2016 ASHS Annual Conference: Oral Session-Genetics and Germplasm 1

1:15 PM

Development and Characterization of 12 Polymorphic Microsatellite Loci for Pityopsis graminifolia var. latifolia
Sarah L. Boggess, University of Tennessee; Phillip A. Wadl, USDA-ARS; Denita Hadziabdic, University of Tennessee; Brian Scheffler, USDA-ARS; Alan Windham, University of Tennessee; William E. Klingeman, Univ of Tennessee; Robert N. Trigiano, University of Tennessee

1:30 PM

RNA Expression and Post-transcriptional Editing Analyses of Cucumber Plastids Reveals Genetic Differences Associated with Chilling Tolerance.
Vanessa S. Gordon, Ph.D., USDA-ARS SEA Sugarcane Field Station; Jack Ernest Staub, Ph.D., USDA-ARS Forage and Range Research; D. Kyle Willis, Ph.D., USDA-ARS; Phillip Simon, Ph.D., USDA-ARS Vegetable Crops Research Unit

1:45 PM

Genome-wide Differentiation of Various Melon Botanical Groups for Use in GWAS for Fruit Firmness and Construction of a High-resolution Genetic Map
Padma Nimmakayala, West Virginia State University; Yan Tomason, West Virginia State University; Lakshmi Abburi, Research Associate, West Virginia State University; Thangasamy Saminathan, Post doctoral associate, West Virginia State University; Venkata Vajja, RA, West Virginia State University; Girish Kumar Panicker, Alcorn State University; Umesh Reddy, Professor, West Virginia State University

2:00 PM

Genetic Diversity of Dihydrochalcone Content in Malus Germplasm
Benjamin Gutierrez, Cornell Univ. & PGRU USDA-ARS; Susan K Brown, Cornell Univ; Gan-Yuan Zhong, PGRU USDA ARS; C. Thomas Chao, PGRU USDA-ARS

2:15 PM

Molecular Diversity Among Bitter Melon (Momordica charantia L.) Genotypes Using SSRs and SNPs
Padma Nimmakayala, West Virginia State University; Lakshmi Abburi, Research Associate, West Virginia State University; Venkata Vajja, RA, West Virginia State University; Umesh Reddy, Professor, West Virginia State University

2:30 PM

Morphological and Physio-chemical Characterization of Dyospiros digina (Black Sapote) at the Subtropical Horticulture Research Station in Miami, Florida
Tomas Ayala-Silva, USDA-ARS; Hamide Gubbuk, Akdeniz University; Michael Winterstein, USDA-ARS; Andrea Salas, Florida International University

2:45 PM

Genetic Diversity Assessment of Garlic Clones with SSR Markers
Ahmet Ipek, Uludag University; Meryem Ipek, Uludag University; Philipp W Simon, USDA