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Lotus Newsletter (2003) Volume 33, 37 – 62. Current list of Lotus researchers Database last updated Nov. 30 2003 Hernan Acuña Director Centro Regional de Investigación Quilamapu, INIA Casilla 426 Chillan Chile [email protected] Phone: 56-42-211177 Fax No.: 56-42-217852 L.corniculatus, L.glaber, L.uliginosus. Breeding, utilization, germplasm, seed, reclamation, physiology, forage. Germination, emergence, establishment and vegetative growth of Lotus sp. in clay soils. entry last revised Nov 7 2003 Kenneth A. Albrecht Professor Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Agronomy 1575 Linden Dr. Madison WI 53706 U.S.A. [email protected] Phone: +1-608-262-2314 Fax No.: +1-608-262-5217 L. corniculatus; L. uliginosus. Ecology; forage production; utilization. entry last revised Oct 23 2003 Nora Altier Researcher INIA, Nacional Institute for Agricultural Research Department of Plant Pathology INIA Las Brujas Ruta 48 km.10 Canelones CP 90200 Uruguay [email protected] http://www.inia.org.uy Phone: +598-2-3677641 Fax No.: +598-2-3677609 L.corniculatus, L.subbiflorus, L.pedunculatus. Pathology. entry last revised Nov 7 2003 Rosario Alzugaray Researcher INIA Uruguay Plant Protection CC 39173 Colonia Uruguay [email protected] http://www.inia.org.uy Phone: +598-574-8000 ext 1464 Fax No.: +598-574-8012 L.corniculatus. Entomology. entry last revised Oct 29 2003 Said Amrani Laboratorie de Biologie du Sol Institut des Sciences de la Nature USTHB - BP 32 El Alia - Bab Ezzouar 16111 – Alger Algeria [email protected] Phone: +(02) 24-72-17 Taxonomy; seed; utilization; biotechnology; Rhizobium-legumes symbiosis; biological nitrogen fixation. Survey of nodulation and nirogen fixation among legumes of Algeria. Phylogenetic aspects and coevolution threads of the two symbionts. 37

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Lotus Newsletter (2003) Volume 33, 37 – 62.

Current list of Lotus researchers Database last updated Nov. 30 2003

Hernan Acuña Director Centro Regional de Investigación Quilamapu, INIA Casilla 426 Chillan Chile [email protected]: 56-42-211177 Fax No.: 56-42-217852 L.corniculatus, L.glaber, L.uliginosus. Breeding, utilization, germplasm, seed, reclamation, physiology, forage. Germination, emergence, establishment and vegetative growth of Lotus sp. in clay soils. entry last revised Nov 7 2003 Kenneth A. Albrecht Professor Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Agronomy 1575 Linden Dr. Madison WI 53706 U.S.A. [email protected]: +1-608-262-2314 Fax No.: +1-608-262-5217 L. corniculatus; L. uliginosus. Ecology; forage production; utilization. entry last revised Oct 23 2003 Nora Altier Researcher INIA, Nacional Institute for Agricultural Research Department of Plant Pathology INIA Las Brujas Ruta 48 km.10

Canelones CP 90200 Uruguay [email protected]://www.inia.org.uyPhone: +598-2-3677641 Fax No.: +598-2-3677609 L.corniculatus, L.subbiflorus, L.pedunculatus. Pathology. entry last revised Nov 7 2003 Rosario Alzugaray Researcher INIA Uruguay Plant Protection CC 39173 Colonia Uruguay [email protected]://www.inia.org.uyPhone: +598-574-8000 ext 1464 Fax No.: +598-574-8012 L.corniculatus. Entomology. entry last revised Oct 29 2003 Said Amrani Laboratorie de Biologie du Sol Institut des Sciences de la Nature USTHB - BP 32 El Alia - Bab Ezzouar 16111 – Alger Algeria [email protected]: +(02) 24-72-17 Taxonomy; seed; utilization; biotechnology; Rhizobium-legumes symbiosis; biological nitrogen fixation. Survey of nodulation and nirogen fixation among legumes of Algeria. Phylogenetic aspects and coevolution threads of the two symbionts.

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Toshio Aoki Assistant Professor Nihom University College of Bioresource Sciences Department of Applied Biological Sciences Kameino 1866 Fujisawa Kanagawa 252-8510 Japan [email protected]: +81-466-843703 Fax.no.: +81-466-843353 L.japonicus. Genetics, Physiology, Tissue Culture, Molecular Biology entry last revised Oct 13 2003 Ana Arambarri Profesora Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales Universidad Nacional del La Plata Calles 60 y 118 - C.C. 31 C. P. 1900 La Plata Prov. Buenos Aires Argentina [email protected] Phone: +54-221-423-6618 Fax No.: +54-221-425-2346 Lotus species; Acmispon, Hosackia and Syrmatium. Plant taxonomy; seeds. Old and New World Lotus species; epidermal characteristics. Taxonomy of the New World species, known as: Acmispon, Hosackia and Syrmatium. entry last revised Oct 17 2003 Alberto Artola Breeder IPB Semillas Crop Department Enrique Hurtado Nº 11 Colonia del Sacramento. CP 70.000 Uruguay [email protected]: +598-52-23742 L.corniculatus. Seed Production, Crop Establishment. Development of seed vigor tests and seed enhancement methods. entry last revised Nov 24 2003

Ariel Asuaga Ingeniero Agrónomo Lancasteriana 2284 Montevideo Uruguay [email protected]: +598-2-9160279; +598-2-6007821 Fax No.: +598-2-9162881 L.corniculatus, L.glaber, L. uliginosus, L. subbiflorus. Genetics, Breeding, Germplasm, Physiology, Forage production, Seed production, Pathology. entry last revised Nov 4 2003 John F. Ayres Supervisor of Research & Principal Research Scientist Agricultural Research & Advisory Station, ‘Centre for Perennial Grazing Systems’ NSW Agriculture PMB Glen Innes New South Wales 2370 Australia [email protected]: +61-2-67301930 Fax No.: +61-2-67301999 L. uliginosus, L. corniculatus. Breeding, Ecology, Forage Production, Utilization. entry last revised Nov 18 2003 Andreas Bachmair Group leader Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research Plant Developmental Biology Carl-von-Linné-Weg 10 D-50829 Cologne Germany [email protected]://www.mpiz-koeln.mpg.de/Phone: +49-221-5062265/266 Fax No.: +49-221-5062207 L.japonicus (currently no research activity with Lotus). Genome organization, retrotransposons. entry last revised Oct 30 2003

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Søren Bak Associate Professor The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Department Plant Biology DK-1871Thorvaldsensvej 40 Frederiksberg C, Copenhagen Denmark [email protected]://www.biobase.dk/P450 http://plbio.kvl.dk http://www.place.kvl.dkPhone: +45-35283346 Fax No.: +45-38283333 L.japonicus. Metabolite pathways. Metabolite profiling, transcriptome. entry last revised Oct 16 2003 P.A. Balatti CERLAP-CONICET Buenos Aires Argentina [email protected] No: 54-21-530189 L. glaber; L. corniculatus. Genetics; pathology. Genetics of nitrogen-fixing symbiots. Gary S. Bañuelos USDA-ARS Water Management Research Laboratory 9611 S. Riverbend Ave. Parlier CA 93648 U.S.A. [email protected]: +1-559-596-2880 Fax No.: +1-559-596-2851 L. corniculatus; L. glaber. Remediation of trace element-laden soils with plants. entry last revised Oct 13 2003 Mónica Susana Barufaldi Ayudante graduado Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (UNCPBA) Facultad de Agronomía Ciencias Básicas Agronómicas y Biológicas Av. República Italia 780, C.C. 47 (7300) Azul, Provincia de Buenos Aires

