Cacao Genome Sequencing & Cacao Breeders Workshop - Pacific Salon 6 & 7

Organizer:
David Kuhn, USDA/ARS (david.kuhn@ars.usda.gov)

Speakers:

1:30pm
David Kuhn, USDA-ARS Subtropical Horticulture Research Station (SHRS) (David.Kuhn@ars.usda.gov)
"Introduction"

1:35pm
Chris Saski, Clemson University Genomics Institute (CUGI) (saski@exchange.clemson.edu)
"A Genetically Anchored Physical Map of Cacao Genome"

1:50pm
Raymond J. Schnell, USDA-ARS Subtropical Horticulture Research Station (SHRS) (Ray.Schnell@ars.usda.gov)
"The Detection and Utilization of Disease Reistance, Quality, and Productivity QTLs in Cacao Breeding"

2:05pm
Brian Scheffler, USDA-ARS Genomics and Bioinformatics Research Unit (GBRU) (Brian.Scheffler@ars.usda.gov)
"T. cacao Genome Sequencing"

2:20pm
Keithanne Mockaitis, Indiana University Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics (IUCGB) (kmockait@indiana.edu)
"T. cacao Transcriptome Sequencing"

2:35pm
Greg May, National Center for Genome Resources (NCGR) (gdm@ncgr.org)
"SNP discovery"

2:50pm
Niina Haiminen, IBM Watson Research Center (nhaimin@us.ibm.com)
"Genome Assembly Validation"

3:05pm
David Kuhn, USDA-ARS Subtropical Horticulture Research Station (SHRS), FL (David.Kuhn@ars.usda.gov)
"The Need For An Assembly Pilot Project"

3:20pm
Dorrie Main, Washington State University, WA (dorrie@bioinfo.wsu.edu)
"Cacaogenomedb.org"

3:35pm
Juan Carlos Motamayor, Mars, Inc. (juan.motamayor@effem.com)
"Linkage Disequilibrium In Theobroma cacao L. Populations"

3:50pm - Break

4:10pm
Chifumi Nagai, HARC, Hawaii (Cnagai@harc-hspa.com)
"Status Of Cacao Breeding In Hawaii"

4:20pm
Wilberth Phillips Mora, CATIE, Costa Rica (wphillip@catie.ac.cr)
"The Cacao Breeding Program At Catie, Costa Rica"

4:30pm
Freddy Amores, INIAP, Ecuador (famores.ec@gmail.com)
"Status of Cacao Breeding in Ecuador"

4:40pm
Francis Padi, CRIG, Ghana (padifrancis@yahoo.co.uk)
"Status of Cacao Breeding in Ghana"

4:50pm
Ives Bruno Efombagn, IRAD, Cameroon (efombagn@yahoo.fr)
"The Marker Assisted Selection Of Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) In Cameroon: Improving Phytophthora Pod Rot Resistance And Other Agronomic Traits Through Association Mapping"

5:00pm
Peter Aikpokpodion, CRIN, Nigeria (paikpokpodion@cgiar.org)
"Status Of Cacao Breeding In Ghana"

5:10pm
Desire Pokou, CNRA, Cote d'Ivoire (pokoudesire@yahoo.fr)
"Status Of Cacao Breeding In Cote dIvoire"

5:20pm
Peter Epaina, CCI, Papua New Guinea (petruspita@yahoo.com.au)
"Status of Cacao Breeding in Papua New Guinea"

5:30pm
Haya Ramba, MCB, Malaysia (hayaramba@koko.gov.my)
"Status of Cacao Breeding in Malaysia"