Edit Your Collection

October 16, 2023

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HTML BlockResponses to the following questions (1-28) will be components of the USCCN online searchable database available to all users.
1. Name of Collection Point of ContactKelley Clark
2. Current PositionDirector, CPPSI
3. Collection phone number5307525874
4. Collection Address1106 Extension Center Drive
Davis, CA 95616
United States
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5. Collection emailEmail hidden; Javascript is required.
6. Collection website (if applicable)ucdavis.edu
7. Collection name and abbreviationCPPSI Reference Materials
10. Organizational structure of the Collection:
  • Government Agency
  • Academia
  • Industry
11. What type of organisms are included in the Collection?
  • Fungi
  • Bacteria
  • Oomycetes
  • Other
Type of organismPlant viruses
12. Do you have sequencing data?No
14. Upload a spreadsheet listing out each species along with the quantity.USCCN_registry_StrainList_CPPSI.xlsx
15. Please choose one of the following categories that best describes your collection.Publicly available (qualified curator, collection management policies, microbial specimens, a database of collection information, an online strain catalog, and distributes strains to the scientific community)
16. What host associations, if any, does your microbial collection have?
  • Vegetables
17. What institution/entity currently houses your collection? (For example, Kansas State University, ARS, private entity)USDA-NLGRP
18. Is the institution able to guarantee its support to the Collection for the next three to five years?Yes
19. Does your collection have the ability to accept orphan collections at this time? If yes, please describe your capacity to do so.No
20. Does your collection contain strains that are currently used or could be used for reference strains such as to identify human, animal or plant pathogens? If yes, please explainYes
Capacity

The CPPSI collection consists of reference plant pathogen strains or races that were selected and validated as industry standards by the vegetable seed industry. These standards are used when phenotypically validating breeding material to be resistant to a race or strain of a given pathogen. CPPSI also develops and maintains a collection of differential host seed to differentiate these reference plant pathogen strains/races based on known susceptible or resistant responses.

21. Do you utilize best practices guidelines for operation of your culture collection?
  • None of the Above
22. What is/are the mechanism(s) of availability and distribution?
  • No charge for distribution (shipping may be charged)
  • Fee per strain for distribution
23. What are the main subjects or fields of use relevant to your collection?
  • Agriculture
  • Plant pathology
24. If applicable, what services does your Collection provide? Check all that apply
  • Consulting
25. Does your Collection provide training opportunities on the following? Check all that apply
  • Does not provide training
26. If applicable, does your Collection provide consultation on the following? Check all that apply
  • Propagation
  • Other (please explain)
Consultation

Each pathogen in the collection is connected to an informative white paper detailing the associated plant disease, culture preparation, inoculation procedures, and disease symptom evaluation. This information is publicly available on the CPPSI website. Individual consultation can also be provided by contacting the CPPSI Director.

27. What institutions fund research that users perform using specimens from your collection? Check all that apply
  • United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
  • Other(please explain)
Institutions fund research

Vegetable seed industry

28. Is the Collection willing, within reasonable limits and to the extent that the collection is public, to engage in the exchange of cultures with other collections within the framework of the USCCN?Yes
29. Is the Collection willing to engage, within the limits of its capacity to do so, in collaborative programs with other culture collections for the general betterment of the USCCN?Yes
30. Do you wish to be contacted by researchers and collaborators about your Collection?Yes
31. Would you be interested in collaborating on a project with samples combined from different repositories?Yes
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32. Is the future of your collection dependent on a single individual in the institution?No
33. Is there a contingency plan to be able to guarantee the existence of the collection for at least five years, such as at another institution? Please provide as much detail as possible.Yes
Contingency Plan

Majority of the collection is maintained at the USDA-NLGRP. CPPSI is the platform and developer of the collection.

34. Is your collection currently or in potential danger of becoming an orphan collection? If yes, what means do you have to save the collection? Please provide as much detail as possible.No
35. Would you like assistance with the orphan collection?No
36. What are the greatest needs of your collection at this time? (For example: stable funding, personnel needs, quality control procedures, capacity & equipment, visibility, etc.)

Funding is one of the greatest needs in order to both maintain and continue to add to the collection. Current funds and in-kind efforts are from the vegetable seed industry alone. These funds are not promised and with the changes in the economy and industry business practices, CPPSI funding is also affected. Visibility is another need, while we are a small collection, the materials are valuable for breeding efforts in the vegetable seed industry in addition to academic and government research in this area. While we do not have the means to do sequencing or expand towards other innovative efforts for our collection alone, better visibility could help find collaborators to drive this.

37. Would you like your collection to be listed in the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) https://www.gbif.org/No
38. Does the Collection support the USCCN mission, which is "to facilitate the safe and responsible utilization of microbial resources for research, education, industry, medicine, and agriculture for the betterment of humankind by providing opportunities for US culture collection workers to engage with each other and with the broader culture collection community."I agree to support the mission of the USCCN
39. How can USCCN best serve you?

Improve visibility of the CPPSI collection and provide opportunities for networking with other collection managers or researchers looking to utilize such collections that can help leverage their importance.