Argentina [email protected]://www.faa.unicen.edu.ar/Phone: +54-2281-433291/92/93 Fax No.: +54-2281-43329/92/93 L.glaber; L.corniculatus. Genetics; breeding; forage production; seed production. Generate, verify, and evaluate autotetraploid (via colchicine) populations of L.glaber. entry last revised Oct 31 2003 Manuel Becana Professor Estacion Experimental de Aula Dei, CSIC Department Plant Nutrition Avda Montañana 1005, Apdo 202 50080 Zaragoza Spain [email protected]: +34-976-716055 Fax No.: +34-976-716145 L.japonicus. Biochemistry, Molecular Biology. Antioxidants –Abiotic stress (drought, salinity, heavy metals)- Free radicals-Thiol metabolism-Nodule senescence-Oxidative stress. entry last revised Oct 16 2003 D. P. Belesky USDA-ARS Appalachian Soil & Water Conservation Lab P.O. Box 867 Airport Road Beckley, WV 25801-0867 U.S.A. [email protected]: 304-256-2841 Fax No.: 304-256-2921 L.corniculatus. Ecology; forage; utilization. Lotus use in low-input pastures and on marginal soil/landscapes. María Bemhaja Forage Researcher INIA Uruguay Forage Department, Animal Production R. 5 Km 386 Tacuarembó 45000

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Uruguay [email protected]://www.inia.org.uyPhone: +598-632-4560 Fax No.: +598-632-3969 L.corniculatus, L.uliginosus. Physiology, Forage and seed production, Utilization. entry last revised Nov 5 2003 David Bertioli PBI EMBRAPA Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia Parque Estação Biológica-pqEB, Final Av. W5 Norte Brasília-DF CEP: 70770-900 Brazil [email protected] last revised Nov 20 2003 Paul R. Beuselinck USDA-ARS Plant Genetics Research Unit University of Missouri 207 Waters Hall Columbia, MO 65211 U.S.A. [email protected]: +1-314-268-3114 Fax No.: +1-314-882-1467 L.corniculatus, L.glaber, L.uliginosus, L.japonicus. Formerly Lotus spp. genetics; breeding; germplasm. Current research emphasis is on soybean seed composition and seed physiology. Former research was on Lotus breeding and selection for improved persistence and evaluation of exotic germplasm. entry last revised Nov 7 2003 Arvid A. Boe Professor of Plant Science Plant Science Department South Dakota State University NPB 244A, Box 2140C Brookings, SD 57007 U.S.A. [email protected]

Phone: +1-605-688-4759 Fax No.: +1-605-688-4452 L. corniculatus; L. purshianus. Genetics; breeding; seed production; entomology. entry last revised Nov 6 2003 Søren Borg Forskningscenter Flakkebjerg Flakkebjerg DK-4200 Slagelse Denmark [email protected] Omar Borsani Assistant Professor Facultad de Agronomía Departamento de Biología Vegetal, Bioquímica Av. Garzón 780, Montevideo Uruguay [email protected]://www.fagro.edu.uy/bioquimicaPhone: +598-2-3540229 Fax No.: ++ 598-2-3543004 L.corniculatus, L.uliginosus, L.japonicus. Biology, Physiology, Tissue Culture, Molecular Biology. entry last revised Nov 18 2003 Caroline Bowsher Dept. of Cell and Structural Biology School of Biological Sciences University of Manchester Williamson Bd. Oxford Rd. Manchester M13 9PL UK [email protected] E. Charlie Brummer Associate Professor Iowa State University 1204 Agronomy Hall Ames Iowa 50011 U.S.A. [email protected]://www.public.iastate.edu/~brummerPhone: +1-515-294-1415

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Fax No. : +1-515-294-6505 L.corniculatus. Genetics; breeding; forage; utilization; ecology. entry last revised Oct 23 2003 Joe Brummer Colorado State University Mountain Meadow Research Center P.O. Box 598 Gunnison, CO 81230 U.S.A. [email protected]: 970/641-2515 Fax No.: 970/641-0653 L. corniculatus; L. wrightii. Genetics; breeding; forage; utilization; ecology. Improvement of forage production and quality in mountain meadows. Anton van Brussel Assistant professor Leiden University Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences Postbus 9505 2300 RA Leiden The Netherlands [email protected]: +31-71-5275068 Fax No.: +31-71-5275088 L.japonicus, L.pressli. Physiology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology (currently no research activity with Lotus). Autoregulation of nodulation of Vetch (Vicia) and Rhizobium leguminosarum. entry last revised Oct 30 2003 Gustavo Caetano-Anolles Division of Botany and Plant Physiology Department of Biology University of Oslo PO Box 1045 Blindern N-0316 Oslo Norway [email protected] No.: +47 22 85 46 64

Bernard J. Carroll Max-Planck-Institut fur Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25 14476 Golm Germany Fabricio Dario Cassán Posdoctoral, CONICET Laboratorio de Fisiología Vegetal-UNRC Laboratorio de Biotecnología 1-IIB-INTECh. Universidad Nacional de Rio Cuarto Campus Universitario, Ruta 36, km 601, (5800) Rio Cuarto Argentina [email protected]: +54-358-4676103 Fax No.: +54-358-4676230 L.glaver. Microbiology. entry last revised Nov 12 2003 Miguel Cauhépé Private Researcher and Consultant on Range and Pasture Management Cereijo 979 7620 Balcarce (Prov. de Buenos Aires) Argentina [email protected]: +54-266-430668 Fax No.: +54-266-430908 L.glaber. Ecology, Forage Production, Utilization entry last revised Nov 3 2003 Maurizio Chiurazzi Institute of Genetics and Biophysics “A. Buzzati Traverso” Via Marconi 12 80125 Naples Italy [email protected]://www.iigb.na.cnr.it/Phone: +39-081-7257256 Fax.no.: +39-081-5936123 L.japonicus. entry last revised Oct 13 2003

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Daniel H. Cogliatti Professor of Plant Physiology Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires Departamento de Ciencias Básicas Agronómicas y Biológicas Av. República Italia 780 C.C. 47, (7300) Azul Provincia de Buenos Aires. Argentina [email protected]://www.faa.unicen.edu.arPhone: +54-2281-433292 Fax No.: +54-2281-433292 L.glaber. Genetics, Physiology, Mineral nutrition. entry last revised Nov 17 2003 Olga Susana Correa Catedra de Microbiologia Departamento de Ecologia Facultad de Agronomia-UBA Av. San Martin 4453 Argentina [email protected] Quentin Cronk Professor of Plant Science and Director University of British Columbia UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research 6804 SW Marine Drive Vancouver B.C., V6T 1Z4 Canada [email protected]://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.orgFax No.: +1-604-822-2016 L.japonicus, L.bertholletii, L.uliginosus, etc (including N. American Lotus). Gene phylogenies, evolution of florally expressed genes. entry last revised Oct 23 2003 Hilda Nélida Crosta Profesor Adjunto Facultad de Agronomía Universidad Nacional del Centro de la

