SUNDAY, 31 AUGUST 2003

14:00 - 20:00

Symposium Registration Desk open at Ariston Conference Centre (ACC)

18:00 - 19:00

Poster Session 1 set up time at ACC

MONDAY , 1 SEPTEMBER 2003                                                      

08:00

Symposium Registration Desk open at ACC

08:00

Poster Session 1 set-up time at ACC

09:00

Opening Ceremony

10:15

REFRESHMENT BREAK

Session 1 - Evolution and Genetic Diversity

10:40

Chairperson's remarks. -E. Suarez

10:45

The wild relatives of cultivated wheats. - F. Salamini and A. Brandolini

11:15

Acceleration of genome evolution by allopolyploidy: wheat as a model -
M. Feldman and A. A. Levy

11:30

The genomes of wheat and its progenitors from the perspective of the 5S rDNA units. - B. R. Baum

11:45

Origins of domesticated emmer and common wheat inferred from chloroplast DNA fingerprinting. - N. Mori, T. Ishii, T. Ishido, S. Hirosawa, H. Watatani, T. Kawahara, M. Nesbitt, G. Belay, S. Takumi, Y. Ogihara and C. Nakamura

12:00

Evolution of wild emmer wheat and wheat improvement. - E. Nevo,
A. B. Korol, A. Beiles and T. Fahima

12:15

Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) present at the high molecular- weight glutenin Dy locus provide new insights into the origins and evolution of Triticum aestivum L. - R. J. Giles and T.A. Brown

12:30

Genomic distribution of domestication QTLs in wild emmer wheat, Triticum dicoccoides.  - J. H. Peng, Y. Ronin, T. Fahima, M. S. Röder,
E. Nevo and A. Korol

12:45

Discussion

13:00

LUNCH at ACC

14:25

Chairperson's remarks. - F. Salamini

14:30

Amplification and elimination of a new class of transposon like element through the evolution of Triticeae genome. - M. Tomita, K. Shinohara and M. Morimoto

14:45

The presence of D plasmon-identical and novel mtDNA sequences in hexaploid wheat species and a series of synthetic lines. - M. Kishida, S. Takumi, N. Asakura, T. Kawahara and C. Nakamura

15:00

Impact of demographic and selective events on the current genetic diversity of the Triticum turgidum complex. - J. L. David, T. Bataillon, S. Poirier,
P. Roumet, S. Santoni and A. C. Thuillet

15:15

Diversity evolution in a collection of French bread wheat accessions (Triticum aestivum) from the 19th to the 20th century. - V. Roussel,
J. Koenig, J. C. Vézine and F. Balfourier

15:30

Molecular cloning of high molecular weight glutenin subunit genes from Thinopyrum coded by E and St genomes.  - Z. Tang , S. Liu, S. Liu , M. You, B. Li, S. Sun and G. Liu

15:45

Discussion

16:00 - 18:00

Poster Session 1 (63 posters ) in the presence of the Authors.

18:00

Remove posters from Session 1

19:30

WELCOME COCKTAIL & SHOW AT THE ARCHEOLOGICAL PARK

TUESDAY , 2 SEPTEMBER 2003                                      

08:00

Poster Session 2 set-up time at ACC

Session 2 Cytogenetics and Germplasm Evaluation

08:25

Chairperson's remarks - G. T. Scarascia Mugnozza

08:30

Development of flow cytogenetics for wheat genome mapping.  - J. Doležel, J. Šafář, J. Janda, J. Bartoš, M. Kubaláková, J. Číhalíková, H. Šimková, P. Sourdille, M. Bernard and B. Chalhoub

08:45

Development and identification of Triticum aestivum L.-Thinopyrum bessarabicum Löve alien chromosome lines. - L. Zhuang, Z. Qi, J. Ying,
X. Wang, P. Chen and D. Liu

09:00

Development of wheat-Haynaldia villosa translocations using Ph^I genes from Aegilops speltoides.  - P. Chen, Y. Gao, B. Zhou, Y. Chen, X. Wang and D. Liu

09:15

Wheat stocks carrying alien chromosomal segments induced by the gametocidal system. - T. R. Endo

09:30

Some cases of genetic instabilities in dihaploid wheat lines issued from in vitro androgenesis or from crosses with maize. - S. Bernard, G. Gay, C. Bœuf, P. Sourdille, F. Fantin, P.F. Bert, A. Madéore and M. Bernard

09:45

Manipulation of crossing over in wheat. - A. J. Lukaszewski

10:00

Discussion

10:15

REFRESHMENT BREAK

10:40

Chairperson's remarks - T. R. Endo

10:45

Molecular characterization of the Langdon durum-Triticum dicoccoides chromosome substitution lines using TRAP (Target Region Amplification Polymorphism) markers. - S. S. Xu, J. Hu and J. D. Faris

11:00

Analysis of candidate genes for improved yield potential in wheat. -
L. E. Talbert, N. K. Blake, K. A. Hansen, E. A. Souza, J. D. Sherman,
J. M. Martin and M. J. Giroux

11:15

Microsatellite analysis of Ukrainian wheat varieties cultivated in 1912-2002. - S. V. Chebotar, M. S. Röder, A. Börner and Yu. M. Sivolap

11:30

Genetic study of morphological and biochemical characters introgressed into common wheat from Aegilops speltoides Tausch. - T.A. Pshenichnikova, L.V. Shchukina, G.M. Panina, G.O. Fenina, V.A. Trufanov, A.V. Permyakov and M.D. Permyakova

11:45

The relationships between the grain characters of Anatolian durum wheat genotypes. - C. Savaskan, C. Akinci, E. Donmez, M. Keser and K. Yalvac

12:00

New regulations affecting wheat germplasm interchange and use. -
 E. Suárez

12:15

Discussion

12:30

LUNCH at the ACC

Session 3 - Classical and Molecular Breeding

13:55

Chairperson's remarks - J. W. Snape

14:00

Exploitation of synthetic wheats for agronomically useful genes – current status. - F. C. Ogbonnaya, M. F. Dreccer, R. Trethowan, B. Winter,
R. F. Eastwood, J. Sheppard and E. S. Lagudah

14:15

An efficient method for breeding monogenic traits in wheat. - J.B. Thomas, E. Riedel and S.J. Fox

14:30

Validation of quantitative trait loci in durum (T. turgidum L. var durum) linked to drought tolerance and grain quality on a durum core collection. -  M.M. Nachit and I. Elouafi

14:45

A genetic method for maintaining a male-sterile female parental line through selfing of the maintainer line E. Millet and M. Feldman

15:00

New dwarfing genes for wheat breeding in sub-optimal environments. - M. H. Ellis, G. R. Rebetzke, P. Chandler, D. Bonnett, W. Spielmeyer and R. A.Richards

15:15

Discussion

15:30

REFRESHMENT BREAK

16:00

Accelerated wheat breeding using molecular markers. - M. Çakir,
 R. Appels, M. Carter, R. Loughman, M. Francki, C. Li, J. Johnson,
M. Bhave, R. Wilson, R. McLean and I. Barclay

16:15

Molecular markers and their applications in wheat breeding. -V. Korzun and E. Ebmeyer

16:30

A holistic approach to marker implementation. - D. G. Bonnett,
W. Spielmeyer, G. J. Rebetzke, M. H. Ellis and R. A. Richards

16:45

Validation and implementation of molecular markers for wheat improvement in Northern Australia. - M. J. Christopher, A. Lehmensiek, P. M. Williamson, M. Michalowitz, J. Sheppard and P. Banks

17:00

IBD-based QTL detection in cereal breeding programs. - S. Crepieux,
C. Lebreton, B. Servin and G. Charmet

17:15

Resistance to Fusarium head blight in wheat: molecular mapping and validation of QTLs for horizontal resistance, implications for resistance breeding. - H. Buerstmayr, B. Steiner, E. Hatzenbichler, U. Scholz, A. Mesterhazy, M. Lemmens and P. Ruckenbauer

17:30

Discussion

18:00 -20:00

Poster Session 2 (73 posters) in the presence of the Authors

18:00

Workshop : International Wheat Genetic Resources Network (IWGRN) . Report on Global Inventory of Wheat Genetic Resources and determination of a minimum set of descriptors for the exchange of germplasm and information". Organized by Michael Mackay

19:00

Workshop " Wheat Breeding in the 20^th and 21^st Century " organized by G. Boggini, N. Di Fonzo and A. Bozzini, with oral presentations (see below ) and discussion from the floor.

