Organizers:
David Horvath(USDA-ARS)
and
James V. Anderson(USDA-ARS)
Date: Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Time: 3:50 PM-6:00 PM
Room: Royal Palm Salon 4,5,6
4:10 PM
Population Genomics of Vegetative Phenology in Populus
Stephen DiFazio, West Virginia University;
Gancho T. Slavov, Institute of Biological, Environmental & Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University;
Amy Brunner, Virginia Tech;
Wellington Muchero, Oak Ridge National Laboratory;
Gerald Tuskan, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
4:30 PM
Chilling Requirement and Bloom Date in Peach: Genetic and Genomic Approaches for Deciphering a Complex Gene Network
Tatyana Zhebentyayeva, Clemson University;
Shenghua Fan, Clemson University;
Bode Olukolu, North Carolina State University;
Abdelali Barakat, Clemson University;
Sherri Hughes-Murphree, Clemson University;
Carmen Leida, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA);
Marisa Badenes, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA);
Douglas G. Bielenberg, School of Agricultural, Forest & Environmental Sciences, Clemson University;
Gregory L. Reighard, School of Agricultural, Forest & Environmental Sciences, Clemson University;
Chittaranjan Kole, Institute of Nutraceutical Research;
William R. Okie, ARS-USDA S.E. Fruit & Tree Nut Research Lab ;
Albert G. Abbott, Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University
5:30 PM
Functional Studies of Japanese Apricot DAM Genes
Hisayo Yamane, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University;
Ryuta Sasaki, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University;
Tsuyoshi Habu, Experimental Farm, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University;
Ryutaro Tao, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University