Report of the CGIAR Committee on the IBPGR

Report of the committee appointed by CGIAR Chairman S. Shahid Husain to consider actions to be taken following the external review of IBPGR. The Committee addressed the functions and mandate of the IBPGR, the responsibilities of the CGIAR for plant genetic resources, the research program of the IBPGR, the structure of the IBPGR including the role of the board itself, and the relationship of IBPGR to the FAO. On the assumption that the FAO would not be able to accommodate the IBPGR in the recommended form, it also considered the location, international status, and funding of an independent IBPGR. It also addressed the steps to be taken should the CGIAR approve its recommendations.Agenda document, TAC 38th Meeting, October 1985, and CGIAR meeting October-November 1985

Minutes of the Special Meeting of the Executive Committee - IBPGR

Letter to the members of the CGIAR from IBPGR Board Chairman W.J. Peacock intended to keep the Group abreast of developments. Peacock states that the board has decided to initiate a study on the future organizational arrangements for the IBPGR. This action was taken in the light of notification from the FAO that it wished to amend the headquarters agreement to require payment for the office space and services provided to the IBPGR in the past, and that it could not make additional space available. Minutes of an extraordinary meeting of the Executive Committee of IBPGR held in July 1988 are attached

Terms of Reference and Operational Rules and Procedures of the International Board for Plant Genetic Resources

Terms of reference and operational rules and procedures of IBPGR prepared at Rome, Italy in February 1981. Document defines the roles and responsbilities of IBPGR. This amended document supercedes the terms of reference dated January 1975 and November 1978. Document is in English and contains two attachments of the superceded versions

Forest Genetic Resources

FAO Forestry Department summary of the development of the Global Programme for Improved Use of Forest Genetic Resources, including a proposal for a CGIAR contribution to it and an illustrative IBPGR project. A covering TAC secretariat note solicits guidance for the IBPGR on the relative importance of these activities in the IBPGR program. Agenda document presented at the fifteenth meeting of TAC, January-February 1976

Memorandum of Understanding between the National University of Singapore and the International Board for Plant Genetic Resources for the Establishment and Operation of the IBPGR Seed Handling Unit

Memorandum of understanding between CATIE and IBPGR signed on June 9, 1989 in Singapore. MOU establishes and outlines the responsibilities of the IBPGR Seed Handling Unit. MOU is in English and contains nine articles

Memorandum of Understanding between Centro Agronomico Tropical de Investigacion y Ensenanza and the International Board for Plant Genetic Resources for the Establishment and Operation of the IBPGR Seed Handling Unit, Costa Rica

Memorandum of understanding between CATIE and IBPGR signed on June 1, 1990 in Turrialba, Costa Rica. MOU establishes and outlines the responsibilities of the IBPGR Seed Handling Unit. MOU is in English and contains nine articles

Allelopathic Observations in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) to Ducksalad (Heteranthera limosa)

More than 50 weed species infest drill-seeded rice in the U.S. and one of the most prevalent aquatic weeks is ducksalad (Heteranthera limosa). During the summer of 1988, a field experiment was conducted to identify rice accessions from the USDA/ARS rice germplasm collection for allelopathic effects to ducksalad. In this field experiment, 5,000 accessions were evaluated for allelopathic activity. Five to seven seeds of each rice accession were planted in hills about 75cm apart in two replications. Allelopathic activity was recorded as 1) radius of the area affected by allelochemical from the base of the rice plant and 2) percentage of weed control within the affected area. Ducksalad was rated at the panicle initiation stage of rice development. Of the 5,000 accessions that were evaluated, approximately 191 were identified as having evident allelopathic activity. The accessions that demonstrated allelopathic activity originated in 26 countries (Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Columbia, Dominican Republic, France, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Republic of Korea, People Republic of China, Soviet Union, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, and United States)

Prelimenary results on a comparative study evaluating landraces of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in organic agriculture in a protected area (Northern Greece)

Organic farming requires cultivars or landraces that are specifically adapted to this low input cropping system. Six landraces of Greek common dry bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and one from the neighbouring Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) were evaluated for different agronomic and physicochemical characteristics under organic conditions in the National Park of the lake Prespes, on the borders of Greece, FYROM and Albania. Significant differences among landraces were found in yield characteristics such as yield plant-1, pod plant-1 and seeds pod-1 with two of the landraces performing the best. The cooking time was estimated by measuring seed hardness using a penetrometer. There was a considerable variation between the landraces tested with cooking times between 25-45 minutes. Some of the landraces could be a useful resource for the development of organic farming systems in this protected area