RECOMMENDATIONS OF BARLEY NOMENCLATURE WORKSHOP
held at Saskatoon, July 31, 1996
P.R. Shewry
Adopted by the General Meeting of the IBGC
 

1. Sequenced Genes

Nomenclature will follow the current rules of the International Society for Plant Molecular Biology (ISPMB) Commission on Plant Gene Nomenclature (CPGN).

For example:

Explanation:
 
Amy1 1 ; 1 - xxx
mnemonic of 3 to 5 letters to describe function - designations agreed by CPGN working groups 1 space number to describe homology groups semi-colon number for member of multigene family hyphen allele in standard format for species
 

Action: Workers should register genes with the CPGN registry as described in the reference below. This should be done as soon as possible to minimize the number of changes that are required.

References:

Nomenclature of sequenced plant genes. Plant Molecular Biology Report, 1994, Vol. 12, No. 2 supplement, pp. S1-S21.

Price, C.A., E.M. Reardon and D.A. Lonsdale. A guide to naming sequential plant genes. Plant Molecular Biology, 1996, Vol. 30, pp. 225-227.
 

2. Other genes.

Revision of Descriptions and Designations: Jerry Franckowiak will publish revised BGN descriptions of genes, incorporating three-letter mnenomics as agreed previously but not implemented.

For example:

Explanation:
 
Ant1 . 56
3-letter mnemonic. May be followed by a number or letter(s) -- depending on previous designations period unique allele or mutant -- based on previous usage
 

Designation of New Genes: Jerry Franckowiak (jfranko@badlands.nodak.edu) and Brian Steffenson (bsteffen@badlands.nodak.edu) will act as a clearing house for new genes and alleles, with Brian focussing on resistance genes.
 

3. Approval of barley gene nomenclature rules.

Recommended rules for barley gene nomenclature and approved modifications of them have previously been published in Barley Genetics Newsletter (beginning in Volume 2), but these rules have never been formally adopted at a business meeting of the International Barley Genetics Symposium.

It was moved (R. Nilan) and seconded (K. Kasha) that the barley gene nomenclature rules and their modifications, including the nomenclature rules for 'sequenced genes in barley' and 'other barley genes' that were approved at the 7th IBGS meeting, be approved by the IBGS.

After this motion was passed, it was recommended that the gene nomenclature rules for barley be published frequently in the Barley Genetics Newsletter.