Speakers:

1. 8:00-8:30
Nathalie Piperidis, BSES Limited (npiperidis@bses.org.au)
"Applications of advanced cytogenetic techniques in sugarcane"

2. 8:30-9:00
Suman Andru, Louisiana State University (sandrul@lsu.edu)
"Molecular diversity among wild Saccharum spontaneum clones and the proportion of wild germplasm represented in the Louisiana commercial gene pool"

3. 9:00-9:30
Serge Edme, USDA-ARS Sugarcane Field Station (serge.edme@ars.usda.gov)
"Searching for the determinants of yield and disease traits in the Canal Point sugarcane breeding program"

4. 9:30-10:00
Derek Watt, Suth African Sugarcane Research Institute (SASRI) (derek.watt@sugar.org.za)
"Sink regulation of photosynthesis in sugarcane"

10:00-10:30
"coffee break"

5. 10:30-11:00
Adriana S. Hemerly, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (hemerly@bioqmed.ufrj.br)
"Sugarcane signaling pathways during association with endophytic diazotrophic and hormone-producing bacteria"

6. 11:00-11:30
Paulo Ferreira, Instituto de Bioquimica Medica (paulof@bioqmed.ufrj.br)
"Sugarcane microRNAs are differentially regulated in pathogenic and beneficial bacterial interactions"

7. 11:30-12:00
Ray Ming, University of Illinois (rming@life.uiuc.edu)
"Sequence Conservation and Synteny Among Rice, Sorghum and Sugarcane"

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