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Symposium and Agricultural Biotechnology Showcase
October 17 and 18, 2002
Frederic de Hoffmann Auditorium, The Salk Institute for Biological
Studies
10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037-1099
| October 17 |
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| 9:00 – 9:45 |
How does a vegetative meristem become a floral
meristem?
Rick Amasino, University of Wisconsin |
| 9:45 – 10:30 |
Genes to create novel flower structure
Marty Yanofsky, University of California, San Diego
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11:00 – 11:45 |
Genes that alter apical dominance and plant architecture
(branching)
Catherine Rameau, INRA, France |
1:30 – 3:30 |
Short (15 minute) presentations by 5 floriculture
companies to be identified |
4:00 – 5:00 |
Genetic regulation of flower color
Ronald Koes, Free University of Amsterdam |
| October 18 |
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| 9:00 – 9:45 |
Floral scent - from compounds to metabolic pathways
and their regulation
Natalia Dudareva, Purdue University. |
| 9:45 – 10:30 |
Genomic approaches to identifying genes that regulate
senescence
David Clark, University of Florida |
11:00 – 11:45 |
Biotechnology in the flower industry in The Netherlands
Peter Visser, Plant Research International, Wageningen |
1:30 – 3:30 |
Short (15 minute) presentations by 5 floriculture companies
to be identified |
For further information about participation, to become a
sponsor or to attend the symposium contact milda@ucsd.edu
or mchrispeels@ucsd.edu
Sponsored by the University of California Biotechnology (BioSTAR)
Program and the agricultural biotechnology industry.
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