Provincia de Buenos Aires (UNCPBA). Ciencias Básicas Agronómicas y Biológicas. Av. República Italia 780, C.C. 47. (7300) Azul, Provincia de Buenos Aires. Argentina [email protected]://www.faa.unicen.edu.arPhone: +54-2281-433291/92/93 Fax No.: +54-2281-433291/92/93 L.glaber; L.corniculatus. Biology, Taxonomy, Genetics, Tissue Culture, seed production, Molecular Biology. entry last revised Nov 25 2003 Cristina Cvitanich IMB-Lab. of Gene Expression University of Aarhus Science Park Gustav Wieds Vej 10 C DK-8000 Aarhus C Denmark Fax.no.:+45 86 12 31 78 Miguel Dall'Agnol Faculdade de Agronomia Univ. Federal of Rio Grande do Sul Caixa Postal 776 91501-970 Porto Alegre-RS Brazil [email protected] Phone: +51-3316-7405 Fax No.: +51-3316-6045 L.corniculatus; L.uliginosus. Plant Breeding and Genetics. entry last revised Oct 8 2003 Francesco Damiani Researcher Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Istituto Genetica Vegetale sez Perugia via della Madonna Alta 130 06128 Perugia Italy [email protected]://www.irmgpf.pg.cnr.itPhone: +39-075-5014862 Fax No.: +39-075-5014869

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L.corniculatus, L.glaber, L.uliginosus, L japonicus. Genetics, Breeding, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Tissue Culture. entry last revised Oct 10 2003 David K. Davis Superintendent University of Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station Forage Systems Research Center and Thompson Farm 21262 Genoa Rd Linneus, MO 64653 U.S.A. [email protected]://www.aes.missouri.edu/fsrchttp://www.aes.missouri.edu/thompsonPhone: +1-660-895-5121 Fax No.: +1-660-895-5122 L. corniculatus. Physiology; forage; seed. Commercial production and sale of Lotus. entry last revised Nov 30 2003 Brad Day The University of Tennessee Department of Microbiology M409 Walters Life Science Building Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-0845 U.S.A. [email protected] José Pedro De Battista Forage researcher INTA EEA Concepción del Uruguay Area de Investigación en Producción Animal C.C. Nº 6, Concepción del Uruguay (3260) Entre Ríos Argentina [email protected]://www.inta.gov.arPhone: +54-3442-425561 Fax No.: +54-3442-425578 L.corniculatus, L.glaber, L.subbiflorus. Breeding, Forage production and utilization. entry last revised Nov 12 2003

Guilhem Desbrosses Lecturer University of Montpellier II UMR113 / Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes / Réponse des plantes aux micro-organismes UMR113 / CC002 Place Eugène Bataillon F-34095 Montpellier Cedex 05 France [email protected]: +33-4-67149353 Fax No.: +33-4-67143637 L.japonicus. Genetics, Molecular Biology, Microbiology. entry last revised Oct 28 2003 Pedro Díaz Gadea Assistant Professor Facultad de Agronomía Departamento de Biología Vegetal, Bioquímica Av. Garzón 780, Montevideo Uruguay [email protected]://www.fagro.edu.uy/bioquimicaPhone: +598-2-3540229 Fax No.: +598-2-3543004 L.corniculatus, L.glaber, L.uliginosus, L.japonicus, L.filicaulis. Biology, Physiology, Tissue Culture, Molecular Biology. entry last revised Nov 18 2003 Allan Downie Professor John Innes Centre Colney Lane Norwich NR4 7UH UK [email protected]://www.jic.ac.uk/staff/allan-downie/Phone: +44-1603-450207 Fax No.: +44-1603-450045 L.japonicus. Genetics, Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Nodulation signalling. entry last revised Oct 21 2003

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Nancy J. Ehlke Department of Agronomy & Plant Genetics University of Minnesota 1991 Buford Circle St. Paul MN 55108 U.S.A. [email protected]: +1-612-625-1791 Fax No.: +1-612-625-1268 L. corniculatus. Genetics; breeding. entry last revised Nov. 30 2003 Marcelo Francisco Eseiza Jefe de Trabajos Prácticos, Botánica Agrícola I Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (UNCPBA) Ciencias Básicas Agronómicas y Biológicas Av. República Italia 780, C.C. 47 (7300) Azul, Provincia de Buenos Aires Argentina [email protected]://www.faa.unicen.edu.arPhone: +54-2281-433291 (or 433292 or 433293) Fax No.: +54-2281-433291 (or 433292 or 433293) L.glaber; L.corniculatus. Biology, Genetics, Tissue Culture, seed. entry last revised Nov 26 2003 Osvaldo Néstor Fernández Associate Professor Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias – Group Agroecology C.C. 276 (CP7620) Balcarce Argentina [email protected]: +54-2266-439100/05 Fax No.: +54-2266-439105 L.glaber. Population ecology and forage production. entry last revised Nov 10 2003

Manolis Flementakis Agricultural University of Athens Botanikos Iera Odos 75 11855 Athens Greece [email protected] Henk Franssen Assistant Professor Wageningen University Molecular Biology Dreijenlaan 3 6703HA Wageningen The Netherlands [email protected]: +31-317-483264 Fax No.: +31-317-483264 L.japonicus. Genetics, Molecular Biology, developmental program of nodule formation, nodule evolution. entry last revised Oct 24 2003 Gabino Garcia de Los Santos Head of Seed Production Department Instituto de Recursos Genéticos y Productividad Colegio de Postgraduados. Carretera Mexico-Texcoco Km. 36.5 Texcoco EDO. de Mexico 56230 Mexico [email protected]: 595 952 02 62 Fax No.: 34-85-381511 L.corniculatus. Physiology; ecology; breeding; taxonomy. Germplasm management, adaptation, germplasm screening for forage and seed production and breeding. entry last revised Nov 21 2003 Kirsten Gausing IMSB-University of Aarhus C.F. Møllers Alle Building 130 DK-8000 Aarhus C

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Denmark [email protected].: +45 86 19 65 00 William F. Grant Emeritus Professor McGill University Plant Science MacDonald Campus, McGill University P.O. Box 4000 Ste. Anne de Bellevue 21,111 Lakeshore Rd. Quebec H9X 3V9 Canada [email protected]://www.agrenv.mcgill.ca/plant/grant.htmhttp://www.eman-rese.ca/eman/ecotools/botanists/GrantWF.html Phone: +1-514-3987851, EXT. 7863 Fax No.: +1-514-398-7897 L.corniculatus; L.glaber; Lotus spp. Genetics; taxonomy; germplasm. Genetics of Lotus, especially those involved with the evolution of L.corniculatus. entry last revised Oct 9 2003 Alicia Grassano Prof. Titular, Química Analítica. Universidad Nacional de La Pampa Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales Departamento de Química Uruguay 151 (6300) Santa Rosa, La Pampa Argentina [email protected]: +54-2954-436787 Fax No.: +54-2954-432535 L.glaber. Microbiology, Ecology. entry last revised Oct 21 2003 Stephanie Greene Geneticist/Curator USDA-ARS National Temperate Forage Legume Germplasm Resources Unit 24106 North Bunn Road Prosser, WA 99350 U.S.A.

