Sorghum/Millet

Date: Sunday, January 13, 2013
Time: 8:00 AM-10:10 AM
Room: Pacific Salon 6-7 (2nd Floor)
Organizer:
Yinghua Huang
8:00 AM
Welcoming Remarks


8:05 AM
Parallel Domestication of the Shattering1 Genes in Cereals
Zhongwei Lin, Kansas State University; Xianran Li, Kansas State University; Laura Shannon, University of Wisconsin; Cheng-Ting Yeh, Iowa State University; Ming Li Wang, USDA-ARS, PGRCU; Guihua Bai, USDA ARS; Zhao Peng, Kansas State University; Jiarui Li, Kansas State University; Harold Trick, Kansas State University; Tom Clemente, University of Nebraska; John Doebley, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Patrick S. Schnable, Iowa State University; Tesfaye Tesso, Kansas State University; Mitch Tuinstra, Purdue University; Frank White, Kansas State University; Jianming Yu, Kansas State University

8:25 AM
Genomic Resources for Complex Trait Dissection and Molecular Breeding in Sorghum
Geoffrey Morris, University of South Carolina; Stephen Kresovich, University of South Carolina

8:45 AM
Metabolomics of Phytoalexin-Dependent Anthracnose Resistance in Sorghum
Surinder Chopra, Pennsylvania State University; Iffa Gaffoor, Pennsylvania State University

9:05 AM
The Sorghum Research Program in Singapore
Ramachandran Srinivasan, National University of Singapore

9:45 AM
Developing and Using Genetic and Genomic Resources in Pearl Millet for Enhanced Traits Dissection and Breeding
Rattan Yadav, IBERS, Aberystwyth University; Deepmala Sehgal, IBERS, Aberystwyth University; Catherine Howarth, IBERS, Aberystwyth University; Leif Skot, IBERS, Aberystwyth University; Rakesh Srivastava, ICRISAT; Vincent Vadez, ICRISAT; Jana Kholova, ICRISAT; Charles Thomas Hash, ICRISAT; Ram Yadav, CCS Haryana Agricultural University; Neelam Yadav, CCS Haryana Agricultural University; Richa Singh, CCS Haryana Agricultural University; Jyoti Taunk, CCS Haryana Agricultural University; Parbodh Sharma, CSSRI

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