Tree Biotechnology
in the New Millennium
July 22-27, 2001
Lectures - Molecular Biology Meeting
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POPULATION, ECOLOGICAL, AND EVOLUTIONARY GENETICS |
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Keynote - Clegg |
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USE OF MOLECULAR TOOLS FOR UNDERSTANDING PLANT DIVERSITY, EVOLUTION, AND ADAPTATION |
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3.30 |
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Tsumura |
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GENOME WIDE COMPARISON TO SEARCH FOR ADAPTIVE GENES IN CONIFERS |
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3.50 |
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Vendramin |
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GEOGRAPHIC PATTERN OF GENETIC VARIATION IN BROAD-LEAVED SPECIES WITH DIFFERENT LIFE HISTORY TRAITS AND HUMAN IMPACT DETECTED USING CHLOROPLAST MICROSATELLITE AND PCR/RFLP MARKERS |
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4.10 |
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Heinze |
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DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF CONSERVED CHLOROPLAST AND NUCLEAR PCR MARKERS FOR A RANGE OF TEMPERATE FOREST TREES |
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4.30 |
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Richardson |
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DNA FROM BIRD-DISPERSED SEED AND WIND-DISSEMINATED POLLEN PROVIDES INSIGHTS INTO POSTGLACIAL COLONIZATION AND POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE OF WHITEBARK PINE (PINUS ALBICAULIS) |
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4.50 |
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Bousquet |
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THE DYNAMICS OF CONTACT BETWEEN BLACK SPRUCE AND RED SPRUCE, A PROGENITOR-DERIVATIVE SPECIES PAIR |
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5.10 |
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Jaramillo-Correa |
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CONTRASTING PATTERNS OF POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION AT ESTPS, ALLOZYMES AND QUANTITATIVE TRAITS IN WHITE SPRUCE |
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5.30 |
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Morgante |
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MOLECULAR DIVERSITY ANALYSIS IN NORWAY SPRUCE: REPETITIVE DNA MICROSATELLITES AND SNPS |
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6.00 |
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POSTER SESSION I / BAR |
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DEVELOPMENT & DIVERSITY |
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7.00 |
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NATURALIST PRESENTATION |
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COLUMBIA GORGE NATURAL HISTORY |
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7.30 |
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DINNER |
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EVOLUTION & DIVERSITY |
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8.30 |
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DiFazio |
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LANDSCAPE MODELING APPROACH TO ASSESSING POTENTIAL GENE FLOW FROM TRANSGENIC POPLAR PLANTATIONS |
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8.45 |
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Woeste |
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DIVERSITY AND RELATEDNESS IN A BLACK WALNUT PROVENANCE-PROGENY TEST |
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9.00 |
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Stokoe |
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MICROSATELLITE AND CHLOROPLAST DIVERSITY WITHIN EUCALYPTUS CLOEZIANA |
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9.15 |
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Ziegenhagen |
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MOLECULAR STRUCTURE AND DIVERSITY OF A NUCLEAR GENE IN GYMNOSPERMS - FROM WITHIN-GENE TO AMONG-TAXA ANALYSIS |
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9.30 |
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Arnold |
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USE OF SSR MARKERS DEVELOPED ON CULTIVATED SPECIES TO STUDY WILD RELATIVES: AN EXAMPLE FROM VITIS AND CISSUS. |
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9.45 |
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Jones, M.E. |
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INTRASPECIFIC CHLOROPLAST DNA VARIATION AND POPULATION STRUCTURE IN EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS HILL EX MAIDEN. |
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CONCURRENT
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TRANSFORMATION & DEPLOYMENT |
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8.30 |
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Ishii |
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APPLICATION OF SANDWICH METHOD FOR ALLELOPATHY TEST OF TRANSGENIC TREES |
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8.45 |
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Studart |
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ACTIVITY OF HETEROLOGOUS PROMOTERS IN TRANSGENIC PLANTS OF POPULUS TREMULA X P. ALBA |
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9.00 |
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Shanjani |
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QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE VARIATION OF YEW PEROXIDASES IN ARASBARAN AND GORGAN FOREST TREES |
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9.15 |
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Mathish |
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SOCIO-ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF TRANSGENIC DEVELOPMENT IN CASUARINA |
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9.30 |
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Bonfils |
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TRANSGENIC TREES IN CANADA: A POLICY PERSPECTIVE |
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9.45 |
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Bryson |
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HAVE YOU GOT A LICENSE FOR THAT TREE (and can you afford to use it?) |
