Download Program - SS-ASPB

2016 Meeting of the Southern Section of
the
American Society of Plant Biologists
Program
April 2nd- 4th
University of North Texas
Denton, Texas
SS-ASPB would like to Thank our Sponsors
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Table of Contents
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Meeting Schedule at a Glance
4
Detailed Meeting Schedule
5
General Session
5
Concurrent Sessions
5
Undergraduate Posters
11
General Poster Session
12
Kriton Hatzios Symposium
15
Map of Environment Education, Science & Technology (EESAT) Building
17
Map of the Gateway Center
17
Map of the University of North Texas (UNT), Denton
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Meeting Schedule at a Glance
Saturday, April 2nd
11:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Field Trip to Fort Worth Botanic Gardens/BRIT
(Meet at the EESAT Atrium at 10:50 am. Bus leaves at 11:00 am sharp)
1:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Registration – Environmental Education, Science & Technology Building
(EESAT – Atrium)
Poster Set-Up (EESAT – Eagle Exhibit Hall)
5:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Networking Welcome and Mixer (EESAT – Atrium)
8:00 - 9:30 p.m.
Executive Committee Meeting (EESAT – Room 176)
Sunday, April 3rd
6:30 - 8:00 a.m.
Breakfast (EESAT – Atrium)
8:00 - 9:45 a.m
Opening Session (EESAT - Room 130)
9:45 – 10:30 a.m.
Coffee Break, Posters open for viewing
10:30 a.m. – 12: 00 p.m.
Concurrent general talks and Graduate Oral Competitions
Session 1A (Room 130); 1B (Room 110); Session 1C (Room 125)
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch (EESAT Atrium)
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Undergrad poster judging (posters # P1 thru P12)
1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Concurrent general talks and Graduate Oral Competitions
Session 2A (Room 130); 2B (Room 110); Session 2C (Room 125)
3:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Coffee Break
3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Session 3A (Room 130); 3B (Room 110); Session 3C (Room 125)
4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Poster Session, first authors should be present for all UNDERGRADUATE and
ODD NUMBERED posters
5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Poster Session, first authors should be present for all EVEN NUMBERED posters
7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Banquet and Awards Ceremony, (EESAT Atrium)
(posters are open)
Monday, April 4th
7:00 - 8:15 a.m.
Breakfast (GATEWAY Center, 35 Ballroom)
8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Kriton Hatzios Symposium (GATEWAY Center, 35 Ballroom)
12:00 p.m.
General business meeting (Gateway Center)
12:30 p.m.
Meeting adjourns
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Detailed Meeting Schedule
Saturday, April 2nd
11:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Field Trip to F W Botanic Gardens/BRIT
(Meet at the EESAT Atrium at 10:50 am. Bus leaves at 11:00 am sharp)
1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Registration: Environmental Education, Science & Technology Building
(EESAT-Atrium).
Poster Set-Up (EESAT – Eagle Exhibit Hall)
5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Networking Welcome and Mixer (EESAT-Atrium)
8:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Executive Committee Meeting
Sunday, April 3rd
6:45 a.m. - 7:50 a.m.
Breakfast (EESAT Atrium)
8:00 a.m. – 8:25 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
8:10 a.m.
8:15 a.m.
Welcome (EESAT - Room 130)
Rick Turley, Chair, SS – ASPB
Welcome from Dr. Neal J. Smatresk, President, UNT
Introductions from Kriton Hatzios Symposium speakers
8:30 A.M. – 9:45 A.M. General Session (EESAT - Room 130)
8:30
(001).
8:45
(002)
9:00
Nitrogen crises in agriculture and potential solutions
Michael Udvardi
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
Using genome editing to alter oil production in Camelina sativa.
Jose Aznar Moreno
Kansas State University
(003)
STENOFOLIA-mediated regulation of leaf blade outgrowth by histone modification.
