and

Nurit Katzir, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), Israel

and

Ralph A. Dean, North Carolina state University

Speakers:

1. 5:40
Jenelle Meyer, USDA-ARS Corn Insects and Crop Genetics, Iowa State University (jenellemeyer@gmail.com)
"Construction of a Fosmid Library of Cucumber (Construction of a Fosmid Library of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) and) and Comparative Analyses of Two Genomic Regions from Cucumber and Melon (Cucumis melo)"

2. 6:00
Pere Arus, IRTA, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica CSIC-IRTA-UAB, Cabrils (Barcelona), Spain (Pere.Arus@irta.cat)
"Candidate genes and QTLs for fruit ripening and softening in melon"

3. 6:20
Yaakov Tadmor, Neve Yaar Research Center, ARO, , Israel (tadmory@volcani.agri.gov.il)
"Fruit coloration in melon: metabolites and genes"

4. 6:40
Nobuko Fukino, National Institute of Vegetables and Tea Science, Ano, Mie 514-2392, Japan (nbk@affrc.go.jp)
"Towards comparative mapping between melon (Cucumis melo L.) and cucumber (C. sativus L.) using SSRs as anchors"

5. 7:00
Hiroshi Ezura, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba 305-8572, Japan (ezura@gene.tsukuba.ac.jp)
"A new tool for melon functional genomics: Genetically engineered Agrobacterium with 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase activity confers higher ability for gene transfer into melon"

6. 7:20
Zhangjun Fei, Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA (zf25@cornell.edu)
"Cucurbit Genomics Database: A Community Database for Cucurbit Species"

7. 7:40
Xiaowu Wang, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China (huangsanwen@caas.net.cn)
"The Cucumber Genome Initiative-an international effort to unlock the genetic potential of an orphan crop using novel genomic technology"

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