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GENOMICS |
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8.00 |
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Neale |
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THE TEN YEAR HISTORY OF MARKER BREEDING IN FOREST TREE IMPROVEMENT |
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8.20 |
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Li, B. |
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DETECTING MAJOR GENES OF QUANTITATIVE TRAITS USING PHENOTYPIC DATA |
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8.40 |
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Wingfield |
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DEVELOPMENT OF MOLECULAR MARKERS LINKED TO CRYPHONECTRIA CANKER RESISTANCE IN EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS |
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9.00 |
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Romero-Severson |
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THE NORTHERN RED OAK GENOME PROJECT: GENETIC CHARACTERIZATION |
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9.20 |
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Frigerio |
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MOLECULAR GENETICS OF DROUGHT STRESS RESPONSE IN MARITIME PINE |
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9.40 |
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Covert |
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MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF THE FUSIFORM RUST DISEASE INTERACTION |
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10.00 |
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BREAK |
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10.20 |
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Boerjan |
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GENETIC ANALYSIS OF DISEASE RESISTANCE IN POPULUS |
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10.40 |
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Davis |
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TRAIT-TARGETED ARRAY ANALYSIS IN PINE |
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11.00 |
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Han |
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FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS OF SECONDARY GROWTH |
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11.20 |
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Dean |
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SAGE PROFILING AND DEMONSTRATION OF TRANSCRIPTOME CHANGES ALONG THE AXIAL DEVELOPMENTAL GRADIENT OF LIGNIFYING XYLEM IN LOBLOLLY PINE |
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11.40 |
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Groover |
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IDENTIFICATION OF GENES REGULATING VASCULAR DEVELOPMENT IN HERBACEOUS AND WOODY PLANTS USING GENE AND ENHANCER TRAPS |
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12.00 |
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LUNCH |
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1.30 |
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Sundberg |
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WOOD FORMATION, NEW TOOLS TO CRACK OLD PROBLEMS |
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1.50 |
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Sandberg |
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THE SWEDISH TREE FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS INITIATIVE |
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2.10 |
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Hertzberg |
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A TRANSCRIPTIONAL ROADMAP TO WOOD DEVELOPMENT REVEALED BY CDNA MICROARRAY ANALYSIS |
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2.30 |
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Moritz |
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GROWTH, METABOLIC AND TRANSCRIPTIONAL ANALYSES OF TRANSGENIC HYBRID ASPEN WITH INCREASED GIBBERELLIN LEVELS |
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2.50 |
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Loopstra |
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REGULATION AND FUNCTION OF GENES INVOLVED IN WOOD DEVELOPMENT |
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3.10 |
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Jouanin |
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LIGNIFICATION IN POPLAR AND ARABIDOPSIS PLANTS WITH DEPRESSED COMT OR CAD ACTIVITY |
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3.30 |
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Peter |
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MACRO AND MICRO VARIATION IN WOOD AND FIBER PROPERTIES OF SOUTHERN PINE: IMPLICATIONS FOR ANALYZING GENE EXPRESSION |
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3.50 |
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BREAK |
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4.10 |
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Chiang |
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MONOLIGNOL BIOSYNTHESIS IN TREES: RECENT FINDINGS AND PATHS FOR THE FUTURE |
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4.30 |
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Tsai |
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TRANSGENIC ASPEN WITH ALTERED LIGNIN |
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4.50 |
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Douglas |
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FORESTRY GENOMICS: A MAJOR NEW CANADIAN INITIATIVE IN STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS |
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5.10 |
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Grima-Pettenati |
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WOOD FORMATION IN EUCALYPTUS WITH EMPHASIS ON LIGNIN BIOSYNTHESIS |
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5.30 |
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Campbell |
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REGULATION OF LIGNIN BIOSYNTHESIS |
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5.50 |
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Shoseyov |
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MODULATION OF WOOD FIBERS AND STUDIES ON THE MODE OF ACTION OF CELLULOSE-BINDING DOMAINS (CBDs) |