[email protected]://www.forage.prosser.wsu.eduPhone: +1-509-7869265 Fax No.: +1-509-7869370 All Lotus spp. Germplasm curator for Lotus collection in USDA National Plant Germplasm System. entry last revised Nov 21 2003 Peter Gresshoff Professor/Director The University of Queensland and ARC Centre of Integrative Legume Research ARC Centre of Excellence for Integrative Legume Research John Hines Plant Science Building The University of Queensland St Lucia Qld 4067 Australia [email protected]://www.legumecentre.cilr.uq.edu.auPhone: +61-7-33653550 Fax No.: +61-7-33653559 L. japonicus. We conduct research into Rhizobium-induced nodulation and utilize mutagenesis and transgenics to create the necessary diversity needed to determine physiological and biochemical processes. Specifically we have used promoter trapping, transfer of the Arabidopsis ethylene insensitivity (via AtEtrl-l) and non-nodulation mutants. entry last revised Oct 13 2003 Tomas C. Griggs University of Idaho Department of Plant-Soil and Entomological Sciences Moscow ID 83844-2339 U.S.A. [email protected]: 208-885-6531 Fax No.: 208-885-7760 L.corniculatus, L.uliginosus, L.uliginosus. Physiology; ecology; forage; utilization. Grass/legume mixture relations and plant/animal interactions in pastures; forage production and quality.

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Mette Grønlund Post.doc University of Aarhus Lab. of Gene Expression Science Park Gustav Wieds Vej 10 C DK-8000 Aarhus C Denmark [email protected]: +45-89425008 Fax.no.: +45-86123178 L.japonicus. Genetics, Biology, Physiology, Pathology, Tissue culture, Molecular biology. entry last revised Oct 15 2003 Judith Harrison INRA Laboratoire de Metabolisme 78026 Versailles Cedex France [email protected] Nate Hartwig 116 ASI Bldg. Department of Agronomy Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802 U.S.A. [email protected]. corniculatus. Forage; utilization; management. Cover crops, living mulches in corn and soybean. José A. Herrera-Cervera Assistant Research Professor Facultad de Ciencias. University of Granada Departamento de Fisiología Vegetal Campus de FuenteNueva s/n. 18071 Granada Spain [email protected]: +34-958243382 Fax No.: +34-958248995 L.japonicus. Genetics, Physiology, Pathology, Tissue Culture, Molecular Biology, Microbiology. entry last revised Oct 14 2003

Thomas Humphrey University of Manchester UK Alberto A. Iglesias Profesor Asociado UNL Investigador Principal CONICET Grupo de Enzimología Molecular Bioquímica Básica de Macromoléculas Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas Universidad Nacional del Litoral Paraje "El Pozo", CC 242 S3000ZAA Santa Fe Argentina [email protected] last revised Nov 30 2003 Sachiko Isobe National Agricultural Research Center for Hokkaido Region Forage Legume Breeding Lab. Hitsujigaoka 1 Toyohira Sapporo, 062-8555 Japan [email protected]://cryo.naro.affrc.go.jp/sakumotu/mameka/etop.htmPhone: +81-11-8579272 L.japonicus. Breeding, Genetics. entry last revised Oct 17 2003 Euan James Research Scientist University of Dundee School of Life Sciences Centre for High Resolution Imaging & Processing(CHIPs) MSI/WTB Complex Dundee DD1 5EH UK [email protected]: +44-1382-344741 Fax No.: +44-1382-345893 L.corniculatus, L.uliginosus, L.japonicus. Physiology, structure (especially of nodules). entry last revised Oct 18 2003

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Erik Østergaard Jensen Associate Professor University of Aarhus Dept. Molecular Biology. Lab. of Gene Expression Science Park Gustav Wieds Vej 10 C DK-8000 Aarhus C Denmark [email protected]://130.225.13.27/~eoj/Phone: +45-89425014 L.japonicus. Molecular biology, physiology, organ development. entry last revised Nov. 7 2003 Qunyi Jiang Laboratory manager The University of Queensland ARC Centre of Excellence for Integrative Legume Research John Hines Building Brisbane Qld 4072 Australia [email protected]: +61-7-33657227 Fax No.: +61-7-33653556 L.japonicus. Genetics, genomics and molecular biology. entry last revised Nov 21 2003 Bjarne Jochimsen IMSB-Lab. of Gene Expression University of Aarhus C.F. Møllers Alle Building 130 DK-8000 Aarhus C Denmark [email protected].: +45-86196500 Changing lab at present Nov 21 2003 Stephen W. Johnson International Seeds, Inc. P.O. Box 168

820 W. First Street Halsey Oregon 97348 U.S.A. [email protected]: 503-369-2251 Fax No.: 503-369-2640 L.corniculatus. Genetics; breeding; forage; seed; taxonomy. Identification and characterization of cultivars with high yield potential. Bodil Jørgensen Senior scientist Danish Institute of Agricultural Science Depart. Plant Biology, Biotechnology Group Thorvaldsensvej 40, opg. 8, 2 sal 1871 Frederiksberg C Denmark [email protected]: +45-35282578 Fax No.: +45-35282589 L.japonicus. Tissue culture, transformation, Molecular biology, biochemistry. entry last revised Nov 25 2003 Priyavadan A. Joshi The Royal Vetenary and Agricultural University Department of Plant Biology Plant Physiology and Anatomy Lab. Thorvaldsensvej 40 DK-1871 Frederiksberg C Denmark [email protected] Norihito Kanamori National Food Research Institute Food Engineering Division Kannondai 2-1-12 Tsukuba-city Ibaraki 305-8642 Japan [email protected]: +81-29-8388047 Fax.No.: +81-29-8391552 L.japonicus. Breeding and Molecular Biology. entry last revised Nov 5 2003

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Panagiotis Katinakis Professor Agricultural University of Athens Botanikos Iera Odos 75 11855 Athens Greece [email protected]: +30-210-5294314 Fax No.: +30-210-5294314 L.japonicus. Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Physiology. entry last revised Oct 22 2003 Tony Kavanagh Professor, Head of Department Trinity College Dublin Smurfit Institute Department of Genetics Dublin 2 Ireland [email protected]: +353-1-6081035 Fax.no.: +353-1-6714968 L.japonicus. Genetics. entry last revised Oct 14 2003 Masayoshi Kawaguchi Associate Professor University of Tokyo Graduate School of Sciences Department of Biological Sciences Hongo Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-0033 Japan [email protected] Fax.no.: +81-3-58414458 L.japonicus, L.burttii. Molecular basis of symbiosis and systemic regulation of nodule development entry last revised Oct 21 2003 Walter Kelman Research Scientist CSIRO Division of Plant Industry Institute of Plant Production and Processing

GPO Box 1600 Canberra ACT 2601 Australia [email protected]: +61-2-62465083 Fax No.: +61-2-62465255 L.uliginosus, L.corniculatus. Cultivar breeding and genetic analysis of agronomic traits. entry last revised Nov 7 2003 Kyung-Nam Kim Assistant Professor Sejong University Department of Molecular Biology 98 Gunja-Dong Gwangjin-Gu Seoul 143-747 Korea [email protected]: +82-2-34083647 Fax No.: +82-2-34083661 Arabidopsis thaliana. L.japonicus. Molecular Biology. entry last revised Nov 20 2003 Joseph H. Kirkbride USDA-Agricultural Research Service Systematic Botany & Mycology Laboratory Bldg 011A. Rm 304 BARC-West Beltsville, MD 20707 U.S.A. [email protected]: +1-310-5049447 Fax No.: +1-310-5045435 All Lotus spp. Taxonomy. Systematics of Lotus spp. entry last revised Oct 9 2003 Tatiana E. Kramina Scientific Researcher Moscow State University Biological Faculty Higher Plants Department Vorobyevy Gory, 1, building 12, 199992 Moscow Russia [email protected]

