294 Diversity and Trait Analyses In Crop Plants: II/Div. C07 Business Meeting

This session focuses on using molecular markers to study diversity, to dissect traits into their individual components and to identify and validate candidate genes underlying those traits.

C07 Genomics, Molecular Genetics & Biotechnology
Wednesday, November 3, 2010: 9:55 AM-3:45 PM
Long Beach Convention Center, Room 102C, First Floor
Organizers:
Katrien Devos and Georgia Eizenga
Presidings:
Eduard Akhunov and Guihua Bai
9:55 AM
Introductory Remarks
10:00 AM
294-1
Whole Genome Resequencing for Capturing Biodiversity, Rediscovering Domestication and Beyond.
Bicheng Yang, BGI; Xun Xu, BGI; Xiaosen Guo, BGI; Riqiang Li, BGI; Jun Wang, BGI
10:15 AM
294-2
Quantitative Trait Loci for Seed Shattering and Seed Dormancy in Weedy Red Rice.
Prasanta Subudhi, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center; Arnold Parco, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center; Pradeep Singh, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center; Teresa Deleon, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center; Hanamareddy Biradar, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center; Marc Cohn, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
10:30 AM
294-3
Characterization of a Candidate Gene at qCTS12, a Major QTL for Seedling Cold Tolerance in Rice (Oryza sativa L.).
Sangic Kim, USDA-ARS; Thomas Tai, USDA-ARS
10:45 AM
294-4
DNA Sequence Characterization of the Malate Transporter Gene-Complex in Rye.
J. Perry Gustafson, USDA-ARS; Kathleen Ross, USDA-ARS
11:00 AM
294-5
Fine Mapping a Major QTL for Pre-Harvest Sprouting (PHS) Resistance by Comparative Analysis in White Wheat.
Shubing Liu, Kansas State University, Department of Agronomy; Guihua Bai, Kansas State University, Department of Agronomy; Sunish Sehgal, Kansas State University, Department of Plant Pathology; Bikram Gill, Kansas State University, Department of Plant Pathology; Eduard Akhunov, Kansas State University, Department of Plant Pathology
11:15 AM
294-6
Investigation of the Role of Epicuticular Wax On Heat and Drought Tolerance in Wheat (Triticum aestivum).
Francis Beecher, Texas A&M University; Christopher Chick, Texas A&M University; Suheb Mohammed, Texas A&M University; Ashima Paudel, Texas A&M University; Trevis Huggins, Texas A&M University; Amir Ibrahim, Texas A&M University; Dirk Hays, Texas A&M University
11:30 AM
294-7
Association Analyses Discover and Validate Alleles for Stem Rust Resistance Using a Panel of U.S. Winter Wheat.
Dadong Zhang, Kansas State University, Department of Agronomy; Guihua Bai, Kansas State University, Department of Agronomy; Yue Jin, USDA-ARS; Robert Bowden, USDA-ARS; Brett Carver, Oklahoma State University; Chengsong Zhu, Kansas State University, Department of Agronomy; Jianming Yu, Kansas State University, Department of Agronomy
11:45 AM
Lunch Break
12:55 PM
294-8
Molecular Breeding of Winter Wheat Cultivars Adaptive to Changing Climate.
Liuling Yan, Oklahoma State University; Brett Carver, Oklahoma State University
1:10 PM
294-9
Identification of Genes Important for Host Plant Defense and Crop Pest Management.
Yinghua Huang, USDA-ARS
1:25 PM
294-10
Sources of Aphid Resistance Mechanisms From the Tuber-Bearing Solanum Germplasm.
Ananya Mukherjee, University of Maine; Andrei Alyokhin, University of Maine; Gary Sewell, University of Maine; Benildo de los Reyes, University of Maine
1:40 PM
294-11
Rapid Trait Development System: Non-Transgenic Approach to Obtaining Plant Improvements.
Peter R. Beetham, Cibus Global
1:55 PM
294-12
Transcriptome Analysis of Weed Competition and Reduced Light Quantity On Corn Growth.
Stephanie Hansen, South Dakota State University; Sharon Clay, South Dakota State University; J. Moriles, South Dakota State University; D. Horvath, USDA-ARS
2:10 PM
294-13
Probe Masking of Arabidopsis Microarrays to Detect Differential Gene Expression in Ovules of Sexual and Apomictic Boechera (Brassicaceae).
Jonathan Cardwell, Utah State University; John Carman, Utah State University
2:25 PM
Concluding Remarks
2:30 PM
Break
2:45 PM
Division Business Meeting
3:45 PM
Adjourn
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