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2017 Annual Meeting | Oct. 22-25 | Tampa, FL

266 Genomics, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

Oral Session
C07 Genomics, Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology
This session will provide oral presentation opportunities in general area of Genomics, Molecular Biology and Biotechnolgy. The session will consist of a 15-minute oral presentations.
Tuesday, October 24, 2017: 1:30 PM-3:50 PM
Tampa Convention Center, Room 23

Organizers:
Rajeev K. Varshney and Henry T. Nguyen
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
Dissecting Genetic and Molecular Mechanisms of Nodulation in Cultivated Peanut (Arachis hypogaea. L).
James Maku, University of Florida Agronomy & Soils Club; Ze Peng, university of florida; Hai Zhou, university of florida; Jianping Wang, University of Florida
1:50 PM
Dissecting Gene Network Underlying Essential Micronutrients like Iron, Zinc and Toxic Elements like Cadmium to Improve Wheat Nutritional Quality for Human Health.
Ajay Kumar, North Dakota State University; Marina Dobrydina, North Dakota State University; atena oladzad, North Dakota State University; Evan Salsman, North Dakota State University; Mohamed Mergoum, The University of Georgia; Elias M. Elias, North Dakota State University
2:05 PM
Rapid Identification of Causal Gene Mutations through Sequencing Bulked F2 Derived from Independent Alleles.
Yinping Jiao, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; Nicholas Gladman, USDA-ARS; Gloria B. Burow, USDA; Chad Hayes, USDA; John J. Burke, USDA-ARS; Junping Chen, USDA-ARS; Doreen Ware, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; Zhanguo Xin, USDA-ARS
2:20 PM
A Novel Gamma-Glutamyl Cycle and Its Role in Mediating Oxidative Stress and Glutamate Recycling Via Maintaining Glutathione Homeostasis.
Om Parkash Dhankher, University of Massachusetts-Amherst; Bibin Paulose, Stockbridge School of Agriculture, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Department of Plant Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; Sudesh Chhikara, University of Massachusetts Amherst
2:35 PM
Break
2:50 PM
Night-Break Experiments Shed Light on PHOTOPERIOD1-Mediated Flowering in Wheat.
Stephen Pearce, Colorado State University; Lindsay Shaw, University of California Davis; Huiqiong Lin, University of California Davis; Jennifer Cotter, Colorado State University; Chengxia Li, University of California Davis; Jorge Dubcovsky, University of California-Davis
3:05 PM
Constructing Eleusine Transcriptome References for Determination African Finger Millet (Eleusine coracana) Parentage.
Hui Zhang, Auburn University; Nathan Hall, Auburn University; Leslie R Goertzen, Auburn University; Charles Yiwu Chen, Auburn University; Eric Peatman, Auburn University; J. Scott McElroy, Auburn University
3:20 PM
Transcriptome Analysis and Differential Expression of Tall Fescue Harboring Different Endophyte Strains Response to Water Deficit.
Randy D. Dinkins, USDA-ARS; Padmaja Nagabhyru, University of Kentucky; Christopher Schardl, University of Kentucky
3:50 PM
Adjourn