DAY 2 – TUESDAY, 10 APRIL 2018
| 07:30 – 18:00 | Registration Registration Foyer |
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| 08.30 – 10:00 | Plenary Presentations Hall A & B sponsored by OZ Sorghum |
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| 08:30 – 09:15 | O357 Sorghum breeding in the 21st century Prof. David Jordan University of Queensland, Australia |
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| 09:15 – 10:00 | O568 Improving productivity and increasing profitability to expand opportunities across global markets Prof. Timothy J. Dalton Kansas State University & SMIL, USA |
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| 10:00 – 10:30 | Tea / Coffee Break Exhibition Area / Hall D |
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| 10:30 – 12:30 | Symposium 2 A Driver for Change: Sorghum’s Role in Global Markets |
Phenomics | Abiotic Stress 2 | Genetic Modification, Editing and Mutants |
| Hall A sponsored by OZ Sorghum |
Hall B sponsored by OZ Sorghum |
Hall C sponsored by United Sorghum Checkoff Programme |
Meeting Room 11 | |
| Chairperson: Timothy J. Dalton | Chairperson: Mitch Tuinstra | Chairperson: Graeme Hammer | Chairperson: Hai-Chun Jing | |
| 10:30 | O279 Current and future trends in human consumption uses of Australian sorghum Chris Blanchard Charles Sturt University, Australia |
O34 Consortium for advanced sorghum phenomics (CASP) Jeff Dahlberg UC-ANR-KARE, USA |
O64 Proteomics as a tool in sorghum and cereal quality and abiotic stress tolerance breeding Maryke Labuschagne University of the Free State, South Africa |
O62 Genomics-informed GM and gene edited sorghum for improved grain quality and plant architecture Ian Godwin The University of Queensland, Australia |
| 10:50 | Use of sorghum in global food assistance and food security programmes Sajid Alavi Kansas State University, USA |
O418 Phenomics at scale: driving advances in sorghum breeding with insights from diverse sensor platforms Nadia Shakoor Purdue University, USA |
O251 Integrated strategies to enhance abiotic stress resilience in US sorghum Krishna Jagadish Kansas State University, USA |
O297 High throughput genetic transformation of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) Srinivas Belide CSIRO, Australia |
| 11:10 | O567 Grain sorghum use in functional food and beverages Earl Roemer Nu Life Market, USA |
O86 Field phenotyping of sorghum breeding trials through proximal sensing technologies Andries B. Potgieter The University of Queensland, Australia |
O61 Underpinning the stay-green trait in sorghum: The role of PIN genes in drought adaptation Andrew Borrell The University of Queensland, Australia |
O10 Utilization of mutants and diverse germplasm in an applied sorghum breeding program Chad Hayes USDA-ARS, USA |
| 11:30 | O130 Hub-and-spoke food innovation model empowers rural women to drive markets and improve nutrition in West Africa Bruce Hamaker Purdue University, USA |
O166 Utilising crop simulation models to augment high-throughput phenotyping and selection in biomass sorghums Scott Chapman The University of Queensland, Australia |
O294 Enhancing dryland rainy season sorghum climate resilience and abiotic stress tolerance under Indian semi-arid tropical conditions Vara Prasad Kansas State University, USA |
O404 More than defence: identifying primary roles for dhurrin using EMS mutants Ros Gleadow Monash University, Australia |
| 11:50 | Commercialising non-alcoholic sorghum beverages from age-old traditional recipes Grahame Osler Denmar Estates, South Africa |
O315 Validation and implementation of unmanned aerial systems in a sorghum breeding program Nicholas Pugh Texas A&M University, USA |
O212 Agronomic factors affecting dryland grain sorghum maturity and yield in the Western Great Plains USA Sally Jones Colorado State University, USA |
O318 Sequence-Indexed Mutants for Functional Genomics and Crop Improvement of Sorghum Mitchell Tuinstra Purdue University, USA |
| 12:10 | Panel Discussion | O4 Disruptive chemical fingerprinting methodologies for precision sorghum agriculture Sophie Minori Uchimiya USDA-ARS-SRRC, USA |
O157 Shrub intercropping in the sahel: a novel resource for bioirrigation and beneficial microorganisms to resist drought and optimize yields Richard Dick Ohio State University, USA |
O237 The alkali spreading phenotype in sorghum: genes, alleles, starch gelatinization temperature, and starch structure Stefanie Griebel Purdue University, USA |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch Break & Poster Session Exhibition Area / Hall D |
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| 14:00 – 15:30 | Symposium 2 A Driver for Change: Sorghum’s Role in Global Markets |
Genomics 1 | Abiotic Stress 3 | Food Uses 2 |
| Hall A sponsored by OZ Sorghum |
Hall B sponsored by OZ Sorghum |
Hall C sponsored by United Sorghum Checkoff Programme |
Meeting Room 11 | |
| Chairperson: Timothy J. Dalton | Chairperson: Ian Godwin | Chairperson: Vara Prasad | Chairperson: Lewis Ezeogu | |
| 14:00 | O304 Sorghum: A potential climate smart and resilient feed ingredient in broiler diets in Malawi Andrew Safalaoh Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Malawi |
O351 Exploring the sorghum pan genome Todd Mockler Donald Danforth Institute, USA |
O74 Genome wide association study for photosynthesis and chlorophyll fluorescence traits in sorghum under cold and drought stress Diego Ortiz INTA, Iowa State University Argentina |
