnology (MIB)
Melaka, MALAYSIA

Dr. Andrew J.G. Simpson - LICR
asimpson@ludwig.org.br , asimpson@ntserver01.ludwig.org.br
Laboratory of Cancer Genetics, Instituto Ludwig de Pesquisa Sobre o Câncer,
Rua Prof. Antonio Prudente, 109 - 4º andar, 01509-010 Liberdade, 01509-101, Säo Paulo, SP
Brazil.
Tel: +55 11 3207 4922 (Ext 222)
Fax: +55 11 3207 7001

Dr. June Simpson - CINVESTAV
jsimpson@ira.cinvestav.mx
CINVESTAV, Unidad Irapuato Gto, 36500 Irapuato Gto,
Mexico.

Prof. Pierluigi Spagnoletti Zeuli - PIN
spagnoletti@unibas.it
Dipartimento di Biologia Difesa e Biotecnologie Agro-forestali,
Università degli Studi della Basilicata,
Via dell'Ateneo Lucano 10,
Campus Macchia Romana
85100 Potenza, ITALY
Tel: +39-0971205513-33 (off)
+39-0971205548 (lab)
Fax:+39-0971205503

Dr. Francesca Sparvoli - IBBA/CNR
sparvoli@ibv.mi.cnr.it
Istituto di Biologia e Biotecnologia Agraria, CNR, Via Bassini 15, 20133, Milan
Italy.
Tel: +39 022 369 94 35
Fax: +39 022 369 94 11

Dr. Carla Snoeck - CPM/UL
Carla.Snoeck@AGR.KULEUVEN.AC.BE
Centrum voor Microbiële en Plantengenetica, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven,
Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, B-3001 Heverlee,
Belgium.
Tel: +32 16 32 16 31
Fax: +32 16 32 19 63

Prof. Reto J. Strasser – BIOEN/GE
Reto.Strasser@bioen.unige.ch
Laboratoire de Bioénergétique, Université de Genève,
Chemin des Embrouchis 10, 1254 Jussy/Genève, Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 759 99 40
Fax: +41 22 759 99 45

Dr. Wolfgang Streit – UG/G
wstreit@gwdg.de
Institut für Mikrobiologie, Universität Göttingen, Griesebachstrasse 8, 37077 Göttingen, Deutschland.
Tel: +49 551 393 775
Fax: +49 551 393 793

Dr. Bunyamin Tar’an - CDC/US
taran@sask.usask.ca
Crop Development Centre, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A8, CANADA.
Tel: +1 306 966 8586
Fax: +1 306 966 5015

Dr. Nancy Terryn – IPBO/G
nancy.terryn@ugent.be
Institute Plant Biotechnology for Developing Countries (IPBO), Department Genetics, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Gent /
Belgium
Tel: +32 9 264 5201
Fax: +32 9 264 8795

Dr. Joe M. Tohme – CIAT
j.tohme@cgiar.org
Biotechnology Research Unit, Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical,
A.A. 6713, Cali,
Colombia.
Tel: +57 2 445 0000 Ext. 3055/3352
Fax: +57 2 445 0073

Dr. S.-M. Tsai - CENA/USP
tsai@cena.usp.br
Dept. Biologia Molecular, CENA/USP, Av. Centenario 303, CP 96 Piracicaba, SP 13416-000
BRASIL.
Tel: +19 429 4600.
Fax: +19 429 4610

Prof. Eric W. Triplett
ewt@ufl.edu
Departement of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida
1052 Museum Road
P.O. Box 110700
P.O. Box 32611-0700
Gainesville, Fl 32611-0700
USA.
Tel: +1 352 392 1906
Fax: +1 352 392 5922

Prof. Carroll P. Vance – UM, USDA
vance004@maroon.tc.umn.edu
Dept. Agronomy and Plant Genetics,
411 Bourlaug Hall. 1991 Upper Buford Circle
University of Minnesota and USDA
St. Paul, MN. 55108
USA

Prof. Albert Vandenberg - CDC/US
bert.vandenberg@usask.ca
Crop Development Centre, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A8, CANADA.
Tel: +1 306 966 8786
Fax: +1 306 966 5015

Prof. Jos Vanderleyden - CPM/UL
jozef.vanderleyden@agr.kuleuven.ac.be
Centrum voor Microbiële en Plantengenetica, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven,
Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, B-3001 Heverlee,
Belgium.
Tel: +32 16 32 16 31.
Fax: +32 16 32 19 63.

John Van Herk Jr.- Highland Seeds
JVanherk@wgthompson.com
Division of W.G. Thompson & Sons Ltd.
P.O. Box 130, 2 Hyland Drive
Blenheim, Ontario,
Canada N0P 1A0
Tel: 519-676-8146 Xt 311
Fax: 519-676-5674

Dr. A. Vettore – LICR
Laboratory of Cancer Genetics, Instituto Ludwig de Pesquisa Sobre o Câncer,
Rua Prof. Antonio Prudente, 109 - 4º andar, 01509-010 Liberdade, 01509-101, Säo Paulo,
SP Brazil.

Dr. P. Vijayan
p.vijayan@usask.ca
Dept. of Plant Sciences
University of Saskatchewan
51 Campus Dr.
Saskatoon SK
S7N 5A8 Canada
Tel: (306)966-8682
Fax: (306)966-5015

Prof. Guido Volckaert - LoGT/UL
Guido.Volckaert@agr.kuleuven.ac.be
Laboratory of Gene Technology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
Kasteelpark Arenberg 21, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium.
B-3001 Leuven,
Belgium.

Dr. Molly Welsh
mmwelsh@wsu.edu
Curator, Phaseolus Germplasm Collection
Washington State University
USDA, ARA, WRPIS
Western Regional Plant Introduction Station
59 Johnson Hall, P.O. Box 646402
Pullman, Washington
99164-6402 UNITED STATES
Tel: 509-335-3692
Fax: 509-335-6654