2877Plant Molecular Breeding
Date: Saturday, January 10, 2015
Time: 1:30 PM-3:40 PM
Room: Pacific Salon 3
1:55 PM
Identifying FATB1a Deletion That Causes Reduced Palmitic Acid Content in Soybean N87-2122-4 to Develop a Diagnostic Marker for a High Throughput Marker-Assisted Selection
Nicole Bachleda, Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Genomics, University of Georgia;
Anh Pham, Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Genomics, University of Georgia;
Roger Boerma, Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Genomics, University of Georgia;
Zenglu Li, Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Genomics and Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, The University of Georgia
2:35 PM
Can Genomic Selection Help Chickpea Breeding to Develop Superior Lines with Higher Yield Under Drought Stress?
Manish Roorkiwal, ICRISAT;
Abhishek Rathore, ICRISAT;
Roma R. Das, ICRISAT;
Muneendra Singh, ICRISAT;
Srinivasan Samineni, ICRISAT;
Pooran M Gaur, ICRISAT;
Bharadwaj Chellapilla, IARI;
Shailesh Tripathi, IARI;
John Hickey, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK;
Aaron Lorenz, University of Nebraska–Lincoln;
Jean-Luc Jannink, Cornell University;
Rajeev K Varshney, ICRISAT
2:55 PM
Green Super Rice Breeding Technology
Jauhar Ali, PBGB, International Rice Research Institute;
Jianlong Xu, Institute of Crop Sciences;
Yongming Gao, Institute of Crop Sciences;
Jastin E. Revilleza, PBGB, International Rice Research Institute;
Neil Franje, PBGB, International Rice Research Institute;
Zhikang Li, Institute of Crop Sciences, CAAS, Beijing, China
3:35 PM
Closing Remarks
Zhi-Kang Li, Institute of Crop Sciences/National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement
4:00 PM
Green Super Rice (GSR) Breeding Technology
Jauhar Ali, PBGB, International Rice Research Institute;
Jianlong Xu, Institute of Crop Sciences;
Yongming Gao, Institute of Crop Sciences;
Jastin E. Revilleza, PBGB, International Rice Research Institute;
Neil Franje, PBGB, International Rice Research Institute;
Zhi-Kang Li, Institute of Crop Sciences/National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement