Tuesday, April 20, 2010: 1:00 PM-4:30 PM
Salon A-E (Hilton Clearwater Beach)
1:00 PM
Genetic dissection of bioenergy traits in sorghum
Wilfred Vermerris, University of Florida;
Ana Saballos, University of Florida;
Stephen Kresovich, University of South Carolina;
Seth Murray, Texas A&M University;
William Rooney, Texas A&M University;
Jeffrey F. Pedersen, USDA-ARS;
Scott Sattler, USDA-ARS;
Zhanguo Xin, USDA-ARS
1:30 PM
Molecular factors associated with altered cell wall chemistry in Populus
Udaya C. Kalluri, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and BioEnergy Science Center;
Gerald Tuskan, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and BioEnergy Science Center;
Timothy Tschaplinski, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and BioEnergy Science Center;
Xiaohan Yang, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and BioEnergy Science Center;
Sara Jawdy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and BioEnergy Science Center;
Ranjan Priya, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and BioEnergy Science Center;
Maud Hinchee, Arborgen LLC;
Shujun Chang, Arborgen LLC;
Erika Lindquist, Joint Genome Institute;
Zhong Wang, Joint Genome Institute;
Hettich Robert, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and BioEnergy Science Center;
Andrews Paul, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and BioEnergy Science Center;
Mark Davis, National Renewable Energy Laboratory;
Robert Sykes, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
2:00 PM
Lignin modification in switchgrass for improved ethanol production
Chunxiang Fu, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation;
Jonathan R. Mielenz, Oak Ridge National Laboratory;
Xirong Xiao, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation;
Choo Hamilton, Oak Ridge National Laboratory;
Fang Chen, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation;
Joe Bouton, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation Inc.;
Richard A. Dixon, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation;
Zeng-Yu Wang, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
3:30 PM
Separation, hydrolysis and fermentation of pyrolytic sugars
Jieni Lian, Washington State University;
Shuai Zhou, Washington State University;
Zhouhong Wang, Washington State University;
Chun-zhu Li, Curtin University of Technology;
Manuel Garcia-Perez, Washington State University;
Shulin Chen, Washington State University
4:00 PM
Discovering traits controlling winter hardiness and spring regrowth in diverse switchgrass germplasm
Gautam Sarath, USDA-ARS;
Kenneth P. Vogel, USDA-ARS;
Christian Tobias, USDA, Agricultural Research Service;
Madhavan Soundararajan, University of Nebraska;
Paul Twigg, University of Nebraska, Kearney;
Aaron J. Saathoff, USDA-ARS;
Miki Okada, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