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Phone: +7-095-9391603 Fax No.: +7-095-9391827 Section Lotus, L.corniculatus group. Taxonomy. Natural hybridization. entry last revised Oct 13 2003 Lene Krusell Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology MPI-MP Am Mühlenberg 1 14476 Golm Germany [email protected]: +49-331-5678150 L.japonicus. entry last revised Oct 16 2003 Manuel Lainz Real Instituto de Estudios Asturianos Apartado 425 E-33280 Gijon (Asturias) Spain Phone: 34-85-394911 Fax No.: 34-85-381511 Lotus spp. of the Iberian Pennisula and nearby areas. Taxonomy. Pedro Laterra Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias CC 276, 7620 Balcarce Prov. Buenos Aires Argentina [email protected]://www.mdp.edu.arPhone: +54-2266-439100 Fax No.: +54-2266-439101 L. glaber. Ecology. entry last revised Oct 29 2003 W.H. (Bill) Leakey Deer Creek Seed Box 105 Ashland, WI 54806 U.S.A. [email protected]

Phone: +1-715-2783200 Fax No.: +1-715-2783209 L.corniculatus, L.glaber, L.uliginosus. Seed. Commercial production and sale of Lotus. entry last revised Oct 28 2003 R. H. Leep Michigan State University Exp Station 103 University Drive Chatham MI 49816 U.S.A. [email protected]: 906-228-4830 Fax No.: 906-228-4572 L. corniculatus. Forage; seed. Seed production; weed control in forage and pasture. Viviana Lepek CONICET researcher and Assistant Professor of Universidad de Gral San Martín Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas IIB-UNSAM Departamento de Microbiología (Interacción Rhizobium-leguminosas) Av. Gral Paz entre Albarellos y Constituyentes INTI, Edif. 24 (Colectora Gral Paz 5445) (1650) San Martín Buenos Aires Argentina [email protected]://www.iib.unsam.edu.arL.glaber, L.japonicus. Microbiology. entry last revised Nov 7 2003 Lina A.C. Lett Assitant Professor Facultad de Agronomía Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires Ciencias Básicas Agronómicas y Biológicas Av. República Italia 780 C.C. 47, (7300) Azul Provincia de Buenos Aires. Argentina [email protected]://www.faa.unicen.edu.arPhone : +54-2281-433291/2/3

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Fax No.: +54-2281-433292 L.glaber, L.corniculatus. Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Forage production, Genetics. entry last revised Nov 10 2003 Milla Linde Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Department of Crop Production Sciences Box 7043 S75007 Upsalla Sweden Dasharath Prasad Lohar Research Associate University of Minnesota, St. Paul Department of Plant Biology 1445 Gortner Ave. 250 Biological Sciences Building Saint Paul, MN 55108 U.S.A. [email protected]: +1-612-6249230 Fax No.: +1-612-6251738 L.japonicus. Molecular biology, microbiology, tissue culture, biology, genetics. entry last revised Oct 17 2003 W. L. (Bill) Lowther Scientist AgResearch Plant Breeding and Genomics Invermay Agricultural Centre Private Bag Mosgiel New Zealand [email protected]://www.agresearch.co.nzPhone: +64-3-4899053 Fax No.: +64-3-4893739 L.uliginosus, L.corniculatus. Ecology; utililization. microbiology, inoculation, rhizobia. entry last revised Oct 23 2003

Lene Heegaard Madsen IMSB-Lab. of Gene Expression University of Aarhus Science Park Gustav Wieds Vej 10 C DK-8000 Aarhus C Denmark Fax.no.: +45 86 12 31 78 Antonio J. Marquez Profesor Titular Departamento de Bioquímica Vegetal y Biología Molecular Facultad de Química Apartado 553 41080-Sevilla Spain [email protected]: +34-95-4557145 Fax.no.: +34-95-4626853 L. japonicus. Biochemistry, Molecular biology, Biotechnology, Nitrogen assimilation, Enzymology, Mutagenesis entry last revised Oct 7 2003 J. H. McAdam Principle Scientific Officer Agriculture and Food Science Centre Applied Plant Science Research Division Newforge Lane Belfast BT9 5PX Northern Ireland [email protected]: +44-28-90255275 Fax No.: +44-28-90255003 L.uliginosus. Ecology. Utilisation. entry last revised Nov 21 2003 Mark McCaslin Forage Genetics N5292 Gills Coulee Rd. West Salem WI 54669 U.S.A. [email protected]

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Phone: +1-608-7862121 Fax No.: +1-608-7862193 L. corniculatus. Forage; seed. entry last revised Nov 5 2003 Robert L. McGraw Associate Professor of Agronomy University of Missouri Department of Agronomy 208 Waters Columbia, MO 65211 U.S.A. [email protected]: +1-314-882-6608 Fax No.: +1-314-882-1467 L. corniculatus. Forage; utilization; physiology. Management strategies to improve performance and persistence. entry last revised Nov 30 2003 Réal Michaud Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada / Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Centre de recherche et de développement sur les sols et les grandes Cultures / Soils and Crops Research and Development Centre 2560 Hochelaga Blvd. Ste-Foy Québec G1V 2J3 Canada [email protected] Phone: +1-418-6577980 ext. 261 Fax No.: +1-418-6482402 L.corniculatus. Forage; utilization. entry last revised Oct 29 2003 Jorge Monza Professor Facultad de Agronomía Departmento de Biología Vegetal, Bioquímica Av. Garzón 780 Montevideo Uruguay [email protected]://www.fagro.edu.uy/bioquim/webPhone: ++598-2-3540229 Fax No.: ++598-2-3543004

L.corniculatus, L.glaber, L.uliginosus, L.japonicus. Biology, Physiology, Tissue Culture, Molecular Biology, Microbiology. entry last revised Nov 18 2003 Ken Moore Professor Iowa State University Department of Agronomy 1567 Agronomy Hall Ames Iowa 50011 U.S.A. [email protected]://www.public.iastate.edu/~kjmoore/Phone: +1-515-2943160 Fax No.: +1-515-2943163 L.corniculatus. Forage, utilization, ecology, physiology. entry last revised Oct 27 2003 Phil Morris Institute for Grassland & Environ. Res Plas Gogerddan Aberystwyth Dyfed SY23 3EB Wales [email protected]: 44 (0) 1970-823-113 Fax No.: 44 (0) 1970-823-242 L.corniculatus, L.japonicus. Physiology; tissue culture; biotechnology. Genetic manipulation of secondary metabolism: effect of environmental stress on secondary metabolism and digestibility; induced defense responses. Jorge A. Mosjidis Professor Auburn University Department of Agronomy and Soils 202 Funchess Hall Auburn, AL 36849-5412 U.S.A. [email protected]://www.ag.auburn.edu/ay/mosjidisPhone: +1-334-8443976 Fax No.: +1-334-8443945 Genetics. entry last revised Nov 6 2003

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John Mundy Professor Institute of Molecular Biology Oester Farimagsgade 2A 1353 Copenhagen K Denmark [email protected]://www.biobase.dk/~mundyPhone: +45-35322131 Fax No.: +45-35322128 Lotus japonicus. entry last revised Oct 16 2003 Valeria Negri Associate professor Universita' Degli Studi Di Perugia Biologia Vegetale Biotecnologie Agroambientali Borgo XX Giugno 74 06100 Perugia Italy [email protected]://www.agr.unipg.it/dbvbaPhone: +39 075 5856218 Fax No.: +39 075 5856224 Lotus curator. Germplasm, genetics. entry last revised Nov 25 2003 C. J. Nelson University of Missouri 210 Waters Hall Columbia, MO 65211 U.S.A. [email protected]: 314-882-2801 Fax No.: 341-882-1467 L. corniculatus. Physiology; forage. Minoru Niizeki Professor Hirosaki Unibersity Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science Plant Breeding and Genetics Hirosaki Aomori-ken 036-8561 Japan

