The Generation Challenge Programme's 2006 Annual Research Meeting
The Generation Challenge Program 2006 Annual Research Meeting was held in Sao Paulo, Brazil from 12-16 September. This year over 180 scientists from around the world congregated at the Caesar Business Hotel to discuss and plan GCP activities. Most Principal Investigators gave a presentation on their projects; PDFs of those presentations can be found below.
Photos of the posters from this year's poster session can also be found below. We will be adding PDFs of the posters as they are sent to us.
NOTE: Documents with a ** next to them are larger than 2MB and may take longer to download. If you cannot download a presentation that you need, please email us at k.lesnick@cgiar.org for help.
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Posters
Materials from QTLxE Course
General information
Day 1: Tuesday, 12 September 2006
Morning Presentations
SP1 Subprogram Session
SP2 Subprogram Session
SP3 Subprogram Session
SP5 Subprogram Session
Day 2: Wednesday, 13 September 2006
Morning Presentations
Phenotyping Brainstorming Sessions
GCP Communications Session
Day 3: Thursday, 14 September 2006
Morning Presentations
Day 4: Friday, 15 September 2006
Morning Presentations
Candidate Genes Brainstorming Sessions
Day 5: Saturday, 16 September 2006
Morning Presentations
Wrap-up
GCP Song, by Tom Hash
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DAY 1: TUESDAY, 12 SEPTEMBER
Morning Presentations
Phenotyping Drought Resistance--Concept and Modus Operandi (presentation unavailable)
Agricultural Innovation in Brazil - Strategies and Contributions of Embrapa, part 1
Agricultural Innovation in Brazil - Strategies and Contributions of Embrapa, part 2**
National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC) Thailand**
IAO and DISTA: BIOTECHNOLOGY, BIODIVERSITY, BIOSAFETY
IAO and DISTA: BIOTECHNOLOGY, BIODIVERSITY, BIOSAFETY--part 2**
INRA-Morocco research agenda and Prospect for Cooperation with GCP
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- Jean Chrisophe Glaszmann, SP1 Leader
SP1 in the GCP - Matthew Blair, CIAT
Race structure and inter gene pool diversity in common bean: The case for introgression. - Wolfgang Gr?neberg, CIP
Sweetpotato Core Collection/Genotyping: Gene Pool Division and Heterosis Estimation under Drought Stress Conditions - Claire Billot, CIRAD/Tom Hash, ICRISAT
Sorghum - Susanne Dreisigacker, CIMMYT
Wheat: dealing with high levels of polyploidy in genotyping - Marc Ghislain, CIP
Comparison of advanced potato cultivars with landraces using microsatellites - Patricia Lebrun, CIRAD
CIRAD Coconut programme - Hari Upadhyaya, ICRISAT
Genotyping Chickpea Composite Collection - Hari Upadhyaya, ICRISAT
Genotyping Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) Composite Collection - Progress in Cassava Work and Delivery Plan
- Beyond Core Collections: Strategies for allele mining within large collections
- Dendogram 157 alleles 25 SSR Primers
- Unlocking Genetic Diversity in Crops IPBS August 22, 2006--part 1
Unlocking Genetic Diversity in Crops IPBS August 22, 2006--part 2 - Introducing The Genotyping Support Service
- Variety Group Structure of Rice: SP1 Genotyping of the Rice Composite Collection--part 1
Variety Group Structure of Rice: SP1 Genotyping of the Rice Composite Collection--part 2**
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- Hei Leung, IRRI
Subprogram 2: Comparative genomics for gene discovery - Shoshi Kikuchi, NIAS
Crop gene expression profiles and stress-gene arrays - Marc Ghislain, CIP
First generation of EMS-derived potato mutants - Nour Ahmedi, CIRAD
Integrative genetic framework for comparative QTL mapping for drought tolerance in rice & QTL data to narrow down candidate genes for root development - Rajeev Varshney, ICRISAT
Conserved Orthologous Set (COS) Markers in Legumes - Samart Wanchana, IRRI/Richard Bruskiewich, IRRI
Finding Orthologs and Conserved Regions - Environments for drought tolerance QTL validation
- DArT markers for whole genome profiling in Sorghum
- Connecting genomic variation with phenotypes and performance
- Utilization of Existing Wheat Genetic Stocks to Enhance Tolerance of Wheat Cultivars to Drought Stresses
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- Philippe Monnevuex, GCP
Subprogram 3: Trait Capture for Crop Improvement - Reinaldo L?cio Gomide, Embrapa
Targeted/Testing Environment Characterization - John Bennett, IRRI
