Sugar beet crop (Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris) is the world’s second source of sucrose after sugar cane and produces up to 22% of the world’s commercial sugar. It is a diploid species with 18 chromosomes and estimated genome size of 758 Mb. Recently there is a leap in availability of public genomic sequences and assemblies. There are 8 genome assemblies and annotation reports. The speakers will present recent accomplishments in genomics research of sugar beet and other related genomes.
Date: Saturday, January 10, 2015
Time: 1:30 PM-3:40 PM
Room: Towne - Meeting House
1:30 PM
Association Between SNP183 and Bolting Tendency in Sugar Beet
Chiara Broccanello, DAFNAE, Università degli Studi di Padova;
Piergiorgio Stevanato, University of Padova, Italy;
Andreas Müller, Strube Research GmbH & Co. KG;
Dario Cantu, University of California Davis;
Massimo Saccomani, DAFNAE, Università degli Studi di Padova
2:10 PM
A Comparative Genomic Study of the C3 Sugar Beet and the C4 Edible Grain Amaranth
Meeta Sunil, Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology;
Nivedita Hariharan, Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology;
Thejas Makam Shivakumar Gupta, Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology;
Arjun Sreedhar, Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology;
Keerthivasan Chandradoss Raanin, Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology;
Savita Karthikeyan, Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology;
Bibha Choudhary, Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology;
Subhashini Srinivasan, Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology
2:50 PM
Storage Root Developmental Milestones Resolved Using Complementary -Omics Approaches
Belinda Townsend, Rothamsted Research;
Stephen Powers, Department of Computational and Systems Biology, Rothamsted Research;
David Hughes, Department of Computational and Systems Biology;
Delia Corol, Department of Plant Biology and Crop Science,;
Aiming Qi, School of Life and Medical Sciences;
Rachel O'Neill, Centre for Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences;
Paul Knox, Centre for Plant Sciences;
J. Mitchell McGrath, Sugar beet and Beans Research Unit;
Jane Ward, Department of Plant Biology and Crop Science,;
Keywan Hassani-Pak, Rothamsted Research
3:10 PM
Towards a Sugar Beet Reference Genome Using Optical Mapping
Glenda Willems, SESVanderHave Belgium;
Sigrid Vanstraelen, SESVANDERHAVE N.V.;
Alexandra Burkholz, SESVanderHave;
Aude Darracq, SESVANDERHAVE N.V.;
Andrew G. Sharpe, National Research Council Canada / Global Institute for Food Security (U of S);
Chushin Koh, National Research Council Canada;
Steve Barnes, SESVANDERHAVE N.V.
