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f 998 National Onion (and other Allium) Research Conference Sacramento, California, USA and Information Center y University of California, Davis http:flvricMCdavis.edu .' •■ ..•■(•. '•■ •. : ^*5M . I^SRI Organizing Committee AI Burkett, Seminis Vegetable Seeds Roy "Tule" Kreizenbeck, Rio Colorado Seeds, Inc. Tom Ikesaki, Empire Research David Visher, Vegetable Research and Information Center, UCD Kitty Schlosser, Vegetable Research and Information Center, UCD Ron Voss, Vegetable Crops Department, UCDavis (Chair) Sponsors f Asgrow Vegetable Seeds Basic Vegetable Products Christopher Ranch m Colusa Produce Company Crookham Seed Company De Francesco Company & Sons, Inc. Emerald Seed Company Empire Research m Gilroy Festival Foods, Gilroy CA Gilroy Foods . Onion World Magazine **■ Rio Colorado Seed Company Rio Farms Seed Dynamics, Inc. Seminis Vegetable Seeds Shamrock Seed Company Snow Seed Company Sunseeds PROGRAM and ABSTRACTS p National Onion (and other Allium) Research Conference December 10-12,1998 Sacramento, California .;. 7 WEDNESDAYDecembet 9 . ,„. 5 - 7:00 p.m. Conference Registration at the Radisson Hotel in the Hospitality Suite, Room 121 _ £5f THURSDAY,December 10 .i, ; £-- 7:00 a.m. Conference Registration and Continental Breakfast in the Conference Center - Pavilion Room f" 8:00 am. Opening, Welcome - Conference Center - Room 302 ORAL PRESENTATIONS Session 1A: Breeding and Genetics - Conference Center - Room 302 8: IS a.m. History and pedigree of publicly-released onion germplasm in the United States during the 20th _ century - LL. Goldman and M J. Havey, Department of Horticulture, and USDA-ARS, Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin (1) 8:45 am. Cytoplasms used commercially to produce hybrid onion - M J. Havey, USDA. ARS. Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin (2) „ 9:00 a.m. The USDA onion breeding program: new releases and new directions - M.J. Havey, USDA, ARS, Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin (3) 915 a.m. Onion breeding for the dehydration industry in Argentina - Claudio R. Galmarini. La Consulta. Mendoza, Argentina and Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin (4) TO 9:30 am. Screening of onions for ability to produce large, mild bulbs in New York - B. L, Phillips, L. A. Ellcrbrock, and A. Pappas. Department of Fruit and Vegetable Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (5) 9:45 a.m.: Break - Conference Center - Pavillion Room Session IB: Breeding and Genetics (Continued) - Conference Center - Room 302 10: IS am. Onion breeding research at New Mexico State University - Christopher S. Cramer. Marisa M. Wall and Joe N. Corgan, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, New Mexico State University, New Mexico (6) 1S3- 10:45 a.m. Analyses of recombinant Allium cepa x A. fisiulosum backcross individuals - Anfu Hou, Ellen B. 1 Pcfiley, Department of Plant & Soil Science. Texas Tech University (7) 11:00 am Estimation of quantitative trait loci controlling solid content, pungency, and antiplatelet activity of onion (Allium cepa L.) - Claudio R. Galmarini, I Goldman, and M. J. Havey. USDA-ARS and Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin (8) U:l5a.m. RFLP and FISH analysis of advanced backcrosses of in Allium interspecific hybrid (Allium cepax Allium fistulosum) to Allium cepa - Eduardo Villanueva-Moiqueda and Michael J. Havey, USDA-ARS and frr Department of Horticulture. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Wisconsin (9) 11:30 a.m. Molecular-facilitated selection of maintainer lines in onion • All Fuai Cokce and Michael J. Havey. USDA-ARS and Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin (10) 11:45 a.m. Transformation of onion (Allium cepa L.) - Eady C.C., R.J. Weld, and C.E. Lister, New Zealand Institute o#i for Crop and Food Research Ltd . Christchurch, New Zealand (11) 12 noon. Lynclj- Conference Center - Pavillion Room and Room 304 "^ University of California. Davu Program Page I Session 1C: Breeding and Genetics (Continued) - Conference Center - Room 302 1:00 p.m. Direct somatic organogenesis induced on mature onion ovaries or flowers - Bonn Bohanec, Zlaia Lulhar, University of Ljubljana. Biotechitical Faculty, Centre for Plant Biotechnology and Breeding, Jamnikarjeva. Slovenia (12) 1:15 p.m. Molecular analysis of cytoplasmic diversity in leek - Danicla Lopez Uitc and Michael J. Havcy. USDA- ARS and Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin (13) 1:30 p.m. First report on storage longevity and genetic diversity of the USDA garlic (A. salivum) collection - Richard llannan and Barbara Hellicr, USDA-ARS. Western Regional Plant Introduction Station, Washington State University, Pullman. Washington (14) 1:4S p.m. Genetic diversity in garlic (AIlium salivum L) as assessed by amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) - Meryem Ipek and Philipp W. Simon, USDA-ARS, Vegetable Crops, Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin (15) 2:00 p.m. Microprojectile bombardment of garlic, Allium sativum L. - J. Michele Myers and Philipp W. Simon, USDA-ARS, Vegetable Crops. Department or Horticulture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin (16) Session 2: Seed Production - Conference Center - Room 302 2:15pm The effects of hybrid onion floral characteristics on honey bee activity - Bill B. Dean and Erin M. Silva, Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture. Washington Stale University, Prosser, Washington (17) 2:30 p.m. Onion seed production in the lower Sacramento Valley - Mike Murray and Ron Voss, Farm Advisor/County Director, University of California-Cooperative Extension. Colusa County and Vegetable Specialist. University of California. Davis (18) 2:45 p.m. Effect of harvest practices on seed quality of three onion hybrid varieties - Ron Von. Mike Murray. Kent Bradford, Herb Phillips. Jim Thompson, Vegetable Specialist, University of California-Cooperative Extension, Colusa County, Vegetable Crops Department, Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department. University of California, Davis (19) 3:00 p,m.; Break - POSTER SESSION-|r- Conference Center - Pavillion Room Session 3A: Flavor, Human Health and Nutrition - Conference Center - Room 302 3:30 p.m A review of the regulation of sulfur metabolism and its effect on quality in onions and garlic - Jane E. Lancaster, Martin L Shaw. Meeghan D. Pilher, Julie P. Farrant and John A. McCallum. New Zealand Institute for Crop and Food Research. Chrisichurch. New Zealand (20) 3:45 p.m. Nitrogen and its interaction with sulfur will affect onion flavors • William M. Handle, Department of Horticulture, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia (21) 4:00 p.m. Probing further into the nature of onion flavor development during storage - David E. Kopsell and William M. Randle, University of Georgia, Department of Horticulture, Athens, Georgia (22) 4:15 p.m. Juice extraction methods make difference in pungency estimation of onion - Brian K. Hamilton, Kil Sun Yoo. and Leonard M. Pike. Vegetable Improvement Center. Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station. Texas (23) 4:30 p.m. Considerations for implementing pungency field testing and its practical implications - William M. Randle, D.E. Kopsell, DA Kopsell, Department of Horticulture. University of Georgia. Athens. Georgia (24) 4:45 p.m. Development of an automated system for pyruvic acid analysis • Kil Sun Yoo and Leonard M Pike. Vegetable Improvement Center, Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas (25) 5:00 p.tpi Adjourn 6:00 p.m. Busses leave for Banquet 6:30 • 10 p.m. Banquet • Heidrick Ag History Center, Woodland Speaker • Irwin Goldman, "From Pharaohs to Free Radicals: 5,000 Years of AJIiums and Human Well-Being" Univcnity ofCttiTomia, Davn Program Pigc 2 FBWAY, December 11 m 7:00 a.m. Conference Registration and Continental Breakfast in the Conference Center - Pavilion Room Session 3B: Flavor, Human Health and Nutrition (Continued) - Conference Center - Room 302 m 8:00 am A Comparison of Onion-induced Platelet Aggregation by Plasma or Whole Blood Aggregometry - , K. S. Orvis. C. R. Galmarini, I. L. Goldman and M. J. Havcy, University or Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin (26) 8:1S a.m. The forms of selenium delivered by onions to human diet • