This workshop will present state-of-the-art research on cloning QTLs in plants, a key topic for genomics-based breeding and to gain a better understanding of the functional basis of quantitative traits.
Date: Sunday, January 11, 2015
Time: 8:00 AM-10:10 AM
Room: Town and Country
Organizer:
Roberto Tuberosa
8:20 AM
Cloning a Major QTL for Dormancy in Wheat
Jose Barrero, CSIRO Agriculture;
Colin Cavanagh, CSIRO, Agriculture Flagship;
Penghao Wang, CSIRO, Agriculture Flagship;
Stuart Stephen, CSIRO, Agriculture Flagship;
Arunas Verbyla, CSIRO, Digital Productivity & Services Flagship;
Klara Verbyla, CSIRO, Digital Productivity & Services Flagship;
Emma Huang, CSIRO, Digital Productivity & Services Flagship;
Josquin Tibbits, Department of Environment and Primary Industries;
Matthew Hayden, Department of Environment and Primary Industries;
Frank Gubler, CSIRO, Agriculture Flagship
8:40 AM
Identifying the Function of Sorghum's Drought Tolerance Stay-Green QTL
Andrew K. Borrell, University of Queensland;
John Mullet, Texas A&M University;
Barbara George-Jaeggli, Queensland Government;
Erik van Oosterom, University of Queensland;
Emma Mace, Queensland Government;
Graeme L Hammer, University of Queensland;
Patricia E. Klein, Department of Horticulture,Texas A&M University;
Brock D. Weers, Texas A&M University;
Yang Shanshan, Texas A&M University;
David R. Jordan, University of Queensland
9:00 AM
Using skim-based genotyping by sequencing for trait association and QTL cloning in Brassica napus
Philipp Emanuel Bayer, University of Queensland;
Pradeep Ruperao, University of Western Australia;
Annaliese S. Mason, University of Queensland;
Jiri Stiller, CSIRO Plant Industry;
Kenneth Chan, University of Queensland;
Satomi Hayashi, University of Queensland;
Salman Alamery, University of Queensland;
Reece Tollenaere, University of Queensland;
Paul Visendi, University of Brisbane;
Yan Long, National Key Lab. of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University;
Jinling Meng, National Key Lab. of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University;
Tim Sutton, Australian Center for Plant Functional Genomics;
Rajeev K Varshney, ICRISAT;
Jacqueline Batley, University of Queensland;
David Edwards, University of Western Australia
9:40 AM
Molecular Mechanisms of Quantitative Genetics Revealed By Cloning and Systems Analysis of 474 Genes Controlling Fiber Length in Cotton and 1,501 Genes Controlling Grain Yield in Maize
Meiping Zhang, Texas A&M University;
Yun-Hua Liu, Texas A&M University;
Yang Zhang, Texas A&M University;
Wenwei Xu, Texas A&M University;
Seth Murray, Texas A&M University;
Wayne Smith, Texas A&M University;
Steve Hague, Texas A&M University;
Sing-Hoi Sze, Texas A&M University;
James Frelichowski, USDA-ARS, Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center;
Hong-Bin Zhang, Texas A&M University
