Speakers:

0; 8.00
"Introductions"

1; 8.10
David Chagne, Hortesearch, New Zealand (DChagne@hortresearch.co.nz)
"Candidate genes for red colour in apple"

2; 8.30
Arnaud Bovy , Plant Research International, The Netherlands (arnaud.bovy@wur.nl)
"Functional genomics analysis of the flavonoid pathway in strawberry fruit"

3; 8.50
Maria Jose Aranzana , IRTA (mariajose.aranzana@irta.es)
"Estimating the extent of linkage disequilibrium in peach American and European cultivars"

4; 9.10
Schuyler Korban, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA (korban@uiuc.edu)
"A genome-wide physical map for the apple genome"

5; 9.30
Riccardo Velasco, Istituto Agrario San Michele all'Adige, Italy (riccardo.velasco@iasma.it)
"Genome sequencing progress and SNP development in Apple"

6; 9.50
Albert Abbott , Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 29634 USA (aalbert@CLEMSON.EDU)
"Construction of a physical map of the peach genome and its utilization for gene discovery in Rosaceae"

10.00
40 minute break

7; 10.40
Inaki Hormaza, CSIC, La Mayora, Malaga, Spain (ihormaza@eelm.csic.es)
"Genetic diversity and molecular breeding in cherimoya (Annona cherimola Mill.): an underutilized subtropical fruit tree species"

8; 11.00
Eric van de Weg, Plant Research International, The Netherlands (eric.vandeweg@wur.nl)
"QTL mapping in multiple, pedigreed populations: proof of concept delivered by results from 27 progenies for quantitative fruit quality traits in apple"

9; 11.20
Raffaele Testolin, University of Udine, Italy (raffaele.testolin@uniud.it)
"Strengthening the SSR-based DNA profiling in fruit crops: the experiences in grapevine and olive"

10; 11.40
Zongshan Gao , Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China (gaozhongshan@zju.edu.cn)
"Genomic characterization of putative allergen genes in Prunus and their synteny with Malus"

11; 12.00
Shawn Mehlenbacher, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA (mehlenbs@hort.oregonstate.edu)
"Hazelnut genetics and genomics"

12; 12.20
Cameron Peace , Washington State University, Pullman, USA (cpeace@wsu.edu)
"Allelic variation at the EndoPG locus in peach"

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