The Sorghum Genome

Economic/Academic importance - Gebisa Ejeta.- The botany and taxonomy of Sorghum - A Ashok Kumar (Alternative: Dr Sally Norton).- Cytological details of genome - S Rakshit.- Molecular mapping of genes & QTLs - WL Rooney (Alternative: Alex Feltus; Clemson).- Positional cloning of important stress adaptation genes - J Magalhaes.- Structural & functional genomic resources developed - S Deshpande (Alternative: Ming Li Wang).- Progress on whole-genome sequencing - Bradley C Campbell.- Background history of the national and international genome initiatives, public and private partners involved - A Paterson (Tentative only).- Software for genome assembly and annotation - Shuaishuai Tai.- Population genomics tools - Celine Frere.- Synteny with allied & model genomes - P Rajendrakumar.- Genomics approaches to abiotic stress resistance - Marc Knight.- Genomics approaches to biotic stress resistance - Emma Mace (Alternative: Guoqing Liu).- Genomics approaches to improved quality - IanGodwin.- Community resources for molecular breeding - Tushar Shah.- Impact on germplasm characterization & gene discovery - John E. Erpelding.- Impact on plant breeding - Gary Peterson.- Future prospects - Ian D Godwin and S Rakshit.