Sorghum/Millet

Organizer:
Yinghua Huang(USDA-ARS)
Date: Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Time: 10:20 AM-12:30 PM
Room: Pacific Salon 2
Chair:
Yinghua Huang
10:20 AM
Introductory Remarks (Yinghua Huang)


10:25 AM
Sorghum Genomics
Martin Calviņo, Rutgers University; Joachim Messing, Rutgers University

10:45 AM
ALS Sequence Mutations in Shattercane
Ismail Dweikat, University of Nebraska

11:05 AM
Towards the Systematic Mutagenesis of Sweet Sorghum Genome by Gamma Ray: Screening and Analysis of Dwarf and Slender Mutants
Takashi Sazuka, Nagoya Univ.; Reynante L Ordonio, Nagoya Univ.; Asako Hatakeyama, Nagoya Univ.; Kozue Ohmae, Nagoya Univ.; Shigemitsu Kasuga, Shinshu Univ.; Yusuke Ito, Earth Note Co. Ltd.; Takuya Yamamura, Earth Note Co. Ltd.; Tsuyoshi Tokunaga, Earth Note Co. Ltd.; Hidemi Kitano, Nagoya Univ.; Makoto Matsuoka, Nagoya Univ.

11:25 AM
Structure and evolution of the d2 dwarfing gene in pearl millet, Pennisetum glaucum
Rajiv Krishna Parvathaneni, University of Georgia; Katrien Devos, University of Georgia

11:45 AM
12:05 PM
Towards early-stage chilling tolerance for European energy sorghum
Wubishet Abebe Bekele, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Department of Plant Breeding; Karin Elisabeth Fiedler, Leibniz Universitaet Hannover, Institute for Biological Production Systems; Ralf Uptmoor, University of Rostock, Department of Agronomy; Arndt Zacharias, KWS Saat AG; Wolfgang Friedt, Institute of Agronomy and Plant Breeding I Justus-Liebig-University Giessen; Rod Snowdon, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Department of Plant Breeding

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