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		Genetics/Germplasm/Plant Breeding: Vegetable Crops
	 
					
	
	
	
	
	
	Thursday, August 5, 2010: 1:00 PM
	Springs K & L
	
	
	
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	2:15 PM
	
	
		Comparative Performance of Diploid and Synthetic Tetraploid Populations of Watermelon in the Light of Ploidy Level Changes and Genome Perturbations
		
			
				Mohammad Rahman, MS, West Virginia State University; 
			
				Padma Nimmakayala, Ph., D, West Virginia State University; 
			
				Yan R. Tomason, Ph., D, West Virginia State University; 
			
				Satish K. Ponniah, Ph., D, West Virginia State University; 
			
				Chinthakuntla R. Reddy, Alcorn State University; 
			
				Umesh K. Reddy, Ph., D, West Virginia State University
			
		
		
			
		
	 
 
	
	2:30 PM
	
	
		Population Structure and Association Mapping in Watermelon
		
			
				Padma Nimmakayala, Ph., D, West Virginia State University; 
			
				Yan R. Tomason, Ph., D, West Virginia State University; 
			
				Gopinath Venkata Vajja, MS, West Virginia State University; 
			
				Umesh K. Reddy, Ph., D, West Virginia State University
			
		
		
			
		
	 
 
	
	2:45 PM
	
	
		Development for Tri-Genomic Hexaploid Brassica Populations
		
			
				Julie A. Plummer, Univ of Western Australia; 
			
				Aneeta Pradhan, Univ of Western Australia; 
			
				Ping Si, Univ of Western Australia; 
			
				Annaliese Mason, Univ of Western Australia; 
			
				Mathew Nelson, Univ of Western Australia; 
			
				Wallace Cowling, Univ of Western Australia; 
			
				Guijun Yan, Univ of Western Australia; 
			
				Shyama Weerakoon, Univ of Western Australia