O147 Functional properties and sensory acceptance of extruded sorghum genotypes drink powders Davy William Hidalgo Chávez Embrapa Food Technology, Brazil |
| 14:30 | O249 Are millet and sorghum good alternatives to maize in layer’s feeds in Niger, West Africa Salissou Issa INRAN, Niger |
O551 Sweet sorghum genomics and molecular breeding in China Hai-Chun Jing Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China |
O366 Cold stress resilience at early seedling in sorghum determined by integrating aerial imagery and destructive phenotyping Anuj Chiluwal Kansas State University, USA |
O274 Sorghum as a pilot crop to rethink bioeconomy towards an inclusive multi-knowledge sustainable model Sophia Alami CIRAD, France |
| 14:50 | O382 Opportunities and challenges in using sorghum forage to improve ruminant livestock productivity Adegbola Adesogan University of Florida, USA |
O343 Improving sorghum adaptation in West Africa with genomics-enabled breeding Geoffrey Morris Kansas State University, USA |
O48 Early planting and cold resiliency in sorghum: From seed to seed Yves Emendack USDA-ARS, USA |
O208 Comparative functional properties of kafirin and zein visco-elastic “doughs” formed by simple coacervation at different acetic acid and protein concentrations Segun Oguntoyinbo University of Pretoria, South Africa |
| 15:10 | Panel Discussion | O437 Sorghum mini core collection: a source of multi-trait variation to meet challenge of climate change and for enhanced genetic gains Hari Upadhyaya ICRISAT, India |
O423 Analysis of heterosis and combining ability over environments for cold tolerance in sorghum Ramsamy Perumal Kansas State University, USA |
O288 An industrial perspective of breeding in sorghum- The need of the hour Vilas Tonapi ICAR-Indian Institute of Millets Research, India |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Tea / Coffee Break Exhibition Area / Hall D |
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| 16:00 – 17:00 | Three minute thesis competition (3MT) for graduate students Finals Meeting Room 8 + 9 Chairperson: Andy Borrell Sponsored by OZ Sorghum |
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| 16:00 – 17:30 | Symposium 2 A Driver for Change: Sorghum’s Role in Global Markets |
Genomics 2 | Agronomy and Systems | Food Uses 3 |
| Hall A sponsored by OZ Sorghum |
Hall B sponsored by OZ Sorghum |
Hall C sponsored by United Sorghum Checkoff Programme |
Meeting Room 11 | |
| Chairperson: Timothy J. Dalton | Chairperson: Jurandir Magalhaes | Chairperson: Daniel Rodriguez | Chairperson: Gyebi Duodu | |
| 16:00 | O255 Strengthening sorghum seed systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: Cases of Kenya and Mali Fred Rattunde TWECA Consulting, Germany Eva Weltzein Seeds and Diversity, Germany |
O50 Mining the sorghum QTL landscape for complex trait dissection Emma Mace University of Queensland, Australia |
O101 Use of agroecological techniques by smallholder farmers to improve sorghum productivity in Burkina Faso Georges Zomboudre Institute of Environment and Agricultural Research, Burkina Faso |
O53 Comparison of bioactive phytochemical compositions, antioxidant capacity and glucose release inhibitory effects of white sorghums and several important grains Glen Fox Queensland Alliance for Agriculture & Food Innovation, Australia |
| 16:30 | Global common practices uniting the seed industry Jim Gaffney Dow DuPont Pioneer, USA |
O126 Ethiopian sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) genetic diversity and genome-wide association study (gwas) for agriculturally important traits Habte Nida Chikssa Purdue University, Ethiopia |
O338 Integrating Genetics, Environment & Management for Higher Sorghum Yield Graeme Hammer The University of Queensland, Australia |
O221 Doubling grain Fe and Zn concentration in sorghum to combat the micronutrient malnutrition in predominantly sorghum eating populations Ashok Kumar Are ICRISAT, India |
| 16:50 | Sorghum seed, cultivar development, supply and farmers awareness: Sudan Case Zubeir Ibrahim Nile Sun Seeds, Sudan |
O57 The genetic architecture of seed size in Sorghum bicolour (L.) Moench Yongfu Tao The University of Queensland, Australia |
O120 The advantage of fertilization strategies based on climate information to enhance sorghum production in Sahelian conditions Myriam Adam / Komla Ganyo CIRAD, France |
O362 Tailored bioprocessing to enhance the quality of whole grain millet and sorghum products Ndegwa Maina University of Helsinki, Finland |
| 17:10 | Perspectives from a farmers’ cooperative in Niger Ali Aminou Fuma Gaskiya, Niger |
O302 Recombination bin map(s) in Sorghum bicolor using multiple Recombinant Inbred Line populations Santosh Deshpande ICRISAT, India |
O28 Farmers’ perceptions of sorghum production constraints and Striga control practices in semi-arid areas of Tanzania Emmanuel Justine Mrema Tumbi Agriculture Research Institute, Tanzania |
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| 17:30 | Sorghum European Perspectives: Building an efficient organisation: Innovation – collect – trading – processors – end users Frederic Guedj EURALIS SEMENCES, France |
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| 17:40 | Panel Discussion | |||
| 17:45 – 18:45 | Student Meet and Greet Meeting Room 8 + 9 |
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| 18:45 for 19:00 NB the audience must be seated by 18:50 |
South African National Research Foundation – Science for Society Lecture and Panel Discussion Hall B |
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*Kindly note that this programme is subject to change
