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Calvin Qualset, UC - Davis

Theme: Applications of molecular genetics in the Triticeae

Topic: Disease resistance (20 min talk + 10 min discussion)

8:40am

Mapping QTLs for Resistance to Leaf Rust (Puccinia hordei) in Barley, Facts or Fiction?

Invited speaker: Pim Lindhout (U of Wageningen)

9:05am

Disease and pest resistance in wheat

Invited speaker: Christie Williams, Joseph Anderson and Steve Goodwin (USDA-ARS at Purdue University)

9:30

Molecular Mapping of Disease Resistance in Barley, Basic and Applied Aspects

Andreas Graner (IPK Gatersleben)

9:55

Microcolinearity and conservation of high gene density in small and large grass genomes

Invited speaker: Catherine Feuillet, Nabila Yahiaoui, Beat Keller (U of Zurich)

10:20
BREAK

Topics: Genomics (20 min + 10 min discussion except ITEC)

10:40

Update on the status of the International Triticeae EST Cooperative (ITEC)

Invited speaker: Peter Langridge (U of Adelaide)

11:00

Wheat genome organisation suggested by the sequence of a 100 kb BAC

Invited speaker: Wayne Powell, Petra Wolters, Katie Henderson, Sylvia Stack, Sonia Campbell, Imad Eujayl (DuPont)

11:25

Insights into the wheat genome from the A genome BACs

Invited speaker: Jorge Dubcovsky, Liuling Yan, Gloria Muzzi, Gabriela Tranquilli, Marcelo Helguera (U California-Davis)

11:50

An update on information from D genome BACs

Invited speaker: Evans Lagudah, O, Moullet, W Spielmeyer, S Seah (CSIRO Canberra)

12:15pm

The SAM method of SSR isolation method and resultst

Invited speaker: Peter Sharp, Matthew J Hayden (U of Sydney)

12:35

Transgenes in wheat: FISH mapping and expression

Invited speaker: Bikram Gill, W P Chen, S Muthukrishnan, B Friebe (Kansas State U)

Time for discussion and questions follows each presentation; audience participation is invited.

ITEC can be found at http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/genome/

International Triticeae Mapping Initiative can be found at http://www.grcp.ucdavis.edu/projects/index.htm

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