Art and science of Italian wheat breeding and its influence on breeding in South and Central Europe. K. Borojevic

Genetic variability of Strampelli bread wheat realisations detected by storage protein composition and by AFLP. G. Boggini, P. Vaccino, A. Brandolini and M. Cattaneo

Agronomical and qualitative traits in some Strampelli bread wheat cultivars . M. Cattaneo, M. Corbellini, S. Empilli and G. Boggini

Genetic improvement effects on durum wheat (Triticum durum Desf.) in Italy during the 20th century. P. De Vita, O. Li Destri Nicosia, F. Nigro, C. Platani, E. De Stefanis, D. Sgrulletta, C. Riefolo, G. Spano and N. Di Fonzo

Changes on some agronomic and physiological traits of durum wheat cultivars released in Italy and Spain throughout the 20th century. A. Ramdani, V. Martos, D. Villegas, L. García del Moral, Y. Rharrabti and C.Royo

Whole genome based marker assisted selection strategies in wheat breeding H. Kuchel, P. Warner, R.L. Fox, K. Chalmers, N. Howes, P. Langridge and S.P Jefferies

How to characterize the environmental conditions to improve the understanding of genotype stability: example of grain protein content in durum wheat. X. Lacaze and P. Roumet

A QTL analysis for spike characteristics and fertility under field conditions in a bread wheat doubled-haploid population. M. Rousset, J. Le Gouis and E. Heumez

20:30

Remove posters from Session 2

WEDNESDAY, 3 SEPTEMBER 2003                                      

07:30

Poster Sessions 3 and 4 set-up time at ACC

Session 4 - Transgenesis

08:25

Chairperson's remarks - P. J. Sharp

08:30

Agrobacterium transformation of wheat: Progress and application. -
H.D. Jones, H. Wu, M.S. Patil, S. Rubio and C. Sparks

09:00

Genetic transformation of wheat in Russia. - D. Miroshnichenko,
 M. Filippov and S. Dolgov

09:20

Field testing of transgenic wheat expressing the HVA1 gene for drought tolerance. - A. Bahieldin,H.T. Mahfouz, H.F. Eissa, O. Moseilhy,
I.A. Ahmed, H.A. El-Itriby and M.A. Madkour

09:40

Field evaluation of wheats containing HMW glutenin transgenes.  -
A.E. Blechl, F. Bregitzer, J. Dubcovsky, P. Sebesta, S. B. Nguyen,
O. D. Anderson, D. Fiedler, O. Chicaiza and J.F. de Soto

10:00

REFRESHMENT BREAK

10:30

Agronomical and biological evaluation of wide-range herbicide (ppt) resistant spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). - J. Pauk, E. Gelencser,
E. Acs, G. Hajos, R. Mihaly, A. Nagy and E. Kiss

10:50

A MADS-box gene controlling heading time in common wheat. - K. Murai, M. Miyamae, H. Kato, S. Takumi and Y. Ogihara

11:10

Monitoring the fate of GFP- targeted organelles during pollen development in wheat. - H. Wu, E. Mudd, A. Day and H. D. Jones

11:30 - 12:30

Poster Session 3 (18 posters ) in the presence of the Authors

12:30

LUNCH at the ACC

Session 5-Structural and Functional Genomics

13:55

Chairperson's remarks. -  O. D. Anderson

14:00

New Insights into the organization and evolution of wheat genomes. -
J. Dvorak, E. D. Akhunov, A. R. Akhunov, M.-C. Luo, A. M. Linkiewicz,
J. Dubcovsky, D. Hummel, G. Lazo, S. Chao, O. D. Anderson, J. David,
L.-L. Qi, B. Echalier et al.

14:30

A transcriptome map of wheat. - B. S. Gill, L. Qi, B. Echalier, S. Chao,
G. Lazo, O. D. Anderson, E. D. Akhunov, J. Dvorak et al.

14:45

Wheat gene discovery: A tale of three genes. - B.S. Gill, J. Faris , L. Huang and L. Qi

15:00

A consensus molecular genetic map for wheat – a cooperative international effort. - R. Appels

15:15

GC composition and codon usage in genes of inbreeding and outcrossing Triticeae species. E.D. Akhunov, J.L. David, S. Chao, G. Lazo, O.D. Anderson, L. Qi, B.Echalier, B.S. Gill, A.M. Linkiewicz, J. Dubcovsky, Miftahudin, J.P. Gustafson, M. La Rota et al.