Million Tadege
Oklahoma State University
9:15
Getting to the edge: network science identifies biological modules in Arabidopsis regulatory
and interactions networks
(004)
Shahid Mukhtar
9:30
Exploring the signaling networks specifying branching architectures in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum)
Roisin C. McGarry
University of North Texas
(005)
University of Alabama at Birmingham
9:45 A.M. – 10:15 A.M. – Coffee Break – (EESAT Atrium) (posters open for viewing)
10:15 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. Concurrent Session 1A (EESAT – Room 130)
Moderator: Rebecca Dickstein
10:15 Rapid identification of causative insertions underlying Medicago truncatula Tnt1 mutants defective
in symbiotic nitrogen fixation from a forward genetic screen by whole genome sequencing
(006)
Vijaykumar Veerappan
University of North Texas
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10:30
(007)
Calmodulin-like protein 38: a component of ribonucleoprotein particles during hypoxic
stress responses in Arabidopsis
Ansul Lokdarshi
University of Tennessee
10:45 Mutations in Arabidopsis PIC30 confer increased resistance to picloram and drought
(008)
Sunethra Dharmasiri
Texas State University
**Graduate Student Oral Competition
11:00 Assessing the Role of Extracellular Nucleotides in the Gravity Response of Ceratopteris Spores
(009)
Ashley E. Cannon**
University of Texas at Austin
11:15 Bi-phasic graviresponse in Brassica rapa seedlings
(010)
Chitra Ajala**
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
11:30 The protein phosphatase IBR5 may link cytoplasmic and nuclear auxin signaling pathways via
direct interaction with ROP GTPases
(011)
Elia Lopez**
Texas State University
11:45 Role of HSI2/VAL1 in the developmental transition from seed maturation to vegetative growth
(012)
Naichong Chen **
University of North Texas
10:15 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.
Concurrent Session 1B (EESAT – Room 110)
Moderator: Jay Shockey
10:15 Radiation effects on plants
(013)
Karl H. Hasenstein
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
10:30 Microtubule defects in maize katanin mutants
(014)
Nicholas W. Miles
University of North Texas
10:45 Role of Bifunctional Ammonia-Lyase in Grass Cell Wall Biosynthesis
(015)
Jaime Barros Rios
University of North Texas
**Graduate Student Oral Competition
11:00 Increased autumn temperatures affect carbon assimilation and nitrogen-use in native Carex stricta
and invasive Phalaris arundinacea
(016)
Elizabeth F. Waring**
Texas Tech University
11:15 Interactive effects of deficit irrigation, elevated temperature, and elevated CO2 on peanut growth in
low irrigation production settings
(017)
Haydee Laza**
Texas Tech University
11:30 Salt Tolerance in Soybean Characterized by Genotype, Phenotype, and Gene Expression
(018)
Jade Newsome**
University of Arkansas
11:45 Water Transport in the Resurrection Fern is External
(019)
Susan John**
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
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10:15 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. Concurrent Session 1C (EESAT – Room 125)
Moderator: Yogendra Bordiya
10:15 Identification of the elusive first step of plant oil biosynthesis
(020)
Philip Bates
University of Southern Mississippi
10:30 Increased oil yield by reduction of triacylglycerol turnover in Nicotiana tabacum engineered for
high level oil accumulation in vegetative tissues
(021)
Xue-Rong Zhou
CSIRO, Australia
10:45 Transcriptional profiling suggests new insights into regulation of Arabidopsis thaliana seedling
development by N-linolenoylethanolamine
(022)
Chengshi Yan
University of North Texas
**Graduate Student Oral Competition
11:00 Analyses of Anandamide-mediated Growth Inhibition in Physcomitrella patens
(023)
Jedaidah Chilufya**
East Tennessee State University
11:15 Arabidopsis SEIPIN proteins influence lipid droplet proliferation in plant cells
(024)
Yingqi Cai**
University of North Texas
11:30 Characterization of fatty acid amide hydrolases in tomato
(025)
Vijay Tiwari**
East Tennessee State University
11:45 Two and Three-Dimensional Visualization of Membrane Phospholipid Heterogeneity in Arabidopsis
thaliana seeds by MALDI-MS Imaging
(026)
Drew Sturtevant**
University of North Texas
12:00 P.M. – 1:30 P.M
1:30 P.M. – 2:30 P.M.
Lunch (EESAT Atrium)
Undergraduate poster competition. Posters P1 – P12.