Evaluation and Deployment of Transgenic Drought-Tolerant Varieties - Francios Tardieu, INRA/Claude Welcker,INRA
Stress characterisation - Scott Chapman, CSIRO
Optimizing marker-assisted breeding systems for drought tolerance in cereals through linkage of physiological and genetic models - Victoria Henson-Apollonio, IPGRI
Planning for Product Development, Delivery, and Use in the GCP - Rachid Serraj, IRRI
Specific problems of large-scale phenotyping--part 1
Specific problems of large-scale phenotyping--part 2 - Mauricio Lopes, Embrapa
Agricultural Innovation in Brazil - Strategies and Contributions of Embrapa, part 1
Agricultural Innovation in Brazil - Strategies and Contributions of Embrapa, part 2** - Plant traits to sustain yield under drought stress
- ARM 2006 Discussion Groups
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- James Gethi, KARI
GCP training courses: Experiences, thoughts & suggestions - Chiedozie Egesi, CIAT
Genetic mapping of resistance genes for major arthropod pests and delayed post-harvest physiological deterioration in cassava - Mathews M.Dida, Maseno University
Current status of finger millet (Eleusine coracana) genome mapping and research - Julio C. Kalazich, INIA-Chile
Reaching Users in the Chilean Scheme - Amauri Buso, Embrapa
A Case Study - A Melon Breeding Project - Annual working Plan - Year 2006
- Institutional Development Index (IDI) for Evaluation
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DAY 2: WEDNESDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER
Morning Presentations
- Steve Kresovich, Cornell University
Challenges to Allele Discovery - Jose Valls, Embrapa/David Bertioli, Embrapa
Unlocking the Genetic diversity of peanut?s wild relatives using genomic and genetic tools - Mathias Lorieux, CIAT
Exploring Natural Diversity in Rice--part 1
Exploring Natural Diversity in Rice--part 2 - Marilyn Warburton, CIMMYT
Characterization of genetic diversity of maize populations: Documenting global maize migration from the center of origin--part 1**
Characterization of genetic diversity of maize populations: Documenting global maize migration from the center of origin--part 2
Characterization of genetic diversity of maize populations: Documenting global maize migration from the center of origin--part 3** - Jean Christophe Glaszmann, CIRAD
Update on genotyping for identification of reference samples--part 1**
Update on genotyping for identification of reference samples--part 2 - Marilyn Warburton, CIMMYT
Development of informative markers through association mapping in maize to improve drought tolerance in cereals--part 1**
Development of informative markers through association mapping in maize to improve drought tolerance in cereals--part 2**
Development of informative markers through association mapping in maize to improve drought tolerance in cereals--part 3** - Michael Baum, ICARDA
Allele Mining Based On Non-Coding Regulatory SNPs in barley germplasm - Andy Pereira, WUR and Virgina Tech
Systematic evaluation of rice mutant collections for conditional phenotypes with emphasis on stress tolerance - Dominique This, Agropolis
Allele Diversity at 0rthologous Candidate genes in GCP crops
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Phenotyping Brainstorming Sessions
- List of sessions and topics
- Introduction--part 1 (Philippe Monneveux, SP3 Leader)
Introduction--part 2 (Philippe Monneveux, SP3 Leader) - Report from group 1.2-1.4
- Report from group 2
- Report from group 3.1
- Report from group 3.2
- Report from group 3.3
- Report from group 4.1-4.4
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Evening Special Session on GCP Communications
- Jennifer Nelson, GCP Communications Manager
Communications in the GCP
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DAY 3: THURSDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER
Morning Presentations
Gene Discovery and Marker Development in Legumes: Pea, a cool season legume--part 1
Gene Discovery and Marker Development in Legumes: Pea, a cool season legume--part 2**
Musa Genome Frame-map Construction and Connection with the Rice Sequence--part 1**
Musa Genome Frame-map Construction and Connection with the Rice Sequence--part 2
CEREALIMMUNITY: An integrated project to unveil immunity mechanisms to fungal pathogens in rice and wheat
Identifying Genes Responsible for Failure of Grain Formation in Rice and Wheat under Drought
A common genetic basis for growth rate under water deficit across organs and genomes?
