Cacao Genome Sequencing Project

Organizer:
David Kuhn(USDA, ARS SHRS)
Date: Sunday, January 15, 2012
Time: 1:30 PM-6:00 PM
Room: Royal Palm Salons 3-4
Chair:
David Kuhn
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks

1:35 PM
W118
Adding value to T. cacao germplasm collections combining GWAS and genome sequence analysis
Claire Lanaud, CIRAD-UMR AGAP
1:50 PM
W119
Germplasm Resources and their use in the Genomics Era
Pathmanathan Umaharan, The University of the West Indies
2:05 PM
W120
Assessing the evolutionary history of Theobroma cacao from resequenced genomes
Omar Cornejo, Stanford University
2:20 PM
W121
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)
2:35 PM
W122
Gene synteny among cacao and other plants
Niina Haiminen, IBM T J Watson Research - Computational Biology Center
2:50 PM
Break

3:10 PM
W123
Identification, analysis and mapping of SNP markers in Theobroma cacao
Donald Livingstone III, USDA ARS and MARS Inc.
3:25 PM
W124
A Core Set of SNPs for Cacao Genotyping
David Kuhn, USDA-ARS SHRS
3:40 PM
W125
Marker-assisted farmer participatory selection of cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) – progress and challenges
Dapeng Zhang, Sustainable Perennial Crops Laboratory, Plant Sciences Institute, USDA/ARS
3:55 PM
W126
Construction of Genomic Library of Theobroma cacao using Genotyping by Sequencing (GBS)
Jemmy Takrama, Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana
4:10 PM
Break

4:30 PM
W127
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
4:45 PM
W128
Functional analysis of cacao disease resistance genes
Mark Guiltinan, The Pennsylvania State University
5:00 PM
W129
Developing a reliable assay for Cacao Swollen Shoot Virus using quantitative PCR
Pilar Maul, Saint Thomas University
5:15 PM
W130
Whole genome microarray and proteomics analysis of cacao embryogenesis
Siela Maximova, The Pennsylvania State University
5:30 PM
W131
Association mapping in cacao
Osman Ariel Gutierrez, USDA-ARS
5:45 PM
Concluding Remarks

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