ICGI Research Conference
Anyang, China
July 8-11, 2008

Keynote Speakers

  
  • Global annotation of small RNA and microRNA mature sequences from developing ovules of G. hirsutum L.
       Ibrokhim Abdurakhmonov
       Institute of Genetics and Plant Experimental Biology
       Uzbek Academy of Sciences
       Tashkent, Uzbekistan
      
  • What will we do with a cotton genome sequence?
       Curt L. Brubaker
       Bayer CropScience
       Gent, Belgium
      
  • Utilization of cotton DNA markers in cotton breeding.
       Roy G. Cantrell
       Monsanto Company
       St. Louis, Missouri, USA
      
  • A new strategy of insect pest control: Down-regulating cotton bollworm gene expression by engineering plant double stranded RNA.
       Xiaoya Chen
       Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology
       Chinese Academy of Sciences
       Shanghai, China
      
  • Expression profiling identifies candidate genes for fiber yield and quality.
       Elizabeth Dennis
       CSIRO Plant Industry
       Canberra, Australia
      
  • Challenges in cotton molecular breeding at CIRAD.
       Jean-Marc Lacape
       CIRAD
       Montpellier, France
      
  • Biodiversity of cotton germplasm in India and its use for genetic enhancement.
       Charudatta D. Mayee
       Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board (ICAR)
       New Delhi, India
      
  • Sequencing the cotton genomes - Gossypium spp.
       Andrew H. Paterson
       University of Georgia
       Athens, Georgia, USA
      
  • Cotton germplasm collections - Opportunities and challenges.
       Richard G. Percy
       USDA-ARS
       College Station, Texas, USA
      
  • New methods in genomic research of plants.
       James McD Stewart
       University of Arkansas
       Fyetteville, Arkansas, USA
      
  • Introgression of Bt genes in novel germplasm and contribution to Indian cotton economy.
       Vidyasagar Parchuri
       Vibha Agrotech Ltd
       Hyderabad, India
      
  • Sequencing of the cultivated diploid cotton genome - Gossypium arboreum.
       Thea A. Wilkins
       Texas Tech University
       Lubbock, Texas, USA
      
  • Sequencing of the cultivated tetraploid cotton genome - Gossypium hirsutum.
       Shuxun Yu
       National Cotton Research Institute
       Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
       Anyang, Henan, China
      
  • Genomic differentiation between G. barbadense and G. hirsutum.
       Tianzhen Zhang
       Nanjing Agricultural University
       Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
      
  • Biochemical pathways that play important roles during cotton fiber cell elongation.
       Yuxian Zhu
       Peking University
       Beijing, China
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