Symposium--Meeting the Challenge: Genotyping Diverse Germplasm and Providing Tools for Crop Improvement

Oral Session

C01 Crop Breeding & Genetics

This symposium will address progress made in meeting the CSSA Grand Challenge to genotype diverse germplasm in collections, as well as elite breeding material, and to develop systems for storage,visualization and utilization of these data.

Cosponsor(s):

C07 Genomics, Molecular Genetics & Biotechnology, C08 Plant Genetic Resources
Sunday, October 21, 2012: 2:25 PM-5:00 PM
Duke Energy Convention Center, Room 264, Level 2
Organizer:
Gina Brown-Guedira
2:25 PM
Introductory Remarks
2:30 PM
Progress and Challenges in the Use of High-Density Genetic Markers by CGIAR Breeding Programs to Increase Genetic Gains for Major Food Crops in the Developing World.
Gary Atlin, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Edward S. Buckler, USDA-ARS/Cornell University; Jean-Luc Jannink, USDA-ARS, Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health; Susan R. McCouch, Cornell University; Vanessa S. Windhausen, Universitat Hohenheim; Raman Babu, CIMMYT; Jose Crossa, CIMMYT; Marco Lopez, CIMMYT; Jeffrey Endelman, USDA-ARS, Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health; Rajeev Varshney, ICRISAT; Hei Leung, IRRI; Charles Hash, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics; Yoseph Beyene, CIMMYT; Kassa Semagn, CIMMYT
3:00 PM
Rich Genomic and Agro-Morphological Diversity Provides Fuel for Rice Varietal Improvement.
Georgia C. Eizenga, USDA-ARS; Anna M. Mcclung, USDA-ARS; M. Liakat Ali, University of Arkansas; Chih-Wei Tung, Cornell University; Mark H. Wright, Cornell University; Francisco J. Agosto-Perez, Cornell University; Anthony J. Greenberg, Cornell University; Jason G. Mezey, Cornell University; Susan R. McCouch, Cornell University
3:30 PM
Adding Value to the National Small Grains Collection with Molecular Data.
J. Michael Bonman, USDA-ARS; Harold Bockelman, USDA-ARS; Jianli Chen, University of Idaho; Brian Bowman, University of Idhao; Gina Brown-Guedira, USDA-ARS; Deven See, USDA-ARS Wheat Genetics, Quality, Physiology and Disease Research Unit; Christopher Richards, USDA-ARS
4:00 PM
Genetic Variation in Cultivated and Non-Cultivated Barley: From SNPs to Copy Number Variants.
Maria Munoz-Amatriain, University of Minnesota; J. Michael Bonman, USDA-ARS; Jordi Comadran, The James Hutton Institute (JHI); Harold Bockelman, USDA-ARS; Shiaoman Chao, USDA-ARS; Steven Eichten, University of Minnesota; Jeffrey Jeddeloh, Roche NimbleGen; Manuela Knauft, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK); Martin Mascher, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK); Todd Richmond, Roche NimbleGen; Joanne Russell, The James Hutton Institute (JHI); Burkhard Steuernagel, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK); Nathan Springer, University of Minnesota; Nils Stein, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK); Robbie Waught, The James Hutton Institute (JHI); Gary Muehlbauer, University of Minnesota
4:30 PM
GenConnect: Connecting Omics with Application.
Eric Jackson, Principal Scientists; Joe Lutz, Principal Scientists; Shannon Schlueter, University of North Carolina
5:00 PM
Adjourn