15:30

The gene-rich regions of the wheat genome. - D. Sandhu, M. Erayman,
M. Dilbirligi, D. Sidhu and K. S. Gill

15:45

Molecular evolution of the Lr10 orthologous locus on chromosome 1A in diploid, tetraploid and hexaploid wheat. - E. Isidore, C. Feuillet,
B. Scherrer, A. Bellec, B. Chalhoub and B. Keller

16:00

Towards precise analysis of the wheat genome: preparation of genomic resources for structural and functional characterization. - B. Chalhoub,
S. Allouis, J. Šafár, J. Janda, A. Bellec, X. Sarda, C. Arar, A. Lefèvre,
P. Rouault, S. Pateyron, A. Dupin, G. Burgio, C. Georget, P. Sourdille et al.

16:30

REFRESHMENT BREAK

17:00

International Genome Research On Wheat (IGROW) workshop on "Sequencing gene rich regions of the wheat genome" organized by R. Appels and B.S. Gill, with oral contributions (see below) and discussion from the floor

Higher throughput comparative genomics of wheat and related cereals. J. L. Bennetzen

Information resources for wheat genomics -D. E. Matthews, G. R. Lazo, V. L. Carollo and O. D. Anderson

17:00 18:30

Poster Session 4 (56 posters ) in the presence of the Authors

18:30

Remove posters from Sessions 3 and 4.

20:00

PIZZA DINNER AT AGROPOLI

22:00

SHOW AT THE MEDIOEVAL CASTLE

THURSDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 2003                                      

07:30

Poster Sessions 5 and 6 set-up time

Session 5 Structural and Functional Genomics (cont.)

08:25

Chairperson's remarks -J. P. Gustafson

08:30

Microarray analysis of wheat grain development : applications to trait characterization in the field. - D. J. Leader, T. Cullup, P. Ridley and
A.-M. van Dodeweerd

09:00

Dissection of EST contributions to Triticeae expression. - G. R. Lazo,
N. Lui, F. M. You, D. D. Hummel, S. Chao, and O. D. Anderson

09:15

Genomics resources for studying seed development in wheat. - M. C. Jordan and N. Yakandawala

09:30

Characterization of cDNA sequences differentially expressed in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) spikelets.  - M. Ciaffi, A. R. Paolacci, A. Acampora,
O. A. Tanzarella and E. Porceddu.

09:45

Co-location between the gene encoding for the bZip factor SPA and a PQL for a highmolecular-weight glutenin subunit in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.).  - S. Guillaumie, G. Charmet, V. Bénard, L. Linossier, N. Robert and
C. Ravel

10:00

Proteomic analysis of the soluble proteins of wheat kernels in ITMI progeny. - G. Branlard, E. Bancel, M. Merlino, I. Hamon and N. Amiour

10:15

Genomics-based wheat germplasm research in China. - J.Z. Jia,
X.Y. Zhang, X.Y. Kong, R.L. Jing, R.H. Zhou, N.X. Huo, L.F. Gao,
L.F. Wang and Y.C. Dong

10:30

REFRESHMENT BREAK

11:00

A wheat microsatellite consensus map for breeding and genomics. -
 D. J. Somers, P. Isaac, P. Sourdille and M. Bernard

11:30

Wheat maps on GrainGenes: Past, present and coming attractions. -
V. L. Carollo, D. E. Matthews, G. R. Lazo and O. D. Anderson

11:45

Molecular mapping of QTLs controlling yield and yield components in a spring wheat cross. - J. L. Cuthbert, D. J. Somers, A. L. Brulé-Babel and P. D. Brown

12:00

Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with the vernalization response in wheat. - K. M. Devos and J. Beales

12:15

In Silico mapping and colinearity between the homoeologous group 5 of wheat and the rice genome. - B. Laubin, N. Nicot, N. Amiour, P. Sourdille, G. Branlard and P. Leroy

12:30

Comparative organization of 3BS and 7AL using wheat-rice synteny.-
M.G. Francki, R. Appels, A. Hunter and M. Bellgard

12:45

LUNCH at the ACC

14:10

Chairperson's remarks - D. J. Somers

14:15

SNPs analysis of homoeologous genes by computing a large scale of expressed sequence tags in the hexaploid wheat.  - Y. Ogihara

14:45

Organization of the wheat seed prolamin loci. - O. D. Anderson, Y. Q. Gu, D. Coleman-Derr, C. Crossman, S. Heath, X. Kong, G.R. Lazo, C. Londeore and C. Rausch

15:00

Allelic variation in the promoter of Ap1, the candidate gene for Vrn-1. -
J. Dubcovsky and L. Yan

15:30

Construction of contigs of Aegilops tauschii genomic DNA fragments cloned in BAC and BiBAC vectors.  - M.- C. Luo, C.S. Thomas, K.R. Deal, F.M. You, O.D. Anderson, Y.- Q. Gu, W. Li, V. Kuraparthy, B.S. Gill,
P.E. McGuire and J. Dvorak

