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The 40th Tomato Breeders Roundtable (TBRT)
November 4-7, 2007
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, Pennsylvania

Majid Foolad, Organizer
Bruce
McPheron
, Director, PA Agric. Exp. Station, Associate Dean of Research,
College of Agricultural Sciences, Penn State University

Rich Marini
, Head, Dept. of Horticulture, Penn State University

Monday, November 5
8:50 AM – 9:10 AM A Look Back at the Tomato Breeders Roundtable

John W. Scott

University of Florida, GCREC, Wimauma, FL

Biotechnology/Molecular Markers and MAS
Mikel Stevens, Moderator

9:10 AM – 9:30 AM Update on the international tomato sequencing project
Joyce Van Eck

Boyce Thomson Institute, Ithaca NY

9:30 AM – 9:50 AM Translating genome sequence resources into applied outcomes in the Solanaceae: The vision of SolCap
David Francis1*, David Douches2, Walter De Jong3, Shanna Moore3, Allen Van Deynze4, C. Robin Buell2, Esther van der Knaap1, Matthew Robbins1, and Sung-
Chur Sim1
1 The Ohio State University/OARDC, Wooster, OH 44691
2 Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824

3 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
4 University of California, Davis, CA, 95616

9:50 AM – 10:10 AM EST, COSII, and arbitrary markers give similar estimates of nucleotide diversity in cultivated tomato (S. lycopersicum)
Joanne A. Labate1*, Larry D. Robertson1, Susan M. Sheffer1, Warren F. Lamboy1,Feinan Wu2, Steve D. Tanksley2, and Angela M. Baldo1
1 USDA-ARS Plant Genetic Resources Unit, Geneva, NY
2 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

10:40 AM – 11:00 AM Marker assisted breeding for tomato begomovirus resistance
Yuanfu Ji* and John W. Scott

University of Florida, GCREC, Wimauma, FL

11:00 AM – 11:20 AM Identification of markers linked to Sw-7 a new tomato spottedwilt virus resistance gene, derived from S. chilense
Mikel R. Stevens1*, David L. Price1, Frederic D. Memmott1, John W. Scott2, and Steve Olson3
1 Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
2 University of Florida, GCREC, Wimauma, FL
3 University of Florida, NFREC, Quincy, FL

Bacterial Resistance
James Brusca, Moderator

11:20 AM – 11:40 AM Genetics of resistance to bacterial spot
Matthew D. Robbins1*, Sung-Chur Sim1, Wencai Yang1, Melanie L. Lewis Ivey,
Sally A. Miller1 John W. Scott2, Jeff Jones3 and David M. Francis1
1
The Ohio State University, OARDC, Wooster, OH
2 University of Florida, GCREC, Wimauma, FL
3 University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

11:40 AM – 12:00 PM Resistance to race 1 of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato
Liliana Stamova
California Tomato Research Institute, Davis, CA

1:00 PM – 1:20 PM Genetic studies of resistance to bacterial spot race T4 in tomato
Samuel Hutton* and John W. Scott
University of Florida, GCREC, Wimauma, FL

Fungal Resistance
Ray Volin, Moderator

1:20 PM – 1:40 PM Innovations in grape tomato breeding
Randy Gardner
North Carolina State University, Fletcher, NC

1:40 PM – 2:00 PM Progress toward fine mapping of Ph5, a new late blight resistance gene in tomato
Heather Merk*, Hamid Ashrafi, Matthew Kinkade and Majid R. Foolad

The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

2:00 PM – 2:20 PM Mapping of early blight resistance QTLs in a RIL population of tomato
Hamid Ashrafi*, Guoyang Lin and Majid R. Foolad

The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

2:20 PM – 2:30 PM Development of Fresh market and processing tomatoes at Penn State
Majid R. Foolad*, Guoyang Lin and Heather Merk
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Viral and Insect Resistance
Martha Mutschler, Moderator

3:00 PM – 3:20 PM Inheritance of tomato spotted wilt virus resistance derived from Solanum chilense accession LA1938
John W. Scott1*, Steve M. Olson2 and Mikel L. Stevens3
1 University of Florida, GCREC, Wimauma, FL
2 University of Florida, NFREC, Quincy, FL
3 Brigham Young University, Provo, UT

