3113Grasslands (Lolium Genome Initiative)
Date: Saturday, January 9, 2016
Time: 10:30 AM-12:40 PM
Room: Esquire - Meeting House
Organizers:
Iain Donnison
and
Reed E. Barker
10:30 AM
Genomic Dissection and Prediction of Heading Date in Perennial Ryegrass
Dario Fè, DLF A/S;
Fabio Cericola, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University;
Stephen Byrne, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University;
Ingo Lenk, DLF A/S;
Bilal H. Ashraf, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University;
Morten Greve-Pedersen, DLF A/S;
Niels Roulund, DLF A/S;
Torben Asp, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University;
Luc L. Janss, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University;
Christian Sig Jensen, DLF A/S;
Just Jensen, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University
11:10 AM
Perennial Ryegrass Genome Draft Assembly and Anchoring by GBS
Ewan Mollison, The James Hutton Institute;
Janaki Velmurugan, Teagasc CELUP;
Dan Milbourne, Crops, Environment & Land Use Programme, Teagasc;
Susanne Barth, Teagasc;
David Marshall, The James Hutton Institute;
Linda Milne, The James Hutton Institute;
Bridget Lynch, University College Dublin;
Helena Meally, Teagasc CELUP;
Matthew McCabe, Teagasc Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre;
Christopher J Creevey, IBERS - Aberystwyth University
11:30 AM
Breeding and Genomic Resources for Intermediate Wheatgrass and Perennial Agriculture
Steve Larson, USDA-ARS Forage and Range Research;
James A Anderson, University of Minnesota;
Xiaofei Zhang, University of Minnesota;
Kevin M. Dorn, University of Minnesota;
Jesse Poland, Kansas State University;
Lee DeHaan, The Land Institute;
Traci R. Kantarski, Wheat Genetics Resource Center, Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University;
Kevin Jensen, USDA-ARS Forage and Range Research;
Blair Waldron, USDA-ARS Forage and Range Research
11:50 AM
Application of Historical Data from Commercial Ryegrass Breeding to Enable Rapid Implementation of Genomic Selection
Luke Pembleton, Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport & Resources;
Courtney Inch, New Zealand Agriseeds;
Hiroshi Shinozuka, Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport & Resources;
Bec Baillie, Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport & Resources;
Michelle Drayton, Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport & Resources;
Preeti Verma, Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport & Resources;
German C. Spangenberg, Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport & Resources;
Hans D. Daetwyler, Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport & Resources;
Noel O.I. Cogan, Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport & Resources
12:10 PM
Selection and Genome-Wide Prediction of Phenology and Biomass Yield in Miscanthus
Chris Davey, IBERS- Aberystwyth University;
Rick Nipper, Floragenex Inc.;
Paul R. H. Robson, IBERS - Aberystwyth University;
Kerrie Farrar, Aberystwyth University;
John C. Clifton-Brown, Aberystwyth University;
Elaine Jensen, Aberystwyth University;
Iain Donnison, Aberystwyth University;
Gancho T. Slavov, Aberystwyth University