PLS221 Students Presentations Spring 2011

April 4

Tomato (Erin)

Structural and Functional Genomics

Lukas A. et al (2009) A Snapshot of the Emerging Tomato Genome Sequence Plant Gen. 2:78-92; doi:10.3835/plantgenome2008.08.0005

Anderson LK et al. 2010. Structural differences in chromosomes distinguishing species in the tomato clade. Cytogenetic and Genome Res. DOI: 10.1159/000313850

April 6

Fruit color (Jessica)

Barry CS, Pandey P (2009) A Survey of Cultivated Heirloom Tomato Varieties Identifies Four New Mutant Alleles at the Green-Flesh Locus. Molecular Breeding 24:269-276

http://springerlink.metapress.com/content/x03r788m3t2r0182/fulltext.pdf

Gonzali S, Mazzucato A, Perata P (2009) Purple as a tomato: towards high anthocyanin tomatoes. Trends in Plant Science 14:237-241

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=MImg&_imagekey=B6TD1-4W1F67T-1-7&_cdi=5185&_user=4421&_pii=S1360138509000909&_orig=browse&_coverDate=05%2F31%2F2009&_sk=999859994&view=c&wchp=dGLbVzb-zSkWb&md5=cf648681685c4e8e9ad389a9a5ebf541&ie=/sdarticle.pdf

Fruit aroma, flavor and composition (Hilary)

Klee HJ. 2010. Improving the flavor of fresh fruits:genomics, biochemistry and biotechnology New Phytologist 187:44-56

Tadmor Y. Fridman E. Gur A. Larkov O. Lastochkin E. Ravid U. Zamir D. Lewinsohn E. 2002. Identification of malodorous, a wild species allele affecting tomato aroma that was selected against during domestication. Journal of Agricultural & Food Chemistry. 50:2005-2009

April 25

Tomato

Volatiles (Ciera)

Besser K, et al. (2009) Divergent Regulation of Terpenoid Metabolism in the Trichomes of Wild and Cultivated Tomato Species. Plant Physiology 149:499-514
Bleeker PM, et al. (2009) The Role of Specific Tomato Volatiles in Tomato-Whitefly Interaction. Plant Physiology 151:925-935

May 2

Potato

Genomics (Jareerat)

Gebhardt et al 2007. Candidate gene approach to identify genes underlying quantitative traits and develop diagnostic markers in potato. Crop Sci 47(S3):S106-S111.

Diretto G et al 2007. Metabolic engineering of potato carotenoid content through tuber-specific overexpression of a bacterial mini-pathway. PLOS One 2:e350:1-8.

May 4

Potato

Nutritional value

Bhaskar et al 2010 Supression of the vacuolar invertase gene prevents cold-induce sweetening in potato. Plant Phys 154:939-948

Rommens et al 2010. Tastier and healthier alternatives to French fries. J. of Food Sci 75:109-115.

Disease resistance (William)

Jacobs et al 2010 A novel approach to locate Phytophthora infestans resistance genes on the potato genetic map Theoretical and Applied Genetics Volume: 120 Issue: 4 Pages: 785-796

Park TH et al 2009. Molecular breeding for resistance to Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.): a perspective of cisgenesis Plant Breeding Volume: 128 Issue: 2 Pages: 109-117

May 9

Pepper

Genomics (Bobby)

Wu et al 2009. A COSII genetic map of the pepper genome provides a detailed

picture of synteny with tomato and new insights into recent

chromosome evolution in the genus Capsicum TAG 118:1279-93.

Heat (Jonathan)

Paran and van der Kaao. 2007. Genetic and molecular regulation of fruit and plant domestication traits in tomato and pepper. J. Expt Bot 58:3841-52

Mazourek, M 2009. A dynamic interface for capsaicinoid systems biology . Plant Phys 150:1806-21

~May 16

Brassica (Richie)

Xiong Z and Pires JC 2011. Karyotype and identification of all homologous chromosomes of allopolyploid Brassica napus and its diploid progenitors Genetics 187:37-49

~May 18

Cucurbits (Claire)

Huang S. 2009. The genome of cucumber, Cucumis sativus. Nature Genetics 41:1275-83

~May 25

Lettuce (Mohan)

McHale L. 2009. The genomic architecture of disease resistance in lettuce Theor Appl. Genet 118:565-580

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