[email protected]: +81-172-393776 Fax No.: +81-172-393750 L.corniculatus and L.japonicus. Genetics, Breeding and Molecular Biology. Plant breeding and Genetics by using somatic cell hybridization and Somaclonal variation. entry last revised Oct 18 2003 Takuji Ohyama Professor Faculty of Agriculture, Niigata University Department of Applied Biological Chemistry 2-8050 Ikarashi, Niigata, 950-2181 Japan [email protected]: +81-25-2626643 Fax No.: +81-25-2626643 L.japonicus. Genetics, Physiology, Symbiosis, Molecular Biology, Microbiology. entry last revised Nov11 2003 Fernando Olmos Assistant Researcher Instituto Nacional Investigación Agropecuaria - INIA Pasture Ecology Ruta 5, Km. 386 Tacuarembo Uruguay [email protected]: +598-63-22407 Fax No.: +598-63-23969 L.corniculatus; L.subbiflorus; L.uliginosus. Germplasm, Ecology, Physiology, Forage Production. entry last revised Nov 5 2003 Alicia Orea Postdoctoral position Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis CSIC-Universidad de Sevilla Avda. Américo Vespucio, s/n 41092-Seville Spain [email protected]://www.ibvf.cartuja.csic.es/Phone: +34-95-4489526

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Fax No. : +34-95-4460065 Lotus japonicus. Physiology. Nitrogen assimilation. entry last revised Oct 31 2003 María Cristina de Pablo Profesor Adjunto, con dedicación Exclusiva Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (UNCPBA) Facultad de Agronomía Laboratorio Regional de Análisis de Semillas y Granos Av. República Italia 780, C.C. 47 (7300) Azul Provincia de Buenos Aires Argentina [email protected]://www.faa.unicen.edu.arPhone: +54-2281-427566 Fax No.: +54-2281-433292 L.glaber, L.corniculatus. Seed Production and Quality. entry last revised Nov 4 2003 Cristina Pacios-Bras Postdoctoral position Leiden University Laboratoire des Proteines du Cytosquelette 41, Rue Jules Horowitz F-38027 Grenoble Cedex 1 France [email protected]: +33-4-38789219 Fax No.: +33-4-38785494 Former Lotus japonicus research. entry last revised Oct 31 2003 Eloisa Pajuelo Department of Biological Molecular University of Sevilla Apdo. 553 41080 Sevilla Spain [email protected]

Peter Paľove-Balang Researcher Institute of Botany SAV Department of Plant Physiology Dúbravská cesta 14 Bratislava Slovak Republic, 845 23 [email protected]: +421-2-59426127 Fax No.: +421-2-54771948 L.japonicus. Physiology, Molecular biology. entry last revised Oct 11 2003 Yousef A. Papadopoulos Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada 14 Fundy Drive Truro, NS B2N 5Z3 Canada [email protected]: +1-902-8960400 Fax No.: +1-902-8960200 L.corniculatus. Genetics; breeding; forage. Developing germplasm for seedling vigor and competitive ability for cultivar development. entry last revised Oct 22 2003 Martin Parniske Research Scientist John Innes Centre The Sainsbury Laboratory Colney Lane Norwich NR4 7UH England [email protected]://www.jic.bbsrc.ac.uk/science/sl/smp.htmPhone: +49-1603-450249 L.japonicus. L.filicaulis. Genetic and physical mapping of plant genes. Molecular genetic analysis of pathogenic and symbiotic plant-microbe interactions. Nitrogen fixing root nodule and arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis. entry last revised Oct 25 2003

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Andrea Pedrosa-Harand PostDoc Universidade Federal de Pernambuco Centro de Ciências Biológicas Departamento de Botânica Laboratório de Citogenética Vegetal Rua Nelson Chaves S/N, Cidade Universitária 50.670-420 Recife - PE Brazil [email protected]@uol.com.brPhone: +55-81-32718846 Fax No.: +55-81-32718348 L.japonicus, L.filicaulis, L.burttii. Genetics (Cytogenetics, Physical mapping, Comparative Genomics), Taxonomy. entry last revised Nov. 23 2003 Mette la Cour Petersen The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University Department of Plant Biology Plant Physiology and Anatomy Lab. Thorvaldsensvej 40 DK-1871 Frederiksberg C Denmark [email protected].: +45 35 28 33 10 Carsten Poulsen University of Aarhus Dep.Mol.Biol. - Lab.Gene Expression Science Park Gustav Wieds Vej 10 C DK-8000 Aarhus C Denmark [email protected]://130.225.13.27/~chp/ Phone: +45-89425007 Fax.no.: +45-86123178 L.japonicus. Genetics, Molecular Biology, Microbiology. entry last revised Oct 16 2003

Braj Nandan Prasad Professor & Coordinator,Programme in Biotechnology Tribhuvan University Programme in Biotechnology C/O Central Department Of Botany Kirtipru P.O.Box 9782 Kathmandu Nepal [email protected] Phone: +977-1-330582 Fax No: +977-1-4331964 L.corniculatus and L.japonicus. Physiology and Molecular Biology. entry last revised Oct 18 2003 Daniel Real INIA - Tacuarembo Ruta 5 Km. 386 C.P. 45000 Tacuarembo Uruguay [email protected]: 598-632-2407 Fax No.: 598-632-3969 More than 40 Lotus species. Genetics; breeding. Plant introduction trials for the genus Lotus in the basaltic region of Uruguay. Mónica Rebuffo National Institute of Agricultural Research INIA “La Estanzuela” Ruta 50, km 11 C.P. 70000 Colonia Uruguay [email protected]://www.inia.org.uyhttp://www.inia.org.uy/sitios/lnl/Phone: +598-574-8000 Ext 1479 Fax No.: +598-574-8012 L.corniculatus, L.uliginosus, L.subbiflorus. Breeding. Genetics. Lotus Curator. Lotus Newsletter editor. entry last revised Oct 2 2003

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Kevin Reed Department of Primary Industries Pastoral and Veterinary Institute PB 105 Hamilton, Victoria 3300 Australia [email protected]: +61-55-730911 Fax No.: +61-55-711523 L uliginosus; L.corniculatus.Ecology; forage; utilization; germplasm. Plant introduction, cultivar evaluation, and animal production. entry last revised Oct 12 2003 J.S. Grant Reid Professor Emeritus University of Stirling Department of Plant Biochemistry Stirling FK9 4LA Scotland United Kingdom [email protected]: +44 1786 467762 Fax No.: +44 1786 464994 L. japonicus.Physiology, Molecular Biology. entry last revised Nov 30 2003 Joel Reynaud Laboratoire de Botanique Faculté de Pharmacie Avenue Rockefeller 69373 Lyon Cedex 08 France [email protected]://ispb.univ-lyon1.fr/cours/botaniqueTeaching (currently no research activity with Lotus). entry last revised Nov 30 2003 Craig A. Roberts Associate Professor University of Missouri Agronomy Department 214 Waters Hall Columbia, MO 65211 U.S.A. [email protected]

http://www.psu.missouri.edu/roberts/ Phone: +1-573-8822801 Fax No.: +1-573-8844317 Mainly L.corniculatus, but other species as well. Germplasm screening. Forage quality. Biochemical defense. entry last revised Oct 22 2003 Mark P. Robbins Institute for Grassland & Environ. Res. Cell Biology Dep. Plas Gogerddan Aberystwyth Dyfed WALES SY23 3EB UK [email protected]: 44 (0) 1970-823-113 Fax No.: 44 (0) 1970-823-242 L. corniculatus; L. japonicus. Genetics; biology; biotechnology; secondary products. Analysis and genetic modification of flavonoids and condensed tannins in L. corniculatus. Identification and characterization of tannin genes in L. japonicus. William John Rogers Professor Tit. Ord. Excl. Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires Ciencias Básicas Agronómicas y Biológicas Av. República Italia 780, C.C. 47 (7300) Azul Provincia de Buenos Aires. Argentina [email protected]://www.faa.unicen.edu.arPhone: +54-2281-433292 Fax No.: +54-2281-433292 L.corniculatus, L.glaber. Genetics, Breeding, Molecular Biology. entry last revised Nov 25 2003 Clive Ronson Chair in Genetics University of Otago Microbiology Department P.O. Box 56

