Organizers:
Paul H. Moore(Hawaii Agriculture Research Center)
and
Erik Mirkov(Texas A&M University)
Date: Sunday, January 15, 2012
Time: 8:00 AM-12:30 PM
Room: Royal Palm Salon 1-2
8:00 AM
EXPRESSION PROFILING OF SUGARCANE GENOTYPES CONTRASTING FOR DROUGHT TOLERANCE
Antonio Figueira, Universidade de Sao Paulo;
Joao Felipe Nebó, Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois;
Silvana Aparecida Creste Dias de Souza, Centro de Cana - Instituto Agronômico;
Daniel Nunes, Centro de Cana, Instituto Agronômico de Campinas;
Paulo Marchiori, Centro de Ecofisiologia e Biofísica, Instituto Agronômico de Campinas;
Ricardo S. Machado, Centro de Ecofisiologia e Biofísica, Instituto Agronômico de Campinas;
Rafael V. Ribeiro, Centro de Ecofisiologia e Biofísica, Instituto Agronômico de Campinas;
Mariana Belloti, Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura, Universidade de São Paulo;
Aline Harissis, Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura, Universidade de São Paulo;
Joni Lima, Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura, Universidade de São Paulo;
Ray Ming, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign;
Glaucia Souza, Institute of Chemistry - University of São Paulo;
Marcos G. A. Landell, Centro de Cana, Instituto Agronômico de Campinas;
Patricia Rezende, Jalles Machado Mill;
Rogério A. B. Soares, Jalles Machado Mill
8:30 AM
Mining genes for cold tolerance in sugarcane toward development of functional markers
Lina Bernaola, School of Plant, Environmental, and Soil Sciences, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center;
Arnold Parco, School of Plant, Environmental, and Soil Sciences, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center;
Anna Hale, Sugarcane Research Unit, USDA-ARS;
Renesh Bedre, School of Plant, Environmental, and Soil Sciences, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center;
Collins Kimbeng, Sugar Research Station, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center;
Kenneth Gravois, Sugar Research Station, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center;
Niranjan Baisakh, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
10:00 AM
Genomic and Epigenetic Characterization of Sugarcane Hybrids and Wild Relatives
Clicia Grativol, IBqM/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro;
Flavia Thiebaut, IBqM/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro;
Mariana Bottino, IBqM/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro;
Cristian Rojas, Universidade Federal da Unidade Latina Americana;
Adriana Silva Hemerly, IBqM/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro;
Paulo Ferreira, IBqM/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro