WGRC ALUMNI SYMPOSIUM AND WEENEND 19–20 July, 2013.

SYMPOSIUM 8:30AM–4:00PM 19 July, 2013. [TENTATIVE]

• Town Hall Lecture Room; Leadership Studies Building, Kansas State University

8:30–8:40AM Welcome [Dean of the College of Agriculture, Dr. John Flores]

8:40–8:50AM Opening comments [Bikram Gill]

Symposium [Bernd Friebe, MC]

SESSION I: DOMESTICATION [Chair: Cal Qualset]

• 8:50–8:55AM Session Comments [Cal Qualset]
• 8:55–9:10AM Justin Faris
• 9:10–9:25AM Wanlong Li
• 9:25–9:40AM Shilpa Sood

9:45–10:00AM Coffee break

SESSION IIA: CYTOGENETICS [Chair: Jaroslav Dolezel]

• 10:00–10:05AM Session Comments [Jaroslav Dolezel]
• 10:05–10:20AM Hisashi Tsujimoto
• 10:20–10:35AM Shuhei Nasuda
• 10:35–10:50AM Peng Zhang
• 10:50–11:05AM Yasuhiko Mukai
• 11:05–11:20AM Peidu Chen

11:20–11:35AM Coffee break

SESSION IIB: CYTOGENETICS [Chair: Ron Phillips]

• 11:35–11:40AM Session Comments [Ron Phillips]
• 11:40–11:55PM Jiming Jiang
• 11:55–12:10PM Manoj Dhar
• 12:10–12:25PM Lane Rayburn
• 12:25–12:40PM Jeff Stuart

12:40–1:30PM Lunch Break

SESSION III: DISEASE RESISTANCE [Chair: Bob McIntosh]

• 1:30–1:35PM Session Comments [Bob McIntosh]
• 1:35–1:50PM Li Huang
• 1:50–2:05PM Deven See
• 2:05–2:20PM Lili Qi

2:20–2:35PM Coffee break

SESSION IV: GERMPLASM ENHANCEMENT [Chair: Jim Anderson]

• 2:35–2:40PM Session Comments [Jim Anderson]
• 2:40–2:55PM Stan Cox
• 2:55–3:10PM Ahmed Amri
• 3:10–3:25PM Gina Brown-Guedira
• 3:35–3:50PM Kulvinder Gill
• 3:50–4:05PM Sukhwinder Singh
• 4:05–4:20PM Adam Lukaszewski
• 4:20–4:35PM Vasu Kuraparthy

4:35PM Closing Remarks [Bikram Gill]