Each student presenter should be at their poster from
1:30 - 2:30 P.M. for discussion and competition judging
1:30 P.M – 3:00 P.M. Concurrent Session 2A (EESAT Room 130)
Moderator: HongGu Kang
1:30
(027)
1:45
(028)
Analysis of Drought Tolerance in Rice Plants Over-expressing Genes Involved in Biotic Stress
Tolerance
Bikram D. Pant
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
Constitutive and companion cell-specific upregulation of Arabidopsis vacuolar proton-pumping
pyrophosphatases enhance plant growth and stimulate phloem loading and long-distance transport
Umesh P. Yadav
University of North Texas
**Graduate Student Oral Competition
2:00
(029)
Forward genetics to identify novel genes essential for symbiotic nitrogen fixation in Medicago
truncatula
Rajashree Pradhan**
University of North Texas
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2:15
(030)
2:30
(031)
2:45
(032)
How does nitrate affect Medicago truncatula NPF1.7 function?
Jingya Cai**
University of North Texas
RNA-Seq Transcriptome and Biochemical Analysis of the Resurrection fern, Pleopeltis
polypodioides.
Susan John**
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Additional functional characterization of Medicago truncatula MtNPF1.7 transporter
YaoChuan Yu**
University of North Texas
1:30 P.M – 3:00 P.M. Concurrent Session 2B (EESAT-Room 110)
Moderator: Jyoti Shah
1:30
(033)
1:45
(034)
Insights into molecular basis of disease susceptibility and resistance against Phymatotrichum root
rot using multi-omics approach
Prasanna Kankanala
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
A P450 is involved in the regulation of systemic acquired resistance in Arabidopsis.
Mrunmay Kumar Giri
University of North Texas
**Graduate Student Oral Competition
2:00
(035)
2:15
(036)
2:30
(037)
2:45
(038)
Transposable Elements in Arabidopsis Display Dynamic Chromatin Accessibility under
Pseudomonas Infection and Association with MORC1
Yogendra Bordiya**
Texas State University
The Role of Actin Depolymerizing Factor 3, ADF3 in Plant Defense Against Myzus persicae, Green
Peach Aphid.
Lani Archer **
University of North Texas
Genetic basis of biosynthesis and cytotoxic activity of Medicago truncatula triterpene saponins
Brynn K. Lawrence
University of Arkansas
Role of a WRKY Transcription Factor in Arabidopsis thaliana Interaction with the Green Peach
Aphid, Myzus persicae
Monika Patel**
University of North Texas
1:30 P.M – 3:00 P.M. Concurrent Session 2C (EESAT-Room 125)
Moderator: Aruna Kilaru
1:30
(039)
1:45
(040)
Role of the MYZUS PERSICAE-INDUCED LIPASE 1 (MPL1) gene in plant biotic stress
Sujon Sarowar
University of North Texas
Nonhost disease resistance in a model legume, Medicago truncatula against Asian soybean rust.
Upinder Gill
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
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**Graduate Student Oral Competition
2:00
(041)
2:15
(042)
2:30
(043)
2:45
(044)
Using whole genome sequencing and bioinformatics to identify defective genes from insertion lines in
Medicago truncatula symbiotic nitrogen fixation mutants
Taylor Troiani**
University of North Texas
Determining the C-glycosyltransferase Involved in Puerarin Production
Laci Adolfo**
University of North Texas
Identification and Functional Analysis of Avocado DGAT1 and DGAT2 Expressed in Yeast
M. M. Rahman**
East Tennessee State University
NODULE INCEPTION protein appears to regulate latter stages of nodule development as well as
early transcriptional changes
Kevin Schmitt**
University of North Texas
3:00 P.M. – 3:30 P.M.
Coffee Break (EESAT Atrium) (posters are open)
3:30 P.M – 5:00 P.M. Concurrent Session 3A (EESAT-Room 130)
**Graduate Student Oral Competition
Moderator: Bikram D. Pant
3:30
(045)
3:45
(046)
Ultra-fast alterations in mRNA levels uncover multiple players in light stress acclimation in plants.
Amith Reddy Devireddy**
University of North Texas
Functional and Phylogenetic Analysis of Cotton CETS Genes
Sarah Prewitt**
University of North Texas
4:00
Deciphering evolutionary strata on plant and algal sex chromosomes and fungal mating-type
chromosomes through compositional segmentation
(047)
Ravi Shanker Pandey**
University of North Texas
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
4:15
Integrated and translational genomics for analysis of complex traits in Sorghum
(048)
Gloria B. Burow
USDA-ARS, Lubbock, TX
4:30
(049)
4.45
(050)
Structure and engineering of plant natural product UGTs
Xiaoqiang Wang
University of North Texas
RNA binding proteins regulate RNA metabolism of the mobile RNA for potato development
Sung Ki Cho
University of Tennessee
3:30 P.M – 5:00 P.M. Concurrent Session 3B (EESAT - Room 110)
**Graduate Student Oral Competition
Moderator: Ashlee McCaskill
3:30
(051)
Bio-Boom: Fungal endophytes enhance tomato drought and salt tolerance
Blake Cleckler**
University of West Alabama
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3:45
(052)
4:00
(053)
4:15
(054)
4.30
(055)
4.45
(056)
Lipidomic analysis of nodules formed after interaction of Medicago truncatula with Sinorhizobium
meliloti: Comparison of WT and a putative phospholipase-defective M. truncatula mutant.