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6.10 |
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POSTER SESSION II / BAR |
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GENOMICS & IN VITRO / APPLIED BIOTECHNOLOGY |
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7.30 |
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DINNER |
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PHYSIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY |
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8.30 |
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O'Leary |
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OVULAR SECRETIONS AND POLLEN TUBE DEVELOPMENT |
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8.45 |
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Bohlmann |
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CELL BIOLOGY, MOLECULAR GENETICS AND BIOCHEMISTRY OF THE METHYL JASMONATE RESPONSE IN DEVELOPING XYLEM AND NEEDLES OF SPRUCE (PICEA SPP.): FOUNDATION FOR A GENOMIC APPROACH IN CONIFER DEFENSE |
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9.00 |
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Bhalero |
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REGULATION OF CAMBIAL DEVELOPMENT-A CROSS TALK BETWEEN GROWTH REGULATORS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNALS |
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9.15 |
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Schrader |
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POLAR AUXIN TRANSPORT AND WOOD FORMATION |
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9.30 |
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Li, L. |
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RE-EVALUATION OF VARIOUS ENZYME FUNCTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH MONOLIGNOL BIOSYNTHESIS |
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9.45 |
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Joshi |
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EXTENT OF CELLULOSE SYNTHASE GENE FAMILY FROM ASPEN |
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10.00 |
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Cooke |
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USING A TARGETED GENOMICS APPROACH TO EXAMINE NITROGEN RESPONSES IN POPLARS |
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CONCURRENT
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GENOMICS & DEVELOPMENT |
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8.30 |
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Kondo |
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QTL ANALYSIS OF WOOD STIFFNESS IN JAPANESE CEDAR, CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA |
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8.45 |
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Gwaze |
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MAPPING QTLS FOR GROWTH CURVES IN PINE |
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9.00 |
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Aldrich |
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MATING CONFIGURATIONS IN OPEN-POLLINATED TREE CANOPIES: APPLICATIONS FOR GENETIC LINKAGE MAPPING |
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9.15
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Constabel |
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ANALYSIS OF THE WOUND RESPONSE AND HERBIVORE DEFENSE IN HYBRID POPLAR USING EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS |
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9.30 |
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Jones, H.M. |
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EXPLORING THE CONTROL OF MERISTEM ACTIVITY IN EUCALYPTUS |
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9.45 |
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Kumar |
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TRANSGENE INTEGRATION, STABLE EXPRESSION AND GENE TARGETING IN ASPEN |
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10.00 |
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Dinus |
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GENETIC MANIPULATION OF WOOD CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES: AN APPRAISAL OF PROSPECTS |
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DOMESTICATION SYMPOSIUM |
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8.30 |
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Gepts |
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THE INHERITANCE OF THE DOMESTICATION SYNDROME IN FIELD CROPS: ARE THERE LESSONS FOR TREE CROPS? |
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9.05 |
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Duvick |
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CHANGES IN MAIZE HYBRIDS DURING 70 YEARS OF BREEDING FOR HIGHER YIELD AND GREATER STABILITY OF PERFORMANCE |
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9.40 |
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Ceulemans |
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DESIGNING A TREE : INSIGHTS FROM TREE PHYSIOLOGY AND MODELING |
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10.15 |
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BREAK |
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10.35 |
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Ford |
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THEORY AND EXPERIMENT IN CROWNS AND CANOPIES |
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11.10 |
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Niklas |
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BREEDING SAFE AND PRODUCTIVE TREES: A BIOMECHANICAL PERSPECTIVE |
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11.45 |
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Bradshaw |
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SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION |
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12.00 |
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LUNCH |
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Keynote - Cook |
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NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY |
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2.00 |
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Gordon |
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USING TREES IN PHYTOREMEDIATION |