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Dunedin New Zealand [email protected]://microbes.otago.ac.nz/dept/STAFF/profile-ronsonc.htmlFax No.: +64-4798540 L.japonicus, L.corniculatus. Microbiology and Genetics of the microsymbiont Mesorhizobium loti. entry last revised Oct 9 2003 Andreas Roussis IMSB-Lab. of Gene Expression University of Aarhus Science Park Gustav Wieds Vej 10 C DK-8000 Aarhus C Denmark Fax.no.: +45 86 12 31 78 Oscar Adolfo Ruiz Researcher (CONICET) and Professor (UNSAM) Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas-Instituto Tecnológico de Chascomús (IIB-INTECh) and Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM) Unidad de Biotecnología 1 IIB-INTECh and Licenciatura en Biotecnología (UNSAM) Casilla de Correo 164. Camino de circunvalación Km 5. (B7130 IWA). Chascomús Provincia de Buenos Aires Argentina [email protected] [email protected] http://www.iib.unsam.edu.arPhone: +54-2241-424049/430323 Fax No.: +54-2241-424048 L.corniculatus, L.glaber, and L.japonicus. Biology, Physiology, Molecular Biology and Microbiology. entry last revised Oct 6 2003 Gerhard Saalbach Risø National Laboratory Plant Biology & Biogeochemistry Department

P.O. Box 49 DK-4000 Roskildie Denmark [email protected].: +45 46 77 42 82 Kazuhiko Saeki Department of Biology Graduate School of Science Osaka University 1-1 Machikaneyama Toyanaka 560-0043 Japan [email protected].: +81 6 850 5425 Hajime Sakai DuPont Agricultural Biotech 1 Innovation Way Newark, DE 19714-6104 U.S.A. [email protected].: +302 631 2607 Federico Sanchez Professor Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Plant Molecular Biology Department. Instituto de Biotecnología Av. Universidad 2001 Col. Chamilpa. 62210 Cuernavaca, Morelos México [email protected] No.: +52-73-172388 L. japonicus, L. corniculatus.Molecular and cell biology. Cell imaging. Actin cystoskeleton, cell signaling. Nodule development. Rhizobium-Legume interactions. entry last revised Nov 30 2003 Niels Sandal IMSB-Lab. of Gene Expression University of Aarhus Gustav Wieds Vej 10 C DK-8000 Aarhus C

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Denmark [email protected].: +45 86 12 31 78 Juan Sanjuán Research Scientist Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) Estación Experimental del Zaidin Departamento de Microbiologia del Suelo y Sistemas Simbióticos Prof. Albareda 1 E-18008 Granada Spain [email protected]://www.eez.csic.es/inves/grupos/D3.htmPhone: +34-958-181600 Ext. 259 Fax No.: +34-958-129600 L.japonicus, L.corniculatus, L.glaber, L.uliginosus. Microbiology. entry last revised Oct 13 2003 Sindhu Sareen Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute CSKHPKV Campus Palampur 176062 (H.P.) India [email protected] last revised Oct 9 2003 Shusei Sato Researcher Kazusa DNA Research Institute Plant gene research group 2-6-7 Kazusa-Kamatari Kisarazu, 292-0818 Japan [email protected]://www.kazusa.or.jp/lotus/Phone: +81-438-523935 Fax No.: +81-438-523934 L.japonicus. Genomics; Molecular genetics. entry last revised Nov 24 2003 Leif Schauser IMSB-Lab. of Gene Expression University of Aarhus

Science Park Gustav Wieds Vej 10 C DK-8000 Aarhus C Denmark [email protected].: +45 86 12 31 78 Simone Meredith Scheffer-Basso Professor Instituto de Ciências Biológicas/ Universidade de Passo Fundo Departamento Biologia Rua Silva Jardim, 303 apto. 701 99010-240 Passo Fundo Rio Grande do Sul Brazil [email protected]://www.upf.tche.brPhone: +55-316-8100 Ext: 8326 L.corniculatus. Morphophysiology and evaluation of forage production (cutting-grazing tolerance, growth habit , nutritive value, competition, mixtures with grasses). entry last revised Oct 16 2003 Helmi R.M. Schlaman Postdoctoral Leiden University Institute of Biology Leiden Wassenaarseweg 64 2333 AL Leiden The NetherIands [email protected]: +31-71-5274927 Fax No.: +31-71-5275088 L.japonicus. Molecular biology entry last revised Oct 20 2003 Ms Anne Schneider Executive Secretary Delegate AEP, European Association for Grain Legume Research Executive Secretariat 12 avenue George V 75 008 Paris France [email protected]

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http://www.grainlegumes.comPhone: +33-1-40694909 Fax No.: +33-1-47235872 The AEP is an international multidisciplinary network of scientists and end-users concerned with grain legumes. The AEP office is interested in being informed about the progress in Lotus investigations for establishing connection with other legumes research activities. entry last revised Nov 20 2003 Philippe Seguin Assistant Professor McGill University, Macdonald Campus Department of Plant Science 21,111 Lakeshore Rd. Ste. Anne de Bellevue Quebec H9X 3V9 Canada [email protected]://www.mcgill.ca/plant/faculty/seguin/Phone: +1-514-3987851 Fax No.: +1-514-3987897 L.corniculatus. Forage production, Utilization. entry last revised Nov 21 2003 Richard R. Smith Retired Research Geneticist USDA-ARS, University of Wisconsin US Dairy Forage Research Center 1925 Linden R. West Madison WI 53706 U.S.A. [email protected]: +1-608-2645240 Fax No.: +1-608-2645147 L. corniculatus. Genetics; breeding; forage. Selection for improved seedling establishment and improved persistence; cultivar evaluation. entry last revised Nov 11 2003 Dmitry Sokoloff Lecturer Higher Plants Department Biological Faculty Moscow State University 119992 Moscow

Russia [email protected] http://www.herba.msu.ru/ Phone: +7-095-9391603 Fax No.: +7-095-9392777 L.australis and related taxa, L.arabicus and related taxa, L.discolor and related taxa, L.creticus and related taxa. Taxonomy. Generic limits of Lotus, taxonomy of its segregate genera, sectional system of Lotus, taxonomy of some white-, red- and pink-flowered species. Cladistic analyses. Flower development in Lotus corniculatus. entry last revised Oct 9 2003 Diego Sorrondegui Larrosa Gabriel A. Pereyra 2940/205 11300 Montevideo Uruguay [email protected]: 598-2-707-87-45 L. corniculatus. Breeding; ecology; germplasm;seed; forage. Persistence of Lotus. Gary Stacey University of Tennessee Center for Legume Research M409 Walters Life Science Bldg. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-0845 U.S.A. [email protected]://www.bio.utk.edu/microbio/staceylab/nodulate.htmlTelephone 423-974-4041 Fax.no.: 423-974-4007 Jiri Stiller Plant Molecular Genetics Center for Legume Research The University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN 37901-1071 U.S.A. [email protected]://soybean.ag.utk.edu

