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Pod rupture during seed development

Growth of compatible pollen tubes through stigma and style

Invasive wild oats and Localization of the defence-related triterpenes in oat roots

Invasive wild oats and Localization of the defence-related triterpenes in oat roots

Transcriptomic analysis of senescence-associated genes in barley

Simulating the effects of localized red:far-red ratio on tillering in spring wheat

Phenotypic and transcriptomic analysis of lignification in Aradopsis

Phenotypic and transcriptomic analysis of lignification in Aradopsis

Increased and acquired resistance to TMV in tobacco

Increased and acquired resistance to TMV in tobacco

 

 

 

 

 

Programme

Wednesday 17 September

(Wed evening)

Welcome

Registration and welcome reception

 

 

  Naturalist introduction to geobio-region
  Howley

Thursday 18 September

(Thu AM)

Symposium goals and overview

Steve Strauss (Oregon State University, OR, USA)

 

Session 1: The landscape

Chair TBA

 

 

 

Translating new findings in the advanced plant sciences for the benefit of developing world agriculture

 

Deborah Delmer (Rockefeller Foundation (retired), NY, USA)

   

 

Breeding genomics

 

Susan McCouch (Cornell University, NY, USA)

 

 

 

Genetically constrained innovation landscapes

 

Scott Tingey (Dupont Corporation, DE, USA)

 

 

 

Integrating breeding & biotechnologies

 

Tom Adams (Monsanto, MO, USA)

 

 

 

New science collaborative models: NSF iPlant

 

Rich Jorgensen (University of Arizona, AZ, USA)

 

 

  Lunch

 

Session 2: Science inroads

Chair TBA

   
(Thu PM) Next generation genomic technologies for gene mining and functional genomics
  Jeff Bennetzen (University of Georgia, GA, USA)
   
  Screens and applications
  Oliver Ratcliffe & Neal Gutterson (Mendel Biotechnologies, CA, USA)
   
  Small RNAs
  Rob Martienssen (Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory, NY, USA)
   
  The pleiotropic hypothesis of heterosis
  Luca Comai (University of California-Davis, CA, USA)
   
  Informatics tools and resources
  Rebecca Doerge (Purdue University, IN, USA)
   
  Phylogenomic informatic approaches
  Daniel Rokhsar (US Dept. of Energy, USA)
   
(Thu evening) Poster session / reception
   
  Dinner
   
  Gates Foundation approaches
  Robert Horsch (Gates Foundation, Washington, WA, USA)
   

Friday 19 September

Session 3: Traits and physiology
Chair TBA

 

 

(Fri AM)

Understanding and modifying flowering

 

Richard Amasino (University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, USA)

 

 

 

Fruits

 

Harry Klee (University of Florida, FL, USA)

 

 

 

Abiotic stresses

 

Michael Thomashow (Michigan State University,MI, USA)

   

 

Biotic stresses

 

Brian Staskawicz (University of California-Berkeley, CA, USA)

   

 

Evolution of adaptive traits

 

John Willis (Duke University, NC, USA)

   

 

Breeding realities

 

Erik Legg (Syngenta Biotechnology Inc., NC, USA)

 

 

 

Lunch

 

Session 4: Putting it together

Chair TBA

 

 

(Fri PM)

Genetic engineering

 

Robert Goldberg (University of California-Los Angeles, CA, USA)

    

 

Lignocellulose and bioenergy

 

Chris Somerville (Carnergie Institute of Plant Research, CA, USA)

   
  Lunch
   

 

Human and institutional forces

 

Richard Flavell (Ceres Inc., CA, USA)

 

 

 

Conference themes and messages

 

Amasino, Klee, Jorgensen, Flavell, Strauss

   

 

Dinner

 

 

Saturday 20 September

 

Depart after breakfast

 


 

  Physiological sculpture of plants logo by Gretchen Bracher. Illustrations: Pod rupture during seed development from, Chiurugwi et al. Growth of compatible pollen tubes through stigma and style, from Kemp & Doughty. Invasive wild oats and Localization of the defence-related triterpenes in oat roots from Field et al. Transcriptomic analysis of senescence-associated genes in barley, from Parrott et al. Simulating the effects of localized red:far-red ratio on tillering in spring wheat, from Evers at al. Phenotypic and transcriptomic analysis of lignification in Aradopsis, from Rogers et al. Increased and acquired resistance to TMV in tobacco, from Develey-Rivière & Galiana. Physiological sculpture of plants: new visions and capabilities for crop breeding is sponsored by the New Phytologist Trust