2008 Joint Annual Meeting (5-9 Oct. 2008): Symposium--Non-Traditional Uses for Plant Genetic Resources

573 Symposium--Non-Traditional Uses for Plant Genetic Resources



Monday, 6 October 2008: 8:25 AM
George R. Brown Convention Center, 371E
Presiding:
Gary A. Pederson
8:50 AM
Ancient Agriculture and Genetic Diversity.
Alexia Smith, Univ. of Connecticut
9:30 AM
Arachis Genetic Resources for Peanut Improvement.
Shyamalrau Tallury, North Carolina State University
9:50 AM
10:10 AM
Plant Genetic Resources Can Improve Our Understanding and Utilization of Endophytes.
Andrew A. Hopkins, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation; Carolyn Young, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
10:30 AM
DNA Barcoding the Major Medicinal Plants of the World.
W. John Kress, Smithsonian Institution; David L. Erickson, Smithsonian Institution
10:50 AM
Using Plant Genetic Resources to Understand the Developmental Genetic Basis of Grass Morphological Diversity.
Simon Malcomber, California State University-Long Beach; Ashley Christensen, California State University-Long Beach; Daniel Woods, California State University-Long Beach
11:50 AM