3:20 PM – 3:40 PM Pest resistance derived from S. pimpinellifolium accession TO-937
Juan M. Alba1, María J. Rodríguez-López1, María Salinas2, Juan Capel2, RafaelLozano2, Jesús Cuartero1, and Rafael Fernández-Muñoz1*
1 Estación Experimental La Mayora – CSIC, Málaga, Spain
2 Universidad de Almería, Almería, Spain

3:40 PM – 4:00 PM Modulating acylsugar level and type, and its effects on whitefly control
Martha Mutschler1*, Ricardo Lobato-Ortiz1, Darlene DeJong1, Stephen Southwick1
and Dave Schuster2
1 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2 University of Florida, GCREC, Wimauma, FL

Area Reports
Larry Robertson, Moderator

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Florida and Southeastern U.S.: David Linde, BHN Seed

Northeast US, Midwest US and Canada: David Francis, Ohio State U.

California and Mexico Fresh Market: Douglas Heath, Seminis

California Processing: Michael Kuehn, Harris-Moran

Europe: Ruud Verhoef; Rijk ZwaanBreding B.V.

Middle East and North Africa: Amit Shiftan; Zeraim Gedera LTD

Southeast and South Asia: Henk Jan Pascha; East-West Seed Group

7:00 PM – 10:00 PM Tomato Crop Germplasm Committee Meeting David Francis, Chair

Wednesday, November 7

Fruit Nutritional-Quality and Ripening
David Francis, Moderator

8:15 AM – 8:40 AM Genetic regulation of tomato fruit ripening and nutritional quality
Jim Giovannoni

USDA-ARS and Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, NY

8:40 AM – 9:00 AM Tomato high pigment mutants and their central role inenhancing fruit pigmentation and functional quality
Ilan Levin*, Yaakov Tadmor, Michal Oren-Shamir, Moshe Reuveni, Ayala Meir,Rinat Ovadia, Maya Sapir, Igor Kolotilin, Dalia Evenor, Sahadia Nahon, HavivaShlomo, Lea Chen, and Amir Bootbool
Institute of Plant Sciences, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel

9:00 AM – 9:20 AM Breeding Tomatoes for Increased Flavonoid Content
Peter Boches* and James Myers

The Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

9:20 AM – 9:40 AM Progress toward the validation and isolation of novel genetic factors controlling lycopene content in a S. pimpinellifolium ×S. lycopersicum RIL population
Matthew Kinkade*, Hamid Ashrafi and Majid R. Foolad

The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

9:40 AM – 10:00 AM Breeding for Human Health and Nutrition
David M. Francis1*, Audrey Darrigues1, Susana De Jesus1, Steven Schwartz2, LuisRodriguez-Saona2
1 The Ohio State University, OARDC, Wooster, OH
2 Food Science and Technology, Columbus, OH

Germplasm and Genetic Variation
Joanne Labate, Moderator

10:30 AM – 10:50 AM Genetic variation among tomato landraces
Angela M. Baldo*, Warren F. Lamboy, Larry D. Robertson, Susan M. Sheffer and Joanne A. Labate

USDA-ARS Plant Genetic Resources Unit, Geneva, NY

10:50 AM – 11:10 AM Evaluation of greenhouse, field and heirloom tomato varietiesin hydroponic greenhouse production
Barbara E. Liedl* and Jeremy M. Sisson
West Virginia State University, Institute WV

Tomato Germplasm and Committee Reports

11:10 AM – 11:20 AM Plant Introduction Center
Larry D. Robertson
USDA-ARS Plant Genetic Resources Unit, Geneva, NY

11:20 AM – 11:30 AM Tomato Crop Germplasm
David M. Francis

The Ohio State University, OARDC, Wooster, OH

11:30 AM – 11:40 AM Tomato Genetic Cooperatives
John W. Scott
University of Florida, GCREC, Wimauma, FL

Adjourn. Have a safe trip back home.

 

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