Recent findings and advances in Cucurbit crops utilizing genomic and genetic methodologies.
Date: Sunday, January 15, 2017
Time: 4:00 PM-6:10 PM
Room: Pacific Salon 4-5 (2nd Floor)
Organizers:
Amnon Levi
and
Yaakov (Kobi) Tadmor
Co-Chair:
Patrick Wechter
4:20 PM
Genome Variation Elucidates Evolution and Domestication of Fruit Ripening and Quality Traits in Watermelon
Shaogui Guo, National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences;
Honghe Sun, National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences;
Yi Ren, National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences;
Jie Zhang, National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences;
Shouwei Tian, National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences;
Guoyi Gong, National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences;
Haiying Zhang, National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences;
Zhangjun Fei, Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Cornell University;
Yong Xu, National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences
4:40 PM
A Tonoplast Sugar Transporter Mediates Sugar Accumulation in Dessert Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) Fruit
Yi Ren, National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences;
Jie Zhang, National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences;
Shaogui Guo, National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences;
Hongju He, National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences;
Honghe Sun, National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences;
Shouwei Tian, National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences;
Guoyi Gong, National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences;
Haiying Zhang, National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences;
Yong Xu, National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences
5:40 PM
Cucumber Hypocotyl Elongation Mutants Reveal New Players in Plant UVB Signaling
Kailiang Bo, University of Wisconsin - Madison;
Hui Wang, Northwest A&F University;
Yupeng Pan, University of Wisconsin;
Tusar K. Behera, Indian Agricultural Research Institute;
Sudhakar Pandey, ICAR- Indian Institute of Vegetable Research;
Changlong Wen, Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences;
Yuhui Wang, University of Wisconsin;
Phil Simon, USDA ARS and University of Wisconsin - Madison;
Yuhong Li, Northwest A&F University;
Jinfeng Chen, Nanjing Agricultural University;
Yiqun Weng, USDA ARS/ Universtiy of Wisconsin