# Presentation: 704463

## National Program 301 ARS Research Accomplishment Report National Program 301 - Plant, Microbial & Insect Genetic Resources, Genomics & Genetics Improvement 

- Philipp W. Simon
- USDA, Agricultural Research Service
- Madison, WI

## Models for Writing NP 301 Accomplishment Report

- Recently completed reports
- NP 302 Plant Biological and Molecular Processes
- NP 303 Plant Diseases

## Writing Team for the NP 301 Accomplishment Report

- Team Member for NP301 Component 1, Genetic Resource Management:
_**Gary Pederson**_, RL, Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Research Unit, Griffin, GA
- Team Members for NP301 Component 2, Genomic Characterization and Genetic Improvement:
_**Perry Cregan**_, RL, Soybean Genomics & Improvement Laboratory, Beltsville, MD
_**Jim Holland**_, Plant Science Research Unit, Raleigh, NC
_**Rich Novy**_, Small Grains and Potato Germplasm Research Unit, Aberdeen, ID
- Team Member for NP301 Component 3, Genome Databases and Bioinformatics:
_**Randy Shoemaker**_, Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit, Ames, IA
- Overall NP301Team Leader
_**Phil Simon**_, RL, Vegetable Crops Research Unit, Madison, WI
- National Program Leaders
_**Marilyn Low**_, _**Peter Bretting**_ and the NP 301 Team of the National Program Staff

## Approach for Writing the NP 301 Accomplishment Report

- Team _developed a survey_ to document accomplishments in April
- Send to all ARS Lead Scientists with majority effort in NP 301
- Sent out May 9, returned June 3
_**Survey of NP 301 OUTCOMES AND COMMITMENTS**_
_**Team wrote Accomplishment Report in June and July**_
_**Delivered to External Assessment Panel in August**_

## Survey questions asked of Lead Scientists of ~180 projects for the NP 301 Accomplishment Report

**Most important accomplishment and its impact (how is it being used?)**
**As a result of that accomplishment, what does your particular clientele, the scientific community, and agriculture as a whole have now that they didn’t have in 2000?**
**Five (or fewer) most significant publication(s) that document the accomplishment and its impact**
**Germplasm or varietal releases**

## Survey results

- Selected accomplishments
- Selected references
- Many multi-scientist projects
- Some multi-project scientists
- Some projects underway less
- 				than 5 years

## Goals in writing the Accomplishment Report

- Summarize ~180 ARS projects
- Cover the breadth of ARS Plant, Microbial & Insect Genetic Resources, Genomics & Genetics Improvement over the last 5 years
- Prepare a narrative report, not a list
- Include examples and references
- Do this in 50 to 100 pages

## The Breadth of NP 301 Research in U.S. Agriculture

- Plants
- Microbes
- Insects
- Germplasm
- Breeding
- Genetics
- Genomics

- Service
- Germplasm collections
- Databases
- Applied research
- “Discovery” research

## Structure of the USDA, ARS National Program 301 Accomplishment Report 2000-2005

- Introduction
- Research Components I, II, III
- Problem Areas
- Outcomes, Goals, and Commitments
- Selected Accomplishments (with selected references)
- Impact
- Appendix 1- Planning and coordinating meetings
- 				 References
- Appendix 2- List of NP 301 Research Projects

## Writing Team for the NP 301 Accomplishment Report

_**Gary Pederson**_
_**Perry Cregan**_
_**Jim Holland**_
_**Rich Novy**_
_**Randy Shoemaker**_
_**Phil Simon**_
_**Marilyn Low**_
_**Peter Bretting**_ and the NP 301 Team of the National Program Staff
- ARS scientists submitting project reports