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 Sim^1
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. Baldo^1
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

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. Francis^1
1 The Ohio State University, OARDC, Wooster, OH
² University of Florida, GCREC, Wimauma, FL
³ University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

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

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. Stevens^3
1 University of Florida, GCREC, Wimauma, FL
² University of Florida, NFREC, Quincy, FL
³ Brigham Young University, Provo, UT

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 Southwick¹and Dave Schuster^2
1 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
² University of Florida, GCREC, Wimauma, FL

Area Reports
Larry Robertson, Moderator

California Processing: Michael Kuehn, Harris-Moran

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

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-Saona^2
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

Adjourn. Have a safe trip back home.