Organizer:
David Kuhn(USDA, ARS SHRS)
Date: Sunday, January 15, 2012
Time: 1:30 PM-6:00 PM
Room: Royal Palm Salons 3-4
1:35 PM
Adding value to T. cacao germplasm collections combining GWAS and genome sequence analysis
Claire Lanaud, CIRAD-UMR AGAP;
Alejandra Santos, INIAP;
Juan Carlos Jimenez, INIAP;
Arnaud Lemainque, CEA-Centre National de Genotypage;
Sylvana Pavek, CEA-Centre National de genotypage;
Xavier Argout, CIRAD-BIOS - UMR/AGAP;
Olivier Fouet, CIRAD-UMR AGAP;
Edward Seguine, Mars Global Chocolate;
Sophie Assemat, CIRAD-UMR Qualisud;
Fabrice Davrieux, CIRAD-UMR Qualisud;
Renaud Boulanger, CIRAD-UMR Qualisud;
Emile Cros, CIRAD-UMR Qualisud;
Rey G. Loor, INIAP (Instituto Nacional Investigaciones Agropecuarias)
2:05 PM
Assessing the evolutionary history of Theobroma cacao from resequenced genomes
Omar Cornejo, Stanford University;
Keithanne Mockaitis, Indiana University Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics;
Muh-Ching Yee, Stanford University;
Stefan Royaert, USDA ARS SHRS;
Donald Livingstone III, MARS Inc.;
Ram Podicheti, Indiana University;
David Kuhn, USDA, ARS SHRS;
Carlos Bustamante, Stanford University;
Juan Carlos Motamayor, MARS Inc.
2:20 PM
Origin and domestication of the Nacional cacao variety from Ecuador and collecting expedition of new related genetic resources
Rey G. Loor, INIAP (Instituto Nacional Investigaciones Agropecuarias);
Olivier Fouet, CIRAD-UMR AGAP;
Arnaud Lemainque, CEA-Centre National de Genotypage;
Sylvana Pavek, CEA-Centre National de genotypage;
Ange-Marie Risterucci, CIRAD;
Brigitte Courtois, CIRAD;
Michel Boccara, CIRAD- Cocoa Research Unit - University of West Indies;
Xavier Argout, CIRAD-BIOS - UMR/AGAP;
Philippe Lachenaud, CIRAD;
Eric Rosenquist, USDA - ARS (retired);
Emile Cros, CIRAD-UMR Qualisud;
Renaud Boulanger, CIRAD-UMR Qualisud;
Fredy Amores, INIAP, Ecuador;
Alfonso Vasco, INIAP - Universidad Tecnica Estatal de Quevedo;
Claire Lanaud, CIRAD-UMR AGAP
3:10 PM
Identification, analysis and mapping of SNP markers in Theobroma cacao
Donald Livingstone III, MARS Inc.;
Stefan Royaert, USDA ARS SHRS;
Keithanne Mockaitis, Indiana University Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics;
Gregory D. May, National Center for Genome Resources (NCGR);
Andrew Farmer, National Center for Genome Resources;
Christopher Saski, Clemson University Genomics Institute;
Raymond J. Schnell, MARS Inc.;
Juan Carlos Motamayor, MARS Inc.;
David Kuhn, USDA, ARS SHRS
3:25 PM
A Core Set of SNPs for Cacao Genotyping
David Kuhn, USDA-ARS SHRS;
Donald Livingstone III, USDA-ARS SHRS;
Keithanne Mockaitis, Indiana University Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics;
Andrew Farmer, National Center for Genome Resources;
Gregory D. May, National Center for Genome Resources;
Raymond J. Schnell, MARS Inc.;
Juan Carlos Motamayor, MARS Inc.
4:30 PM
Use of the Matina 1-6 Cacao Genome Sequence to Identify Marker-Trait Associations for Witches' Broom Resistance in Theobroma cacao L
Stefan Royaert, USDA-ARS SHRS;
Ioná Santos Araújo, Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido - Departamento de Ciências Vegetais;
Donald Livingstone III, USDA-ARS SHRS;
Jean-Philippe Marelli, Mars Inc.;
Daniela Viana da Silva, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz - Laboratory of Genomics;
Samuel Martins de Jesus Branco, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz - Laboratory of Genomics;
Ronan Xavier Corrêa, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz - Laboratory of Genomics;
David Kuhn, USDA-ARS SHRS;
Raymond J. Schnell, MARS Inc.;
Juan Carlos Motamayor, MARS Inc.
4:45 PM
Functional analysis of cacao disease resistance genes
Mark Guiltinan, The Pennsylvania State University;
Zi Shi, The Pennsylvania State University;
Yufan Zhang, The Pennsylvania State University;
Brett Tyler, Virgina Polytechnic Institute and State University;
Shunyuan Xiao, University of Maryland;
Luis C. Mejia, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute;
Siela Maximova, The Pennsylvania State University
5:15 PM
Whole genome microarray and proteomics analysis of cacao embryogenesis
Siela Maximova, The Pennsylvania State University;
Niemenak Niemenak, University of Yaounde I;
Xiangling Shen, The Pennsylvania State University;
Monica Santos-Mendoza, The Pennsylvania State University;
Zi Shi, The Pennsylvania State University;
Yufan Zhang, The Pennsylvania State University;
Sergio L Florez, The Pennsylvania State University;
Wayne Curtis, The Pennsylvania State University;
Mark Guiltinan, The Pennsylvania State University
5:30 PM
Association mapping in cacao
Osman Ariel Gutierrez, USDA-ARS;
Chifumi Nagai, Hawaii Agriculture Research Center;
Rebecca Heinig, Hawaii Agriculture Center;
Edward Boza, USDA-ARS;
Cecile Tondo, USDA-ARS;
Juan Carlos Motamayor, MARS Inc.;
Raymond J. Schnell, MARS Inc.