Monday, 15 January 2007 --- 12:50 pm - 3:00 pm
Challenge Program: Unlocking Crop Genetic Diversity for the Poor
Workshop
--- Royal Palm Salon 4, 5, & 6
Organizer: Hei Leung,
International Rice Research Institute
Speakers:
12:50
Hei Leung,
International Rice Research Institute
(h.leung@cgiar.org)
"Introduction to Generation Challenge Program"
1:00 pm
Detlef Weigel,
Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Germany
(weigel@tuebingen.mpg.de)
"Using Arabidopsis thaliana as a Model Species for the Discovery of Genetic Variation"
1:20 pm
Mike Timko,
University of Virginia, USA
(mpt9g@virginia.edu)
"Cowpea genomic resources "
1:40 pm
Jean-Francois Rami,
CIRAD, France
(jean-francois.rami@cirad.fr)
"Exploring genetic diversity in sorghum "
2:00 pm
Leon Kochian,
Cornell University, USA
(lvk1@cornell.edu)
"Elucidating the Molecular Determinants of Aluminum Tolerance in Sorghum and Maize"
2:20 pm
Shoshi Kikuchi,
National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Japan
(skikuchi@nias.affrc.go.jp)
"Transcriptome analysis of stress response in rice"
2:40 pm
Rebecca Nelson,
Cornell University, USA
(rjn7@cornell.edu)
"Comparative analysis of multiple disease resistance in maize and rice "
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