From
the
editor
Greetings
to
the
TGC
membership
from
your
not
-
so
-
new
editor
.
We
have
some
experience
now
and
getting
this
issue
out
has
been
easier
for
Gail
Somodi
(who
does
most
the
work)
and
me
than
was
the
last
issue
.
I
invite
you
to
submit
your
recent
research
results
for
volume
54
(2004)
.
TGC
Reports
are
only
as
good
as
the
information
they
contain
.
Again
I
remind
you
to
submit
a
report
if
you
are
naming
a
new
gene
so
we
can
get
it
approved
and
on
the
official
tomato
gene
list
.
We
hope
to
get
a
new
linkage
map
published
in
next
years
volume
as
there
has
not
been
such
a
list
in
the
TGC
since
1987
.
One
of
our
goals
is
to
get
all
back
volumes
of
the
Reports
of
the
Tomato
Genetics
Cooperative
on
our
website
http://gcrec
.
ifas
.
ufl
.
edu/tgc
and
in
a
keyword
searchable
format
.
Many
issues
are
now
available
on
line,
some
are
searchable
by
keyword
and
some
are
not
.
Volume
52
from
last
year
is
now
on
line
.
It
will
be
our
policy
to
put
volumes
on
line
one
year
after
they
are
published
.
During
the
year
check
the
website
for
updates
.
We
are
open
to
any
suggestions
from
you
as
to
how
we
can
improve
.
Managing
Editor:
Jay
W
.
Scott
Gulf
Coast
Research
&
Education
Center
5007
60
th
Street
East
Bradenton,
FL
34203
941
-
751
-
7636
ext
.
241
e
-
mail:
jwsc@ifas
.
ufl
.
edu
First
International
Symposium
on
Tomato
Disease
This
meeting
will
take
place
from
June
21
-
24,
2004
in
Orlando,
Florida
at
the
Grosvenor
Resort
at
Walt
Disney
World
.
To
find
out
more
about
the
conference
and
receive
meeting
announcements
see
the
website:
http://plantdoctor
.
ifas
.
ufl
.
edu/istd
.
html
Announcement:
USDA
Funding
for
Tomato
Germplasm
Evaluation
Funding
will
again
be
available
from
the
USDA,
ARS
in
FY
2004
for
evaluation
of
tomato
germplasm
.
Evaluation
funding
will
be
used
on
germplasm
maintained
in
or
destined
for
the
National
Plant
Germplasm
System
(NPGS)
.
Relevant
NPGS
germplasm
includes
the
tomato
collection
maintained
by
USDAs
Plant
Genetic
Resources
Unit
in
Geneva,
New
York
and
the
collection
at
the
University
of
California,
C
.
M
.
Rick
Tomato
Genetics
Resource
Center,
Davis,
California
.
Proposal
guidelines
are
noted
below
.
All
proposals
will
be
evaluated
on
the
need
for
evaluation
data,
national
and/or
regional
interest
in
the
problem,
scientific
soundness
and
feasibility
of
the
proposal,
the
likelihood
of
success,
germplasm
to
be
screened,
and
the
likelihood
that
data
will
be
entered
into
NPGS
databases
and
freely
shared
with
the
user
community
.
The
GRIN
web
site
http://www
.
ars
-
grin
.
gov/npgs/cgclist
.
html
hosts
an
updated
list
of
tomato
germplasm
evaluation
priorities
.
Proposals
will
be
reviewed
by
the
Tomato
Crop
Germplasm
Committee
(CGC)
and
applicable
ad
hoc
reviewers
and
ranked
in
priority
order
for
funding
.
All
proposals
and
CGC
prioritization
are
forwarded
to
USDA
for
a
final
decision
on
funding
.
Multiple
year
projects
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