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40 SEEDWORLD.COM SEPTEMBER 2015 Trade Associations position paper Promoting Innovation in Seed and Crop Plant Development. The NAPB Advocacy Committee discussed the ASTA position paper and endorsed it. The com- mittee specifically highlighted the need for uni- form science-based standards for regulating new technology to maintain the genetic improvement of food feed fiber shelter and greenspace while protecting the environment and ensuring food security. Such technologies should be size neutral and available to public breeders and other public scientists. NAPB felt that the principles articulated in ASTAs paper should be extended to vegetatively propagated crops. The NAPB membership voted and passed the Advocacy Committees motion to endorse the ASTA position paper. HONORING EXCEPTIONALISM 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award This award recognizes an individual who has given distinguished long-term service to the plant breeding discipline through research teaching Extension outreach and leadership. P. Stephen Baenziger Nebraska Wheat Growers Presidential Chair University of Nebraska Lincoln is the recipient of the 2015 NAPB Lifetime Achievement Award. Baenziger joined the University of Nebraska faculty in 1986 after holding positions at the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Monsanto. His wheat breeding program has focused on improving yield quality for bread and noodles disease resistance and drought tolerance. Baenziger has used every tool available including genomics-based technologies and cytogenetics to develop varieties to meet the world food demands in a sustainable way. He has developed and released 35 wheat varieties which are grown on more than 60 percent of the Nebraska wheat acres and is credited with boosting the income of Nebraska farmers by 71 million. In 2013 his winter wheat varieties were recognized by the Wheat Quality Council as Best in Show for exhibiting the highest quality. In addition to wheat Baenziger has released six barley and four triticale cultivars. Furthermore Baenziger has trained more than 50 students who have gone on to achieve greatness and wield influence across the globe. He has held numerous leadership positions including president of Crop Science Society of America in 2003 board of trustee member for the International Rice Research Institute from 2010 to 2015 and first chair of the Plant Breeding Coordinating Committee in 2007. He sets the standard for this generation of public and private plant breeders. 2015 Impact Award The NAPB Impact Award recognizes an individual who has made significant advancements in the field of plant breeding specifically in the area of applied variety andor technology development. Rex Bernardo professor and Endowed Chair in corn breeding and genetics at the University of Minnesota is recognized with the 2015 NAPB Impact Award. After holding positions at Limagrain Genetics and Purdue University Bernardo joined the faculty at the University of Minnesota in 2000. Recognizing that virtually all corn hybrids in the United States are developed by the seed industry he chose to focus on contributions to breeding methods and the development of best practices for application of genomics-based technologies. He pioneered work on Best Linear Unbiased Prediction BLUP in plants testing strategies to employ early generation testing and breeding strategies for use with doubled haploidy and genomic selection. He has authored more than 90 referred publications a number of which are seminal articles on hot topics in plant breeding applications. Bernardo literally wrote the book on breeding for quantitative traits in plants releasing two textbooks which are widely used in plant breeding. In addition he is a visionary leader in modern quantitative genetics. Bernardo has been a catalyst for change influencing the application of new technologies in a powerful way. maize_canada Plant breeders need legal certainty in public policies. ASTA napb2015 The position paper outlines five principles for government policies. These principles include Government policies should be science and risk-based predictable and promote innova- tion and advancements in breeding. Government policies should acknowledge cur- rent seed regulations and standard breeding practices that establish the current high standards for seed product integrity and varietal purity to meet customer needs and the demands of the market place. Governments should not differentially regulate products developed through the precision breeding tools that are similar to or indistin- guishable from products resulting from more traditional breeding tools since such similar products are not likely to pose different risks. Regulation and oversight if needed should be based on sound scientific principles and proportional to the degree to which the prod- uct presents new potential safety concerns to the environment or foodfeed chain and not based on the breeding process by which it was produced. Small changes to plant genomes such as those occurring through traditional breeding and evolution need to be viewed in light of the inherent diversity in plant genomes as well as the long successful history of plant breeding and its exceptional record of safety. Governments should avoid creating trade barriers or disruptions due to non-harmonious policies and practices. To read the full position paper visit amseed. orgpdfsissuesinnovation-and-policypromoting- innovation-in-seed-and-crop-development.pdf.