Programme (update July 26) abstracts 
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Tuesday, August 29
| 18 - 20 | Registration |
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Wednesday, August 30
| 8:30 | Registration |
| 9:30 | Opening ceremony |
Session 1: Linkage and LD based QTL mapping methodology I |
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| 10:00 | Invited lecture: A ruby in the rubbish: Searching for Signatures of Selection using molecular data Bruce Walsh. Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson |
| 10:40 | Christine A. Hackett, Rex Brennan, Linzi Jorgensen, Joanne Russell: Linkage analysis and QTL mapping in blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum L.) using a population of full sib and selfed offspring. |
| 11:00 | Hiroyoshi Iwata, Daisuke Horyu, Hiroyuki Kanamori, Nobukazu Namiki, Yusaku Uga, Shuichi Fukuoka, Kaworu Ebana: Development of LD mapping system for Oryza sativa L. germplasm. |
| 11:20 | Coffee break |
| 11:40 | Invited lecture: Adjusting for population structure in genetic association studies David Balding. Professor of Statistical Genetics, Imperial College, London |
| 12:20 | Malcolm Macaulay, Joanne Russell, Luke Ramsay, David F. Marshall, Robbie Waugh, William (Bill) T.B. Thomas: Association Mapping of Key Traits in UK Barley Recommended List Trials |
| 12:40 | Björn D’hoop, M. João Paulo, Ben Vosman, Herman van Eck, Richard Visser, Rolf Mank, Fred van Eeuwijk: Association Mapping in Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) |
| 13:00 | Krunoslav Brčić-Kostić: Neutral mutation and the mechanism of adaptation |
| 13:10 | Discussion |
| 13:30 | Lunch |
Session 2: Linkage and LD based QTL mapping methodology II |
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| 14:30 | Invited lecture: QTL by Genetic Background Interaction: Application to Predicting Progeny Value Jean-Luc Jannink. Assistant Professor, Iowa State University |
| 15:10 | Guylaine Blanc, Alain Charcosset, André Gallais, Laurence Moreau: QTL detection and marker-assisted selection in a multiparental maize design. |
| 15:30 | Mohsen Ebrahimi, Prakash R. Arelli, Yiwu Chen, Dechun Wang, Mohamad Reza Ghanadha, Abas Ali Zali, BahmanYazdi- Samadi, Hasan Zeinali: Identification of QTLs Underlying Resistance to Soybean Cyst Nematode Races 3 and 5 in Soybean PI 494182 |
| 15:50 | Jaap B. Buntjer, Anker P. Sørensen, Johan D. Peleman: Use of haplotype relationships in genome-wide LD-mapping methods |
| 16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:20 | Invited lecture: Bayesian analysis of complex traits in pedigreed plant populations Marco Bink. Senior Scientist, Biometris, Wageningen UR |
| 17:00 | Johannes Jansen, Eric W. van de Weg, Martin P. Boer, Marco C.A.M. Bink: Searching for interacting QTL in pedigree-related populations of an outbreeding species. |
| 17:20 | Hrvoje Šarčević, Ivan Pejić, Marijana Barić, Vinko Kozumplik: Changes of heterotic pattern and allele frequencies in the M3S maize population after two cycles of selfed progeny recurrent selection revealed by SSR markers |
| 17:30 | M. João Paulo, Xueqing Huang, Fred A. van Eeuwijk, Maarten Koornneef: Analysis of quantitative traits in an F4 population derived from crossing four accessions of Arabidopsis thaliana |
| 17:40 | Discussion |
| 20:00 | Reception at Mayor's Palace |
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Thursday, August 31
Session 3: Computer science, bioinformatics and analysis of large data sets
| 9:30 | Invited lecture: The importance of GCA and SCA in a context of gene expression Marnik Vuylsteke. VIB – University Ghent |
| 10:10 | Steven Maenhout, Geert Haesaert, Bernard De Baets: Support Vector Machine Regression for hybrid prediction |
| 10:30 | Hans Peter Maurer, Albrecht E. Melchinger, Matthias Frisch: Population genetical simulation and data analysis with Plabsoft |
| 10:50 | Hartwig H. Geiger, Gerardo Andres Gordillo: Optimization of DH-line based recurrent selection procedures in maize |
| 11:00 | Gerardo Andres Gordillo, Hartwig H. Geiger: MBP: A software package to optimize hybrid maize breeding procedures |
| 11:10 | Coffee break |
| 11:30 | Vincent Segura, Aïda Ouangraoua, Pascal Ferraro, Evelyne Costes: Comparison of tree architecture using a tree edit distance: application to 2-year-old apple hybrids |
| 11:50 | Guoyou Ye, David Moody, Livinus Emebiri, Maarten van Ginkel: Design a marker-based pedigree selection strategy for parent building in barely using computer simulation |
| 12:10 | Andrea Michaela Bauer, Jens Léon: Parental selection in self-pollinating crops using best linear unbiased prediction (BLUP) |
| 12:20 | Jerko Gunjača, Ivica Buhiniček, Mirko Jukić, Hrvoje Šarčević, Antun Vragolović, Zdravko Kozić, Antun Jambrović, Ivan Pejić: Discriminating maize inbred lines using molecular and DUS dana |
| 12:40 | Martin Heckenberger, Albrecht E. Melchinger, Hans Peter Maurer, Matthias Frisch: A comprehensive database management system for integrating phenotypic and genomic data in scientific and applied plant breeding programs |
| 13:00 | Remco Ursem, Ralph van Berloo, Moniek van Wordragen, Garmt Dijksterhuis, Yuri Tikunov, Arnaud de Bovy, Fien Meijer-Dekens, Pim Lindhout, Fred A. van Eeuwijk: Quantifying tomato flavour and its metabolic basis. |
| 13:10 | Discussion |
| 13:30 | Lunch |
| 15:00 | Excursion |
| 21:00 | Social dinner |
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Friday, September 1
| 9:00 | Business meeting |
Session 4: Crop growth modelling / modelling GxE |
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| 10:00 | Invited lecture: Evaluating plant breeding strategies by gene based crop growth simulation Scott Chapman. CSIRO Plant Industry, Brisbane |
| 10:40 | Hans-Peter Piepho, Jens Möhring, Andreas Büchse: BLUP in plant breeding |
| 11:00 | Erik Schwarzbach, Jiří Hartmann: Multiplicative cultivar effects in trial series in different environments |
| 11:10 | Coffee break |
| 11:30 | Martin P. Boer, Fred A. van Eeuwijk, Marcos Malosetti: A mixed model strategy for the detection of Quantitative Trait Loci in Multiple Environmental Trials. |
| 11:50 | Katharina Emrich, Adam Price, Hans-Peter Piepho: Assessing the importance of genotype x environment interaction for root traits in rice using QTL analysis by mixed models |
| 12:10 | Marcos Malosetti, Jean-Marcel Ribaut, Mateo Vargas, Jose Crossa, Fred A. van Eeuwijk: Multi-trait QTL mixed modelling with an application to drought stress in maize. |
| 12:30 | Maryse Brancourt-Hulmel, Anne Laperche, Jacques Le Gouis: Modelling nitrogen stress with probe genotypes to assess genetics parameters in winter wheat. |
| 12:50 | María José Suso, María Teresa Moreno, Fouad Maalouf: Understanding the relationship between flowering overlapping and outcrossing: lessons learned from Vicia faba L. |
| 13:00 | Alexander V. Kilchevsky: Evaluation of environment as a background for plant breeding. |
| 13:10 | Discussion |
| 13:30 | Lunch |
| 14:30 | Poster session |
Session 5: Collaborative breeding |
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| 15:00 | Invited lecture: Genotype by environment correlation and genotpye by environment interaction: statistical aspects of collaborative breeding Johann Sölkner, BOKU Wien |
| 15:40 | Annet Namayanja, Robin Buruchara, Paul Kimani, Michael Ugen, Fina Opio, Rose Takusewanya, Richard Ssekabembe, Frank Bagazonzya: Participatory variety evaluation and selection is an effective approach to accelerate breeding process and seed dissemination : a case study of common beans in Uganda |
| 16:00 | Marija Pecina, Jerko Gunjača, Marijana Barić, Hrvoje Šarčević, Snježana Bolarić, Vinko Kozumplik: Statistical aspects of imposed collaborative research |
| 16:20 | Coffee break |
| 17:00 | Ralph van Berloo, Sjaak van Heusden, Arnaud Bovy, Fien Meijer-Dekens, Pim Lindhout, Fred van Eeuwijk: Genetic research in a public-private research consortium: Prospects for indirect use of Elite breeding germplasm for academic research. |
| 17:20 | Branka Javornik, Nataša Štajner, Zlatko Šatović: Genetic structure and differentiation in hop (Humulus lupulus L.) |
| 17:40 | Discussion |
| 18:00 | Closing ceremony |
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Saturday, September 2
| 9:00 | Post-conference tour |
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