Dhiraj Dokwal**
University of North Texas
Understanding the crosstalk between carbohydrate transport and phosphate use in plants with
enhanced phloem partitioning from source to sink
Mearaj Shaikh**
University of North Texas
Role of TCP Transcription Factors in Geminivirus Coat Protein Transcription
Mary R. Berger **
University of Texas at San Antonio
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Understanding plant cell wall signals through lignin modification and its relation to plant defense
esponses
Lina Gallego-Giraldo
University of North Texas
Arabidopsis SAP9 mediates biotic and abiotic stress responsive ABA signaling via the proteasome
pathway.
Miyoung Kang
Oklahoma State University
3:30 P.M – 4:30 P.M. Concurrent Session 3C (EESAT - Room 125)
**Graduate Student Oral Competition
Moderator: Ansul Lokdarshi
3:30
(057)
3:45
(058)
4:00
(059)
4:15
(060)
4.30
(061)
4.45
(062)
AnnAt1 and AnnAt2 regulate primary root growth in response to sugar
Jing Wang**
University of Texas at Austin
WOX9 mediated repression of flowering in tobacco
Tezera Wolabu Watira **
Oklahoma State University
Dehydroabietinal, an abietane diterpenoid, activates the autonomous pathway to impact flowering
time and defense in Arabidopsis thaliana
Zulkarnain Chowdhury**
University of North Texas
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Reveal the mystery of endophytic fungus-mycovirus-plant symbiosis that controls plant
thermotolerance
Chengke Liu
University of West Alabama
Studying plant antiviral defense to increase VIGS efficiency in sorghum and cassava.
Dharmendra Kumar Singh
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
Functional characterization of the CYSTEINE DESULPHURASE (CD) gene involved in nonhost
disease resistance
Jose Fonseca
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
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Undergraduate students – posters
(* - undergraduate poster competition entry)
Undergraduate student presenters should be at their poster at the assigned times for their group,
and also from 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. for general discussion.
Posters P1 – P12. Each student presenter should be at their poster from 1:30 - 2:30 P.M. for
discussion and competition judging
P1*.
(063)
P2*.
(064)
P3*.
(065)
P4*.
(066)
P5*.
(067)
P6*.
(068)
P7*.
(069)
P8*.
(070)
P9*.
(071)
Heat Stress of Maize Inbred Lines for RNA Isolation and Sequencing
Cassie Phillips
University of Arkansas.
DEVELOPMENT AND METHODS FOR AN OPEN SOURCE DATA VISUALIZATION TOOL
Clayton H. Dorrity
Texas Tech University / USDA-ARS
Towards trait stacking in crops: Efficiency of I-SceI nuclease in excising DNA fragments from the
Arabidopsis genome
Eliott Pruett
University of Arkansas
SCREENING FOR PLANT AGONISTS OF THE ANTIESTROGENIC DRUGS 4HYDROXYTAMOXIFEN AND NAFOXIDINE
Gladys Varghese
Texas Woman’s University
Assessment of Xylanase E2 Expression in Zea mays Embryos
Mary Rath
Arkansas State University
Bacterial Endophytes in Seeds with Different Melatonin Content
Meaghan Rose
Midwestern State University
Investigating changes in bloom phenology in three southern Appalachian plants
Melanie Flood
University of North Georgia
Analysis of Physiological and Morphological Traits associated with Thermal Stress Acclimation in
Cotton
Payton Gregory
Texas Tech University
Heat Unit Accumulation and Maturity in Cotton
Rebecca Hawkenson
Texas Tech University/USDA-ARS
P10*. Identifying Uniform Mu maize mutants that disrupt microtubule binding proteins
(072)
Tori Bootpetch
University of North Texas
P11*. Transcriptional control of vasculature development of Medicago truncatula nodules
(073)
Ronny Gale
University of North Texas, Denton
P12*. Characterization of the MORC1-interacting chromatin-remodeling factors in plant Immunity
(074)
Nicole Beisel
Texas State University, San Marcos
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4:30 P.M. – 6:30 P.M. Poster Session
4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Poster Session, first authors should be present for all UNDERGRADUATE
and ODD NUMBERED posters
5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Poster Session, first authors should be present for all EVEN NUMBERED
posters
General Session Posters
P13.
