Proposed Program for the AlliumCAP Conference:
The AlliumCAP conference will be held on Wednesday, December 6, 2006, in College Station, Texas, directly before the National Allium Research Conference (December 7 to 9, 2006). The conference will be held in the same hotel as the NARC (Lodging). The goal of this conference will be to strengthen contacts among public and private researchers and commodity groups for the Allium vegetables, to identify high-impact research goals, and to exploit genomic approaches to reach these goals. We will discuss and prioritize important research, training, and out-reach deliverables of an eventual USDA CAP proposal, as well as develop our management plan. In preparation for this meeting, we have completed a web-based survey of major production challenges for the Alliums in North America. The results of this survey can be viewed here. You can look at this survey here (however the survey is now closed and no new entries will be accepted).
Wednesday, December 6, 2006
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Morning presentations |
| 8:30 - 8:45 |
Welcome and description of conference goals |
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Dr. Michael J. Havey, USDA-ARS and University of Wisconsin, Madison WI |
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| 8:45 - 9:15 |
USDA Coordinated Agricultural Projects (CAP) and the goals of funded rice (CAP) |
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Dr. Anna McClung, USDA-ARS, Rice Research Unit, Beaumont TX |
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| 9:15 - 9:45 |
The status of North American onion industry in a global economy |
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Mr. Wayne Mininger, National Onion Association, Greeley CO |
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| 9:45 - 10:00 |
Web-based survey on major challenges to garlic and onion production in North America |
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Dr. Michael J. Havey, USDA-ARS and University of Wisconsin, Madison WI. |
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| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Coffee break and informal discussions |
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Description of the main challenges to North American Allium producers and processors:
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| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Challenges to US onion and garlic processors in the US and world-wide |
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Dr. Daniel Brotslaw, Sensient Dehydrated Flavors, Turlock CA |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Challenges to the onion-seed industry in the US and world-wide |
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Dr. Rick Watson, Nenhums Seed Company, Brooks OR |
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| 11:30 - 12:00 |
Value-added onion and garlic in North America |
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Dr. Bill Randle, University of Georgia |
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| 12:00-12:30 |
Overview of emerging disease and pest challenges in the US and world-wide, especially in light of pesticide losses |
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Dr. Howard Schwartz, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins CO |
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| 12:30 - 1:30 |
Catered lunch |
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| 1:30 - 2:30 |
Prioritization of challenges for Allium producers and processors |
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Wayne Minninger, Howard Schwartz, and Michael Havey will lead an open discussion to prioritize the most important US production and quality problems for the Alliums |
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| 2:30 - 3:00 |
Present status of Allium breeding and genetics |
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Dr. Michael J. Havey |
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| 3:00 - 3:30 |
Genomic and bioinformatic resources for the Alliums and other monocots |
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Dr. Christopher Town, The Institute for Genomic Research, Rockville MD |
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| 3:30 - 4:00 |
Coffee break |
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| 4:00 - 5:30 |
Development of a plan for Allium translational genomics to address major production problems |
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An open discussion will be chaired by M.J. Havey addressing:
This conference is organized by Dr. Michael Havey of USDA-ARS / University of Wisconsin.
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For questions or further information please contact :
Dr. Kilsun Yoo, Research Scientist, VFIC, Department of Horticulture Sciences, Texas A&M University |
