Plant Phenotypes

Current research in plant phenotypes, including methods in measurement, bioinformatic tools, and data standards.
Date: Sunday, January 13, 2013
Time: 8:00 AM-10:10 AM
Room: Golden West
Organizers:
Mary Schaeffer and Chi-Ren Shyu
8:00 AM
Welcoming Remarks


8:05 AM
Progress on C4 Rice Project -- Vein Spacing and Beyond
Yue-ie Hsing, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica

8:25 AM
Strengths & Limitations of GBS
Jeffrey C. Glaubitz, Institute for Genomic Diversity, Cornell University; Robert J. Elshire, Institute for Genomic Diversity, Cornell University; Peter Bradbury, USDA ARS-Cornell University; Fei Lu, Institute for Genomic Diversity, Cornell University; Terry Casstevens, Institute for Genomic Diversity, Cornell University; Qi Sun, Cornell University; Alexander E. Lipka, USDA ARS-Cornell University; Zhiwu Zhang, Cornell University; M. Cinta Romay, Institute for Genomic Diversity, Cornell University; Charlotte Acharya, Institute for Genomic Diversity, Cornell University; Sharon E. Mitchell, Cornell University; Edward S. Buckler, USDA-ARS and Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

8:45 AM
Ontological Descriptions of Phenotypes, with a Case Study in Maize
Ramona Walls, The iPlant Collaborative; Lisa C Harper, USDA-ARS; Mary Schaeffer, USDA ARS and University of Missouri; Carolyn J. Lawrence, USDA ARS Iowa State University; Eva Huala, Carnegie Institution for Science

9:05 AM
High-Throughput Phenotyping Of Cereals At The Plant Accelerator
Bettina Berger, University of Adelaide; Bogdan Masznicz, The University of Adelaide; Mark Tester, ACPFG, University of Adelaide

9:25 AM
iPlant's Cyber Infrastructure For Plant Phenotypes
Nirav Merchant, iPlant Collaborative/University of Arizona

9:45 AM
Panel Discussion


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