(075)
P14.
(076)
P15.
(077)
P16.
(078)
P17.
(079)
P18.
(080)
P19.
(081)
P20.
(082)
P21.
(083)
P22.
(084)
P23.
(085)
P24.
(086)
P25.
(087)
C-lignin: A linear lignin polymer
Aaron Harkleroad
University of North Texas
Cloning discordia2, a gene needed for asymmetric division plane orientation in Zea mays
Arland Alberts
University of North Texas
The calcium binding properties of TON2, a protein needed for PPB formation
Danyang Shao
University of North Texas
Mangrove Extracts Influence Feeding Activity by Mangrove Tree Crabs in Florida and Belize
Amy Anne Erickson
Louisiana State University Shreveport
Function and kinetics of hydroxycinnamoyl CoA: shikimate hydroxycinnamoyl transferase in
Brachypodium dystachion.
Dasya Petranova
University of North Texas
Identification of Auxin Response Factors and Generation of a Co-Expression Network in Medicago
truncatula
David Burks
University of North Texas
Expression of Mouse Fat Storage-Inducing Transmembrane Protein 2 (FIT2) Promotes Lipid
Droplet Accumulation in Plants
Elizabeth A. McClinchie
University of North Texas
Metabolic Engineering of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii for production of p-hydroxybenzoic acid
Garima Saxena
University of North Texas
Identifying proteins that interact with maize microtubule severing proteins via yeast two hybrid
Hassan Alhassan
University of North Texas
An in vivo analysis of the Geminiviridae AL2/AL3 gene promoter.
Jennifer Guerrero
University of Texas at San Antonio
A genetic screen to identify maize mutants with cell division defects during stomata formation
Amanda J. Wright
University of North Texas
Effects of heading date and nighttime air temperature interactions on rice chalk and milling quality
Kathryn N. Haydon
University of Arkansas
Brassinosteroids regulate organ straightening during gravitropism through modification of actin
filaments
Louise de Bang
University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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P26.
(088)
P27.
(089)
P28.
(090)
P29.
(091)
P30.
(092)
P31.
(093)
P32.
(094)
P33.
(095)
P34.
(096)
P35.
(097)
P36.
(098)
P37.
(099)
P38.
(100)
P39.
(101)
P40.
(102)
P41.
(103)
Enhanced somatic embryogenesis in Upland Cotton using BABY BOOM transcription Factor
Marcos Alejos
University of North Texas
Inactivation of SnRK1 by Geminivirus AC2/C2 proteins plays an important role in regulation of
Plant Innate Immune Responses
Maria Lockwood
University of Texas at San Antonio
Role of TCP Transcription Factors in Geminivirus Coat Protein Transcription
Mary R. Berger
University of Texas at San Antonio
Elucidating the role of N-Acylethanolamine/Anandamide Metabolism in the Moss Physcomitrella
patens
Md Imdadul Haq
East Tennessee State University
A single cell type approach to decipher the transcriptional response of soybean to drought stress
Mehrnoush Nourbakhsh-Rey
University of Oklahoma
Rapid identification of causative insertions underlying Medicago truncatula Tnt1 mutants defective
in symbiotic nitrogen fixation from a forward genetic screen by whole genome sequencing
Mehul Jani
University of North Texas
Comparison of nitrogen metabolism in two aquatic plants, Hydrilla verticillata and Vallisneria
neotropicalis
Molly M. Miller
University of South Alabama
Role of caffeoyl shikimate esterase in monolignol biosynthesis
Chan Man Ha
University of North Texas
Development of Tnt1 based activation tagging lines in the model legume Medicago truncatula using
RNA-guided transcriptional regulation via CRISPR-dCas9 system
Hee-Kyung Lee
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
The Arabidopsis Mediator Complex Subunit9, a MORC1 interacting protein, is a positive regulator
of plant immunity
Nam Ji Chul
Texas State University, San Marcos
RNA-Sequencing to understand mechanisms of drought stress acclimation response in peanut leaf.
