55 Symposium--Biomass Energy Systems: Breeding, Genetics, & Genomics

Breeding, genetic, and genomic talks related to development of bioenergy crops. Emphasis will be on the DOE Bioenergy Centers, as much as possible.

A10 Bioenergy and Agroindustrial Systems
Monday, November 1, 2010: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Long Beach Convention Center, Room 201A, Second Floor
Organizer:
Michael Casler
Presiding:
Gautam Sarath
1:00 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:05 PM
55-1
Designing Crop Varieties for Lignocellulosic Ethanol Production.
Shawn Kaeppler, University of Wisconsin; Natalia De Leon, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1:30 PM
55-2
Global Expression In Sorghum Brown Midrib Mutants; a Tool to Improve Biomass for Biofuels.
Scott Sattler, USDA-ARS
1:55 PM
55-3
Synteny of the Switchgrass Linkage Map with Sorghum, Rice, and Foxtail Millet Genomes.
Christian Tobias, USDA-ARS
2:20 PM
55-4
From Systems Biology to Feedstock Improvement.
Joshua S. Yuan, Texas A&M University
2:45 PM
Break
3:00 PM
55-5
Genomics to Improve Alfalfa as a Biofuel Feedstock.
E. Charles Brummer, University of Georgia; Maria Monteros, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation; Gregory D. May, NCGR; Xuehui Li, University of Georgia; Yanling Wei, University of Georgia; Muhammet Sakiroglu, Kafkas University; Jeff Doyle, Cornell Univ.; Sue Sherman-Broyles, Cornell Univ.
3:25 PM
55-6
Breeding, Genomics, and Selection of Shrub Willow Bioenergy Crops for Yield and Biomass Composition.
Larry Smart, Cornell University; Michelle Serapiglia, Cornell University; Kim Cameron, Cornell University; Art Stipanovic, SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry
3:50 PM
55-7
Using Deep Transcriptional Profiling to Improve Plant Oils.
Timothy Durrett, Michigan State University; Daniel McClosky, Michigan State University; Mike Pollard, Michigan State University; John Ohlrogge, Michigan State University
4:15 PM
55-8
Using Comparative Genomics to Improve Commercial Energy Crops.
Roger Pennell, Ceres, Inc.
4:45 PM
Discussion
5:00 PM
Adjourn
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