Thursday 18 September
DAY 3
08:30-10:20
SESSION 5 - Apomeiosis II
- Keynote - Tim SHARBEL - Univ. Saskatchewan, Canada
Evolution of the apomictic genome in Boechera
- Lorena SIENA - IICAR, Univ. Nac Rosario-CONICET, Argentina
Awaiting title
- Marta MENDES - Univ. Milan, Italy
Awaiting title
+ 3 Selected oral presentations
10:20-11:00
Coffee break - Posters
11:00-12:50
SESSION 6 - Triggering embryogenesis
- Keynote - Charles J. UNDERWOOD - Radboud University, Netherlands
Awaiting title
- Thomas WIDIEZ - RDP-ENS Lyon, France
Defective fertilization to trigger haploid embryo in maize
- Kenny BOGAERT - Max Planck Institute for Biology, Germany
Apomixis in the Sea? Parthenogenesis and Maternal Cues in Seaweeds
+ 3 Selected oral presentations
12:50-14:00
Lunch & Coffee - Posters
14:00-15:30
Forum Table 1 - Missing tools for harnessing apomixis in plant breeding?
Chair: Silvina PESSINO - IICAR, Univ. Nac Rosario-CONICET, Argentina
- Emmanuel GUIDERDONI - CIRAD, France
Kejian WANG - China National Rice Research Institute, China
Peggy OZIAS-AKINS - Univ. Tifton, USA
Emidio ALBERTINI - University of Perugia, Italy
15:30-16:00
Coffee break - Posters
16:00-18:00
Forum Table 2 - Apomixis, a plant breeding innovation?
Chair: Liana JANK - EMBRAPA, breeder, Brazil
- Stéphane LEMARIÉ - INRAe, France
Anna KOLTUNOW - Univ. Queensland, Australia
Awaiting confirmation
Awaiting confirmation
19:30-23:00