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2.20 |
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Pilate |
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FIELD AND PULPING PERFORMANCES OF TRANSGENIC TREES WITH ALTERED LIGNIFICATION |
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2.40 |
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Yifan |
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FIELD EVALUATION OF INSECT-RESISTANT TRANSGENIC POPULUS NIGRA TREES |
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3.00 |
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Seguin |
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IMPROVING PEST RESISTANCE IN FOREST TREE SPECIES |
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3.20 |
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Maynard |
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TOWARD DEVELOPMENT OF A BLIGHT-RESISTANT AMERICAN CHESTNUT (CASTANEA DENTATA MARSH. (BORKH)). |
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3.40 |
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BREAK |
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4.00 |
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Merkle |
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GOODBYE TO ANTIBIOTIC SELECTION: TRANSFORMATION OF SLASH AND LOBLOLLY PINES WITH MERCURIC ION RESISTANCE GENES |
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4.20 |
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Ebinuma |
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SYSTEMS FOR THE REMOVAL OF A SELECTION MARKER AND THEIR COMBINATION WITH A POSITIVE MARKER |
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4.40 |
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Fladung |
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TRANSGENIC TREES: FROM TREE IMPROVEMENT TO FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS |
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5.00 |
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von Arnold |
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REGULATION OF EARLY EVENTS DURING SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS OF NORWAY SPRUCE |
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5.20 |
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Goldfarb |
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REGULATION OF AUXIN-INDUCED GENE EXPRESSION DURING ADVENTITIOUS ROOT INITIATION IN LOBLOLLY PINE |
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5.40 |
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Greenwood |
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REGULATION OF AUXIN-INDUCED LATERAL AND ADVENTITIOUS ROOT FORMATION IN LOBLOLLY PINE |
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6.00 |
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BUSINESS MEETING |
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7.30 |
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BBQ DINNER |
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DEVELOPMENT & MATURATION |
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8.00 |
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Hutchison |
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DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS AND MATURATION: WHERE ARE WE ON THE PENDULUM'S ARC? |
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8.20 |
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Busov |
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MATURATION EFFECTS ON AUXIN-INDUCED GENES FROM LOBLOLLY PINE (PINUS TAEDA L.). |
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8.40 |
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Rohde |
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BUD DEVELOPMENT AND BUD DORMANCY - REVISITED AT THE MOLECULAR LEVEL |
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9.00 |
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Altman |
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MOLECULAR AND PHYSIOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS OF FOREST TREE BREEDING FOR ABIOTIC STRESS TOLERANCE: THE ROLE OF STRESS-ASSOCIATED CHAPERONES AND DEHYDRINS IN POPULUS |
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9.20 |
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Cairney |
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LARGE-SCALE GENE DISCOVERY AND EXPRESSION ANALYSIS FOR LOBLOLLY PINE EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT |
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9.40 |
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Coleman |
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FACTORS REGULATING EXPRESSION OF THE POPLAR BARK STORAGE PROTEIN GENE BSPA |
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10.00 |
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BREAK |
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10.20 |
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Nilsson |
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A FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS APPROACH TO THE CONTROL OF FLOWERING IN POPULUS |
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10.40 |
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Brunner |
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MATURATION AND FLOWERING IN POPULUS : GENE EXPRESSION CHANGES CORRELATED WITH REPRODUCTIVE COMPETENCY AND GENES FOR MANIPULATING FLOWERING |
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11.00 |
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Southerton |
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FLOWERING CONTROL IN EUCALYPTS |
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11.20 |
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Sopanen |
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GENETIC MODIFICATION OF INFLORESCENCE DEVELOPMENT IN BIRCH |
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11.40 |
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Tuskan |
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MEETING SUMMARY: HIGHLIGHTS, THEMES, AND FUTURES |
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12.00 |
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LUNCH |
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1.00 |
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SYMPOSIUM ADJOURNED |
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