International PAG - Challenge Program: Unlocking Crop Genetic Diversity for the Poor Workshop

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

(h.leung@cgiar.org)


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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