Sunday, May 4, 2008: 2:00 PM-5:30 PM
Grand Ballroom A-C (Astor Crowne Plaza Hotel)
Session 1: Advances in Bioenergy Feedstocks and Plant Science
Chair:Tim Tschaplinaki
Co-chair:Neal Stewart
2:00 PMGenomic, Transcriptomic, Proteomic and Functional Analysis of Candidate Genes for Bioenergy Feedstock Improvement
Joshua S. Yuan, Nathan R. Stewart, Lindsey Kline, Susie Y. Dai, Robert L. Hettich, Douglas G. Hayes, Neal Stewart
2:30 PMMaximizing Photosynthetic Yield by Increasing Sink Strength
Christer Jansson, Chuanxin Sun
3:00 PMDeveloping a Dedicated Energy Crop for Tennessee
Burton C. English, Don Tyler, Clark Garland, Ken Goddard, Roland Roberts, Larry Steckel, Dan Mooney
3:30 PMBreak
4:00 PMSwitchgrass, lignin, enzymes and ethanol
Gautam Sarath, Christian Tobias, Bruce S. Dien, Madhavan Soundararajan, Kenneth P. Vogel, Robert B. Mitchell, Paul Twigg
4:30 PMDevelopment of Low-lignin Biomass Feedstock for Improved Biofuel Production
Fang Chen, Rui Zhou, Jin Nakashima, Gail Shadle, Lisa Jackson, Richard A. Dixon
5:00 PMEngineering the Nation’s First Dedicated Biofuel Crop
David McElroy

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