Wageningen is located in the middle of the Netherlands between Utrecht and Amhem. From Amsterdam (Schiphol) Airport it will take about one hour by train to reach the Ede-Wageningen railway station, which is located at a distance of 10 km from the Conference Center. Frequent busservice and taxis (treintaxi) leave from the railway station to Wageningen. Registration Thursday June 16, 12.00-20.00 hrs. Closing of the Symposium: Saturday June 18, 12.00 hrs.
TENTATIVE
PROGRAM SESSION I: Genome Analysis and Mapping D. Zamir (israel): Introgressions from Lycopersicon pennellii can improve yield of tomato hybrids J. Yoder (USA): Transposon mutagens at targeted endogenous loci E. Paul (USA): SolGenes, the Solanaceae database project P. Zabel (NL): Molecular and genetic organisation of tomato chromosome 6 SESSION I1: Disease resistance G. Martin (USA): Map-based cloning of the Pto bacterial resistance gene from tomato R, Fluhr (Israel): Cloning of the 12 locus J. Jones (UK): The Isolation of Cladosporium fulvum resistance genes in tomato J. Hille (NL): Molecular genetic characterization of the fungal disease resistance locus Asc in tomato P. de Wit (NL): Molecular characterization of Cladosporium fulvum -tomato interaction B. Staskawicz (USA):Genetic dissection of bacterial speck disease resistance in tomato SESSION II1: Development and Reproduction D. Grierson (UK): Control of ripening in transgenic tomatoes R, Kendrick (NL): Photomorphogenic mutants E. Lifschitz (Israel): The reverse-genetics manipulations of vegetative and floral meristems using tomato-specific homeotic and house keeping genes S McCormick (USA): Molecular biology of male gametogenesis SESSION IV: Tools in Plant Breeding M. Kramer (USA): Commercialization of tomatoes with an antisense polygalacturonase gene M. Koornneef (NL): Cell genetics in tomato P. Lindhout (NL):
The perspectives of molecular marker-assisted breeding for earliness in tomato. P. Vos (NL):
Marker-assisted breeding using AFLP's W. Schuch (UK):
Assembling a broad tool kit to improve tomato fruit quality and the introduction of genetically modified tomatoes into the market place in Europe