International PAG - Forage & Turf Plants: Gene Expression and
Transformation Workshop
Saturday Morning, 11 January 2003 --- 9:00 am - 11:45 am
Forage & Turf Plants Workshop - Pacific 1 & 2 Rooms
Organizers:
German Spangenberg, Agriculture Victoria
(german.spangenberg@nre.vic.gov.au)
and
Reed E. Barker,
USDA/ARS
(barkerr@onid.orst.edu)
Speakers:
9:00 am - 9:30 am
German Spangenberg, Agriculture Victoria
(german.spangenberg@nre.vic.gov.au)
Integrated Resources for Pastoral Functional Genomics: EST Collections, BAC
Libraries, VIGS Systems
and Microarray-based Expression Profiling in Perennial Ryegrass, White Clover and Grass
Endophytes
9:30 am - 9:55 am
Russell W. Jessup, Texas A&M University
(tonoend@neo.tamu.edu)
Analyses of Apospory-linked Markers in Floral Tissues of
Buffelgrass
9:55 am - 10:20 am
Margie Gruber, Agriculture and
Agri-Food Canada
(gruberm@agr.gc.ca)
Condensed Tannin Biosynthesis and Functional Genomics in Forage Legumes
10:20 am - 10:45 am
Andrew Bettany, Institute of Grassland and
Environmental Research
>(andrew.bettany@bbsrc.ac.uk)
Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated Transformation of Forage Grasses - Progress and
Prospects
10:45 am - 11:10 am
Zeng-yu Wang, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
(zywang@noble.org)
Genetic Modification of Lignin Biosynthesis in Transgenic Tall Fescue
11:10 am - 11:35 am
Ulrik John, Agriculture Victoria
(ulrik.john@nre.vic.gov.au)
Bioprospecting for Genetic Diversity in Indigenous
Australian Grasses and Legumes
using cDNA Microarray Based Expression Profiling
11:35 - 11:45 am Questions and Open Discussion
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