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Jens Stougaard Lecturer, Group leader University of Aarhus IMSB-Lab. of Gene Expression Department of Molecular Biology Science Park Gustav Wieds Vej 10 C DK-8000 Aarhus C Denmark [email protected] Phone: +45-89425011 Fax.no.: +45-8621222 L.japonicus. Plant molecular genetics and general molecular biology. Genetic mapping, map-based cloning, gene isolation, gene characterisation, expression studies. entry last revised Oct 15 2003 Norio Suganuma Professor Aichi University of Education Department of Life Science Kariya Aichi 448-8542 Japan [email protected]: +81-566-262647 Fax No.: +81-566-262310 L. japonicus. Genetics, Physiology. entry last revised Nov 5 2003 John Sullivan Research fellow University of Otago Department of Microbiology New Zealand [email protected]: +64-3-4798373 Fax No.: +64-3-4798540 L.corniculatus, L.japonicus. Molecular Biology, Microbiology. entry last revised Nov 20 2003 Krzysztof Szczyglowski Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada 1391 Sandford Street London, ON N5V 4T3

Canada [email protected] Phone: +1-519-457-1470 ext. 273 Fax.no.: +1-519-457-3997 L.japonicus entry last revised Oct 02 2003 Shigeyuki Tajima Professor Lab. Molecular Plant Nutrition Faculty of Agriculture Kagawa University Miki-cho, Kita-gun Kagawa 761-0795 Japan [email protected]: +81-87-8913129 Fax.no.: +81-87-8913021 L.japonicus. Genetics, Molecular Biology. entry last revised Oct 17 2003 Myra Tansengo Department of Biotechnology Faculty of Engineering Osaka University Rm. 202, Akatsuka-so 1-9-2, Kamishinden Toyohaku-shi, Osaka 560-0085 Japan [email protected]. japonicus. Biotechnology. In planta transformation; mutation studies. Nancy Terryn Researcher University Gent Instititute plant Biotechnology for developing Countries K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35 9000 Gent Belgium [email protected]://www.ipbo.ugent.be/Phone: +32-9-2645201 Fax No.: +32-9-2648795 L.japonicus, Phaseolus, Lathyrus. Transformation, seed development, stress response, molecular biology of Grain legumes

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such as Phaseolus, cowpea, Lathyrus for which there is little genomic data so we look at model systems L.japonicus. entry last revised Oct 20 2003 Monica Tourn Catedra de Botanica Fac. Agronomia-UBA Avda. San Martin 4453 RA-1417 Buenos Aires Argentina [email protected]: 522-0903 Fax No.: 522-1687 L.glaber. Ecology; forage. Architectural analysis and clonal growth. Toshiki Uchiumi Associate Professor Kagoshima University Faculty of Science Department of Chemistry and BioScience 1-21-35 Korimoto Kagoshima 890-0065 Japan [email protected]: +81-99-2858164 Fax.no.: +81-99-2858163 L.japonicus. Physiology, Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Symbiosis entry last revised Oct 21 2003 Michael Udvardi Group Leader Max-Planck-Institut fur Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie Molecular Plant Nutrition Am Mühlenberg 1 14476 Golm Deutchland [email protected]: +49-331-5678149 Fax No.: +49-331-5678250 L.japonicus. Genetics, biochemistry, molecular biology, and functional genomics (transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolics).

Symbiotic nitrogen fixation and molecular plant nutrition. entry last revised Oct 22 2003 Yosuke Umehara Laboratory of Nitrogen Fixation Department of Plant Physiology National Institute of Agrobiological Resources 1-2 Kannodai 2-chome Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0856 Japan [email protected].: +81-298-38-8347 K. Urbanska Geobotanisches Institut E.T.H. Zurich 38 Zurichbergstrasse CH-8044 Zurich Switzerland Phone: 0041-1-252- Fax No.: 0041-1-252-3404 L. corniculatus. Ecology; reclamation. Carroll Vance USDA-ARS, Agronomy & Plant Genetics University of Minnesota 1991 Buford Circle St. Paul MN 55108 U.S.A. [email protected]: 612-625-1991 Fax No.: 612-625-1268 L.corniculatus. Physiology. Carbohydrate and nitrogen metabolism research on L.corniculatus. Brad Venuto 215 M. B. Sturgis Hall Louisiana State University Agronomy Department Baton Rouge, LA 70803 U.S.A. [email protected]

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Desh Pal S. Verma Professor Ohio State University 1060 Carmack Rd. Columbus OH 43210-1002 U.S.A. [email protected]. corniculatus. Genetics; tissue culture; biotechnology. Expression of nodule-specific genes. Don R. Viands Associate Dean and Director of Academic Programs, Professor of Plant Breeding Dept. of Plant Breeding and Biometry 151 Roberts Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 U.S.A. [email protected] : +1-607-255-3081 Fax No.: +1607-254-4613 L.corniculatus. Breeding; pathology. Breeding for resistance to crown-rot and to Fusarium wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum. entry last revised Oct 7 2003 Osvaldo Ramón Vignolio Professor Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata- EEA INTA Balcarce. Producción Vegetal Ruta 226, Km 73.5 CC 276 (7620) Balcarce Argentina [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]: +54-2266-439100 Fax No.: +54-2266-439101 L.corniculatus, L.glaber. Germplasm, Ecology, Biology, Physiology, Forage Production, Utilization, Seed Production. entry last revised Nov 9 2003

Ken P. Vogel USDA-ARS Dept. of Agronomy 332 Keim Hall, East Campus Univ. of Nebraska Lincoln, NE 68583-0937 U.S.A. [email protected]: 402-472-1490 Fax No.: 402-437-5254 L. corniculatus. Genetics; breeding. Interested in compatibility of L. corniculatus with native grass species. Jeffrey J. Volenec Professor Purdue University Department of Agronomy Lilly Hall of Life Sciences 915 West State St. West Lafayette IN 47907-2054 U.S.A. [email protected]://www.agry.purdue.edu/staffbio/jjvbio.htmPhone: +1-765-494-8071 Fax No.: +1-765-496-2926 L.corniculatus. Physiology; utilization, molecular biology, biochemistry. entry last revised Oct 27 2003 Trevor L. Wang Group Leader Metabolic Biology Department John Innes Centre Norwich Research Park Norwich NR4 7UH UK [email protected]://www.jic.bbsrc.ac.uk/staff/trevor-wang/index.htmPhone: +44-1603-450283 Fax No.: +44-1603-450014 L.japonicus. Genetics, Biology, Physiology, Molecular Biology, Metabolism entry last revised Nov 4 2003

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Judith Webb Research Scientist Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research Plas Gogerddan Aberystwyth Ceredigion, SY23 3EB Wales, UK [email protected]: +44-1970-823124 Fax No.: +44-1970-823243 L.japonicus, L.corniculatus. Genetics, Biology, Physiology, Tissue Culture, Molecular Biology, Microbiology entry last revised Nov 9 2003 Susan Wijting Leiden University Clusius Laboratorium Wassenaarse Weg 64 2333 AL Leiden The Netherlands [email protected]