International PAG - Sorghum and Millets Workshop

Sorghum and Millets  
Workshop

Wednesday, 18 January 2006 --- 2:20 pm - 4:30 pm

Sorghum and Millets Workshop - Royal Palm Salon 1 & 2

Organizer:

Yinghua Huang, USDA/ARS

(yinghua.huang@ars.usda.gov)


Speakers:

1. 2:20 pm
Andrew Paterson
(paterson@uga.edu)
University of Georgia
Sequencing Of The Sorghum Genome

2. 2:40 pm
C Tom Hash
(c.hash@cgiar.org)
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
Development And Application Of Tools For Marker-Assisted Breeding In Pearl Millet

3. 3:00 pm
Yinghua Huang
(yinghua.huang@ars.usda.gov)
USDA-ARS Plant Science Research Laboratory
Genomic Approaches To Study Sorghum-Insect Interactions And Host Defense Responses

4. 3:20 pm
Rudolf Jung
(rudolf.jung@pioneer.com )
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., A DuPont Company
The African Biofortified Sorghum Project- Applying Biotechnology To Develop Nutritionally Improved Sorghum For Africa

5. 3:40 pm
Katrien Devos
(kdevos@uga.edu )
University of Georgia
Exploiting Comparative Genomics To Study Genes Affecting Plant Height In Pearl Millet

6. 4:00 pm
John E. Mullet
(jmullet@tamu.edu)
Texas A&M University
Using Sorghum'S Integrated Genome Platform To Study The Genetic Basis Of Drought Tolerance


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