Following the agreement at the Eighth Coordinators Meeting 2007 in Tokyo, Japan, the FNCA 2007 Workshop on Mutation Breeding took place as follows;
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November 19-23, 2007 |
| Venue : |
Nuclear Human Resource Development Center (NHRDC)
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI)
Daejeon Metropolitan City
Korea |
| Host Organization : |
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) |
| Secretariat : |
Nuclear Safety Research Association (NSRA), Japan |
| Participants : |
Total 21 from 8 countries, i.e. Bangladesh, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam(Attachment II) |
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| The participants from 8 countries |
 Opening Session and Open Lecture
This Workshop began with the opening address by Dr. Sung Kee Cho (Director, Radiation Research Center for Bio-technology, ARTI-KAERI), following the opening address, Project Review of FNCA Mutation Breeding Project was delivered by Dr. Hitoshi Nakagawa (Project Leader of Japan), and followed by three special lectures by Japan and Korea as follows.
- "Establishment of Ion Beam Technology"
(Dr. Atsushi Tanaka, JAEA, Japan)
- "Mutation Breeding and Gene Isolation in Chrysanthemum"
(Dr. Geung Joo Lee, KAERI, Korea)
- "High Amino Acid Accumulating Rice Mutants"
(Dr. Dong Sub Kim, KAERI, Korea)
 Country Report
Each participating country (Bangladesh, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, The Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Korea) presented their progress and general reports on Mutation Breeding in each country.
Sub-Project on Disease Resistance in Banana
The reports on Sub-project on Disease Resistance in Banana was presented by Malaysia and Indonesia, after that all participants discussed and decided about some themes about this sub-project as following.
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Indonesia has been terminated this sub-Project at the end of 2006. |
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A Special meeting of sub-project on disease resistance in banana in 2008 is proposed to be held either in Malaysia, Philippines or Japan and all the participating countries submit the final report. |
 Sub- Project on Insect Resistance in Orchid
The final report of Sub-Project Meeting on Insect Resistance in Orchid was presented by Assoc. Prof. Arunee Wongpiyasatid (Kasetsart University, Thailand), and proposed to extend the project for another 2 years until 2009.
It is discussed among the participants and all participants agreed to extend and support the project for another 2 years until 2009.
Sub- Project Composition or Quality in Rice
At the Starting this session, Special lectures were delivered by Korea as follows.
- "Rice genetic resources by mutation and their exploitation"
(Dr. Young Sub Shin, RDA, Korea)
- "Analysis methods for functional compounds in rice"
(Prof. Young Sang Lee, Soonchunhyang Univ. Korea)
The reports on Sub-project on Composition or Quality in Rice was presented by all participating countries. After the presentations, the Agreement about exchange breeding material, a standard variety/ methodology, and general rules and regulations was made to proceed with the project the future work plan were discussed and accepted.
Round Table Discussion
The participants discussed about duties and responsibilities of the Project Leaders, and identified the role as follows.
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To collect all the progress reports from the Sub-Project Leaders |
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To compile all the reports and send to the secretariat before the meeting |
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To present the report during meeting if the Sub-Project Leader do not participate. |
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The Project Leader, as a leader of mutation breeding researches in his or her country, will take part in coordinating and management of the Mutation Breeding Project and need to communicate with the Sub-Project Leader. |
Technical Visit
Participants made a technical visit to Advanced Radiation Technology Institute (ARTI) of KAERI. They watched Video of introduction and explanation about ARTI, then visit at many laboratories and facility.
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