Cotton Improvement - Friday Early Morning

Friday, January 6, 2012: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Crystal Ballroom C (Orlando World Center Marriott)
8:15 AM
Genetic Diversity in the U.S. Cotton Germplasm Collection As Revealed by SSR Markers
Richard Percy, USDA-ARS,SPA; David Fang, USDA-ARS-SRRC; Brian Scheffler, USDA-ARS; John Z. Yu, USDA-ARS; Lori Hinze, USDA-ARS; James Frelichowski, USDA-ARS,SPA; Michael Gore, USDA-ARS, US Arid-Land Agricultural Research Center
8:30 AM
Genetic Diversity of U.S. Cotton Cultivars Using Microsatellite Markers
Priyanka Tyagi, NC State University; Vasu Kuraparthy, NC State University; Michael Gore, USDA-ARS, US Arid-Land Agricultural Research Center; Daryl Bowman, NC State University
9:00 AM
The Integration of High-Throughput Phenotyping and Genotyping-by-Sequencing to Genetically Dissect the Physiological Responses of Cotton to a Hot, Arid Environment
Michael Gore, USDA-ARS, US Arid-Land Agricultural Research Center; Pedro Andrade-Sanchez, University of Arizona Maricopa Ag Center; David D. Fang, USDA-ARS; Andrew French, USDA-ARS; Doug Hunsaker, USDA-ARS; Jesse Poland, USDA-ARS; Jeffrey White, USDA-ARS; Arizona Phenomics Consortium, USDA-ARS
9:15 AM
CottonGen: Development of An Integrated Genomics, Genetics and Breeding Database for the Cotton Research Community
Jing Yu, Washington State University; Sook Jung, Washington State University; Chun-Huai Cheng, Washington State University; Stephen Ficklin, Washington State University; Taein Lee, Washington State University; Ping Zheng, Washington State University; Don Jones, Cotton Incorporated; Richard Percy, USDA-ARS,SPA; Dorrie Main, Washington State University
9:30 AM
Collaborative Development of SNPs for Cotton Research, Introgression, MAS and Breeding
Fei Wang, Texas A&M University; Amanda M. Hulse, Texas A&M University; Kevin Hoegenauer, Texas A&M University; David M. Stelly, Texas A&M University; Hamid Ashrafi, University of California-Davis; Allen Van Deynze, University of California-Davis; John Z. Yu, USDA-ARS
9:45 AM
Business Meeting