International Triticeae Mapping Initiative- ITMI

The theme of this workshop is wheat genomics and the purpose is to provide attendees with a selection of state-of-the-art wheat genomics research.
Date: Saturday, January 12, 2013
Time: 10:20 AM-12:30 PM
Room: Town and Country
Organizers:
Mark Sorrells and Wolfgang Spielmeyer
10:20 AM
Lessons From 12,000 Years Of Wheat Evolution Under Domestication
Avraham A. Levy, Weizmann Institute of Science; Yuval Ben-Abu, Weizmann Institute of Science; Yifat Tishler, Weizmann Institute of Science; Rivka Elbaum, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture; Oren Tzfadia, Weizmann Institute of Science; Ilana Rogachev, Weizmann Institute of Science; Sagit Meir, Weizmann Institute of Science; Asaph Aharoni, Weizmann Institute of Science

11:10 AM
Aluminum Tolerance in Wheat
Harsh Raman, Wagga Wagga Agricultural Institute, PMB

11:35 AM
Cloning of a Broad Spectrum Stem Rust Resistance Gene in Wheat
Sambasivam Periyannan, CSIRO Plant Industry; John Moore, CSIRO Plant Industry; Harbans Bariana, University of Sydney; Karin R. Deal, University of California, Davis; Xiaojing Wang, Montana State University; Mingcheng Luo, University of California; Li Huang, Montana State University; Michael Ayliffe, CSIRO; Urmil Bansal, University of Sydney; Xiuying Kong, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences; Peter Dodds, CSIRO Plant Industry; Jan Dvorak, University of California, Davis; Evans Lagudah, CSIRO Plant Industry

12:00 PM
The Seed Project: Unlocking Useful Genetic Variation for Wheat Improvement
Sukhwinder Singh, CIMMYT - International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre; Carolina Saint-Pierre, CIMMYT - International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre; Marc Ellis, CIMMYT - International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre; Matthew Reynolds, CIMMYT - International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre; Ky L. Mathews, CIMMYT - International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre; Thomas Payne, CIMMYT - International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre; Kevin Pixley, CIMMYT - International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre; Peter Wenzl, CIMMYT - International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre

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