Revitalizing Marginal Lands: Discovery of Genes for Tolerance of Saline and P-Deficient Soils to
Enhance and Sustain Productivity
Isolation and Characterization of Aluminum Tolerance Genes in the Cereals: An Integrated Functional Genomic, Molecular Genetic and Physiological Analysis
Identifying the physiological and genetic traits that make cassava one of the most drought tolerant crops--part 1
Identifying the physiological and genetic traits that make cassava one of the most drought tolerant crops--part 2
Targeted discovery of superior alleles for quantitative disease resistance in the maize and rice genomes
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DAY 4: FRIDAY, 15 SEPTEMBER
Morning Presentations
Whole Plant Modelling Project: Crop-plant models to assist drought phenotyping
An eco-physiological ? statistical framework for the analysis of GxE and QTLxE as occurring in abiotic stress trials, with applications to the CIMMYT drought stress programs in tropical maize and bread wheat
Marker Development and Marker-Assisted Selection for Striga Resistance in Cowpea
Development of Low-Cost Marker Technologies for Pyramiding Useful Gene from Wild Relatives of Cassava into Elite Progenitors--part 1
Development of Low-Cost Marker Technologies for Pyramiding Useful Gene from Wild Relatives of Cassava into Elite Progenitors--part 2
The Potential of Bioinformatics Tools and Platforms in Crop Improvement Research
GCP Comparative Stress Gene Catalog and Ortholog Display Tools**
Development of crop gene expression database and data mining tools
Drought Tolerant Rice Cultivars for North China and South/Southeast Asia by Highly Efficient Pyramiding of QTLs from Diverse Origins--part 1**
Drought Tolerant Rice Cultivars for North China and South/Southeast Asia by Highly Efficient Pyramiding of QTLs from Diverse Origins--part 2**
SP4 Products Presented by Users
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Candidate Genes Brainstorming Session
- Topic List
- Converging evidence for candidate gene identification and validation
- Would a Candidate Gene Approach Have Been Successful for Isolating AltSB, A Major Aluminum Tolerance Gene in Sorghum?
- What are the Pros and cons of taking a candidate gene approach?
- Candidate genes for drought tolerance: approaches used in ADOC (allele diversity of orthologous candidate genes)
- List of candidate genes
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DAY 5; SATURDAY, 16 SEPTEMBER
Morning Presentations
- Neils Louwaars, WUR/Victoria Henson-Apollonio, IPGRI
Policy Work in the GCP - Nollie Vera Cruz, IRRI
Development of low-cost gene-based trait assay technologies in cereals** - Theresa Fulton, Cornell University
Training Materials: Genomics and Comparative Genomics & Genetic Diversity Analysis - Carmen de Vicente, IPGRI
Microsatellite marker kits - Guy Davenport, CIMMYT
Accessibility of GCP Data--part 1**
Accessibility of GCP Data--part 2**
Accessibility of GCP Data--part 3** - Francois Tardieu, INRA
Phenotyping course: Montpellier 3-12 July 2006 - Glenn Hyman, CIAT
Targeting the poor & at risk by the GCP--part 1
Targeting the poor & at risk by the GCP--part 2** - Carmen de Vicente, IPGRI
The Genotyping Support Service
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- Jean Christophe Glaszmann, SP1 Leader
SP1 Wrap-up - Hei Leung, SP2 Leader
SP2 Wrap-up - Philippe Monneveux, SP3 Leader
SP3 Wrap-up - Theo van Hintum, SP4 Leader
SP4 Wrap-up - Carmen de Vicente, SP5 Leader
SP5 Wrap-up - Jean-Marcel Ribaut, GCP Director
Final Wrap-up
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