15:45

Genetic map-physical map relationships for homoeologous group 5 in wheat established using microsatellites.  - P. Sourdille, S. Singh, T. Cadalen,
B.S. Gill, G. Gay, P. Dufour, A. Murigneux and M. Bernard

16:00 - 18:00

Poster Session 5 ( 73  posters) in the presence of the Authors

17:00 - 18:30

Poster Session 6 ( 40  posters) in the presence of the Authors

20:30

DINNER AT AN OLD BARONIAL FARM

FRIDAY, 5 SEPTEMBER 2003                                                     

Session 6 - Biotic and Abiotic Stresses

08:10

Chairperson's remarks -D. J. Liu

08:15

Analysis of the wheat defense transcriptome. -S. R. Scofield, J. M. Anderson, C. F. Crane, S. B. Goodwin, H. W. Ohm, C. E.Williams, T. A. Lohret and O. R. Crasta

08:30

Quantitative analysis of wheat defense-gene expression in response to insect, fungal, and viral pests.  - J. M. Anderson, C. E Williams,
S. B. Goodwin, S. R. Scofield and H.W. Ohm

08:45

Molecular mapping of QTLs determining resistance/tolerance to biotic and abiotic stress in hexaploid wheat.  - A. Börner, M. R. Simon, M. S. Röder,
F. M. Ayala and C. A. Cordo

09:00

The role of modifiers in disease resistance. - L.A. Boyd, P.H. Smith and
 J. Melichar

09:15

Triticum monococcum-a novel source for transfer and exploitation of disease resistance in wheat.  - H.S. Dhaliwal, P. Chhuneja, I. Singh,
M. Ghai, R.K. Goel, M. Garg, B. Keller, M. Röder and K. Singh

09:30

Rye homologs of the barley powdery mildew gene Mla1 map to the region carrying stem rust resistance genes on 1RS. -  R. Mago, W. Spielmeyer, G.J. Lawrence, J.G. Ellis and A.J. Pryor

09:45

Rice genome sequence expedites fine mapping of durable, broad-spectrum stem rust resistance gene Sr2 in wheat (Triticum aestivum).  -
W. Spielmeyer and E.S. Lagudah

10:00

REFRESHMENT BREAK

10:30

Map-based isolation of the leaf rust disease resistance gene Lr10 from the hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genome. - C. Feuillet, S. Travella, N. Stein, L. Albar, A. Nublat and B. Keller

10:45

Diversity of resistance to leaf rust in five CIMMYT germplasm-derived durum wheats. - S.A. Herrera- Foessel, R.P. Singh, J. Huerta- Espino,
J. Yuen and A. Djurle

11:00

Identification and mapping of gene Yr31 for resistance to stripe rust in Triticum aestivum cultivar Pastor. -  R. P. Singh, H.M. William,
J. Huerta- Espino and M. Crosby

11:15

Recombination of Yr15 and Yr24 in chromosome 1BS. - A. Zakari, R.A. McIntosh, M.S. Hovmøller, C.R. Wellings, M.R. Shariflou, M. Hayden and H.S. Bariana

11:30

Genetics of resistance to Septoria tritici blotch (Mycosphaerella graminicola). - L. S. Arraiano, V. Merendet and J. K. M. Brown

11:45

QTL analysis of resistance to Fusarium head blight in Swiss winter wheat.
-  S. Paillard, T. Schnurbusch, R. Tiwari, M. Winzeler, B. Keller and G. Schachermayr

12:00

Mapping QTLs associated with FHB resistance in a Wangshuibai x Nanda2419 population. - Z. Q. Ma, F. Lin, Z. X. Kong, J. Z. Wu, H. L. Zhu, S. L. Xie, J. B. Wei and D. J. Liu

12:15

Fine mapping of a major wheat QTL for Fusarium head blight resistance. - S. Liu, M. Pumphrey and J. A. Anderson

12:30

LUNCH at the ACC and remove posters from Sessions 6 and 7

13:55

Chairperson's remarks C. Ceoloni

14:00

QTL mapping and marker assisted selection of Fusarium head blight resistance in Chinese wheat line W14. J. Chen, C. A. Griffey, J. Wilson and M. A. Saghai Maroof

14:15

Resistance of wheat to Fusarium spp. causing Fusarium head blight in wheat. - A. Mesterhazy, T. Bartok, M. Varga and G. Kaszonyi