Nethanji Kumarapathiranalage
Texas Tech University, Lubbock
Development of blast resistant NILs from an elite maintainer line II-32B by MAS
Huazhong Guan
Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fujian, China
Imaging Gene Expression Responses to Stress at the Molecular Level Using a Cre-Active Approach
Jamie Underwood
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Effect of Estradiol on Environmental Stress Responses in Arabidopsis thaliana
Pallavi Upadhyay
Texas Woman’s University
Testing the MT severing activity of maize katanin, spastin, and fidgetin
Sattam Alodailah
University of North Texas
The transcriptional repressor MYB2 regulates both spatial and temporal patterns of
proanthocyandin and anthocyanin pigmentation in Medicago truncatula.
Ji Hyung Jun
University of North Texas
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P42.
(104)
P43.
(105)
P44.
(106)
P45.
(107)
P46.
(108)
Assessment of the Early Lignin Pathway in Brachypodium distachyon
Juan Carlos Serrani-Yarce
University of North Texas
Functional validation of WRINKLED orthologs in Avocado oil biosynthesis
Shina Bhatia
East Tennessee State University
Phylogenetic Analysis of the UDP-glycosyltransferase Gene Family of Medicago truncatula
Soham Sengupta
University of North Texas
Identification and characterization of two TT2-like MYBs from tetraploid cotton, Gossypium
hirsutum
Nan Lu
University of North Texas
Transcription profiles of Arabidopsis grown in space reveal regulatory networks for the adaptive
response to microgravity
Taegun Kwon
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
P47.
Enhanced yield under water deficit for cotton plants over-expressing a tomato fructokinase gene,
LeFRK1, is associated with increased photosynthetic water-use efficiency and early flowering.
(109)
Thiya Mukherjee
P48.
SINA2 has E3 ubiquitin ligase activity and interacts with CDKG1 to regulate stress responses in
Arabidopsis thaliana
Yang Chen
Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
(110)
P49.
(111)
Texas Tech University, Lubbock
Comparative Transcriptomics of Phosphorus-limitation In Arabidopsis, Medicago,
Brachypodium and Setaria
Pooja Pant
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
7:00 P.M. – 9:00 P.M. Banquet and Awards Ceremony, (EESAT Atrium)
8:15 – 8:25
Richard Dixon, President ASPB - "The changing face of ASPB"
8.25 – 8.30
Rick Turley - Presentation of Student Awards
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Monday, April 4th
7:00 A.M. - 8:15 A.M.
Breakfast, (Gateway Center, 35 Ballroom)
2016 Kriton Hatzios Symposium
8:20 - 8:30
Rick Turley - Welcome - (Gateway Center, 35 Ballroom)
8:30 - 8:40
Amith Reddy DeviReddy, SS-ASPB Student Ambassador
8:40 – 8:50
Melanie Binder – ASPB Membership
8:50 – 8:55
Rick Turley - 2017 SS-ASPB meeting
8:55 - 9:00
Ken Korth - Welcome and Introductions
9:00
(112)
9:45
(113)
Improving CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing tools for plant functional genomics and precision
breeding.
Yinong Yang
Penn. State University, University Park.
New strategies for CRISPR – mediated genome editing in Arabidopsis and rice.
Yunde Zhao
University of California, San Diego
10:30 A.M. – 11:00 A.M.
Coffee Break (Gateway Center, 35 Ballroom)
11:00 A Zinc Finger Nuclease technology platform for genetic engineering of crop plants.
(114)
J. Pon Samuel
Dow AgroSciences, Indianapolis
12:00 P.M.
General Business Meeting (Gateway Center)
12:30 P.M.
Meeting Adjourns
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NOTES
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UNT – EESAT Building; 1st floor. April 3rd – SS-ASPB meeting
Address: 1704 West Mulberry St., Denton TX 76209
UNT – Gateway Center – April 4th – SS-ASPB symposium in 35 Ballroom
Address: 801 North Texas Blvd, Denton, TX 76209
Breakfast
/coffee
SS-ASPB
SYMPOSIUM
Rest rooms
Rest rooms
Front Entrance
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GATEWAY
CENTER
PARKING
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EESAT
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