41:
Genetics/Germplasm/Plant Breeding: Vegetable Crops
Thursday, August 5, 2010: 1:00 PM
Springs K & L
Moderator:
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