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INGENIC MOLBIO II:

2^nd Meeting of the

INGENIC Molecular Biology Working Group

Recent Advances and New Resources

OCTOBER 15^TH, 2006

HOTEL RAMADA PLAZA HERRADURA, GOLF AND CONFERENCE CENTER, SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA

BOUGANVILLIA ROOM

8:30 AM- 1:00 PM

Objectives

1. To provide a venue for more in depth and technical presentations from as many labs as feasible.

2. To hold a discussion on coordination and collaboration between the cacao molecular biology community and the future of a cacao genome project.

Bryan Bailey USDA Beltsville: Use of molecular tools in dissecting the stress responses of Theobroma cacao: Many intersecting paths

David Kuhn USDA Miami: Development of a high throughput SNP assay for marker-assisted breeding of Theobroma cacao in cacao producing countries.

Antonio Figueira: Sao Paulo, Brazil: Current Progress Overview of Genomics Research

Mark Guiltinan Penn State: Microarray Resources for Cacao

Dapeng Zhang: USDA Beltsville: Detection and Correction of Labeling Errors in Germplasm Collections

Xavier Argout: CIRAD: Cocoagen DB and ESTtik, two tools to store, combine or analyze phenotypic and molecular data

Claire Lanaud: CIRAD: Adding value to cocoa germplasm information with domestication history and association genetics

Bernard Masseret Nestles, Tours: DNA fingerprinting: A new QA routine tool for semi processed and finished products

Impromptu Contributions: Brief comments or presentations by members who wish to inform the audience of a recent development in their lab.

Peter Aikpokpodion     CRIN, Nigeria  Identification of microsatellite markers associated with Phytophthora megakarya resistance in cacao

Ray Schnell                  USDA, Miami  The use MAS to increase the efficiency of cacao breeding.

Julio Cascardo              UESC, Brazil    Functional genomics of T. cacao – C. perniciosa interaction