Report of
FNCA 2007 Mutation Breeding Project Workshop

November 19 - 23, 2007
Daejeon, Korea

Following the agreement at the Eighth Coordinators Meeting 2007 in Tokyo, Japan, the FNCA 2007 Workshop on Mutation Breeding took place as follows; Date : 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) 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. - Indonesia has been terminated this sub-Project at the end of 2006. - 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. - To collect all the progress reports from the Sub-Project Leaders - To compile all the reports and send to the secretariat before the meeting - To present the report during meeting if the Sub-Project Leader do not participate. - 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.

The FNCA 2007 Mutation Breeding Project Workshop took place as follows;

Opening Session

The session began with the opening address by Dr. Sung Kee Cho (Director, Radiation Research Center for Bio-technology, ARTI-KAERI).

Session 1   Open Lecture 1

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.

Session 2   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.

Attachment III: Country reports

Session 3   Sub-Project on Disease Resistance in Banana

The reports on Sub-project on Disease Resistance in Banana was presented by Dr. Masrizal (State ministry of Research and Technology, Indonesia) and Dr. Rusli Ibrahim (Malaysian Nuclear Agency, Malaysia). The progress Reports were not submitted from other participating countries (Bangladesh, the Philippines and Vietnam) because of miscommunication.

Attachment IV: Sub-project for banana

In the presentation, comments and recommendations are pointed as follows:

Session 4   Report Sub- Project Meeting 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)

Attachment V: Sub-project for orchid

Conclusion is as follows;
Due to the fact that there was no potential mutant obtained, therefore during the Sub-Project Meeting on Insect Resistance on Orchid which was held at Kasetsart University, Thailand in August 2007, FNCA proposed to extend the project for another 2 years until 2009.

Project Leaders from all the participating countries gave the following responses to the proposal of the Orchid Special Meeting:

Even though Malaysia is the only participating country that agreed to continue with the project, all participants agreed to extend and support the project for another 2 years until 2009.

Session 5   Open Lecture 2 and Sub- Project Composition or Quality in Rice

Special lectures were delivered by Korea as follows.

The reports on Sub-project on Composition or Quality in Rice was presented by all participating countries.

Attachment VI: Sub-project for Rice

After the discussion, the Agreement was made to proceed with the project.

Attachment VII: Agreement of Sub-Project on Rice

Session 6   Round Table Discussion

Duties and responsibilities of the Project Leaders,

Minutes

The Minutes were discussed and agreed upon by all participants in the workshop. This will be reported at the Ninth Coordinators Meeting to be held in March 2008 in Tokyo, Japan

Technical Visit

Participants made a technical visit to Advanced Radiation Technology Institute of KAERI.

Attachments:

1. Program
2. Participants List
3. Country Report
4. Sub-project for banana
5. Sub-project for orchid
6. Sub-project for rice
7. Agreement of Sub-Project on Rice