14:30

In vitro selection for resistance to Fusarium head blight in wheat.  -
F. Eudes, S. Sadasivaiah, R. Graf, J. Collin, S. Rioux, A. Comeau,
F. Langevin and N. Lanoie

14:45

Identification and characterization of novel sources of resistance to Fusarium head blight. - G. Fedak, F. Han, W. Cao, M. Burvill, S. Kriteno and L. Wang

15:00

Gene expression profiling during Diuraphis noxia infestation of Triticum aestivum cv. ‘Tugela DN’ using microarrays.  - A.- M. Botha, L. Lacock, C. van Niekerk, M. T. Matsioloko, F. B. du Preez, A. A. Myburg, K. Kunert and C. A. Cullis

15:15

Inheritance and allelism of resistance to Russian wheat aphid, Diuraphis noxia (mordvilko) in Iranian wheat cultivars. - T. N. Mirak, A. Zali and A. Hosseinzadeh

15:30

Isolation of abiotic stress-related genes and post- transcriptional regulation in durum wheat. - A.M. Mastrangelo, S. Belloni, S. Barilli,
B. Ruperti, N. Di Fonzo, A.M. Stanca and L. Cattivelli

15:45

Tolerance to waterlogging stress in bread wheat genotypes. -
M.T. Labuschagne and A. Tarekegne

16:00

Molecular mapping and mechanism of aluminium tolerance in five doubled haploid populations of Triticum aestivum L (bread wheat). - H. Raman,
 K. Zhang, R. Appels, S. Moroni, M. Cakir, R. Raman, M. Carter, T. Setter, I. Waters and P. Martin

16:15

Differential RNA analysis of the response of wheat roots to aluminium stress. - P. Martins- Lopes, H. Guedes- Pinto and R. Koebner

16:30

Characterization of aluminum toxicity and tolerance in cereals. -
Miftahudin, M. A.  Rodriguez Milla, K. A. Ross and J. P. Gustafson

16:45

REFRESHMENT BREAK

17:15

IWGS IOC/LOC AND BUSINESS MEETING

20:45

GALA DINNER AT SAVOY BEACH HOTEL

SATURDAY, 6 SEPTEMBER 2003                                       

Session 7 Nutritional and Technological Quality

09:25

Chairperson's remarks -  N. Di Fonzo

09:30

Simple DNA markers for genes influencing wheat quality. - K.R. Gale,
W. Ma, W. Zhang, J. Johal and B.J. Butow

09:45

Wheat storage protein composition-quality relationships: deeper characterisation raises more questions ? R. Haraszi, A. Juhasz, O. Larroque, B. Butow, Z. Bedo and F. Bekes

10:00

Stability in wheat quality; a utopia or a future possibility.  - E. Johansson, M.-L. Prieto- Linde, R. Kuktaite, A. Andersson and J.Ö. Jönsson

10:15

The molecular weight distribution of the glutenin polymer as affected by the number, type and expression levels of HMW-GS. - O.R. Larroque, M.C. Gianibelli, D. Lafiandra, P. Sharp and F. Bekes

10:30

Relationship of variation in allelic composition and amounts of glutenin subunits to gluten strength for a diverse durum wheat (Triticum turgidum l. var. durum) population. - N. M. Edwards, M. C. Gianibelli,
O. R. Larroque, N. P. Ames, J. M. Clarke, J. E. Dexter and T. N. McCaig

10:45

By reason of the founder effect or a selective bottleneck, the specific alleles frequency of Japanese hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) compared to the worldwide distribution of Glu-1 alleles. - H. Nakamura and H. Fujimaki

11:00

Investigation into the effect of adverse environments on protein hydrolysis in wheat grains: are thioredoxin genes involved ? A. Aryan

11:15

Heat stress effects on wheat proteins during grain development. -
 H.A. Naeem and F. MacRitchie

11:30

Technological properties of einkorn flour: the role of storage proteins and starch. - A. Brandolini, P. Vaccino and G. Bruschi

11:45

Sequence diversity of the puroindoline a and b genes in Aegilops tauschii–relationship to kernel texture in wheat. - C.F. Morris, A. Massa, K. Gedye and B. S. Gill

12:00

The improving wheat starch quality by transferring barley a Þ-amylase inhibitor gene to wheat. -  Y. Yuan, X. Chen, S. Xiao and A.K.M.R. Islam

12:30

BUFFET

14:00

BUSINESS MEETING/ CLOSING