Avocado genome (Persea americana)

Date: Sunday, January 13, 2013
Time: 10:20 AM-12:30 PM
Room: Pacific Salon 1
Organizer:
Mary Lu Arpaia
10:20 AM
AVOCADO GENOME SEQUENCING PROJECT
Enrique Ibarra-Laclette, Laboratorio Nacional de Genomica para la Biodiversidad; Srikar Chamala, University of Florida; Brad Barbazuk, University of Florida; Claudia-Anahi Perez-Torres, LANGEBIO, CINVESTAV; Alfonso Méndez-Bravo, LANGEBIO, CINVESTAV; Gustavo Hernandez, Departimento de Alimentos, Universidad de Guanajuato; Victor A. Albert, University of Buffalo; Luis Herrera-Estrella, LANGEBIO, CINVESTAV

10:40 AM
Generation of a Saturated Genetic Recombination Map for Avocado (Persea americana)
David N. Kuhn, USDA ARS SHRS; Donald Livingstone III, MARS Inc.; Cecile Tondo, USDA-ARS; Keithanne Mockaitis, Indiana University; James W. Borrone, Oklahoma State University; Raymond J. Schnell, MARS Inc.

11:00 AM
Unlocking the secrets of avocado oil biosynthesis
Aruna Kilaru, East Tennessee State University; Xia Cao, Michigan State University; Keithanne Mockaitis, Indiana University; John Ohlrogge, Michigan State University

11:20 AM
Changes In The Sensory Perception Of 'Hass' Avocado During Fruit Maturation and Ripening
David Obenland, USDA-ARS; Sue Collin, University of California; James Sievert, University of California; Fayek Negm, University of California; Mary Lu Arpaia, University of Californa

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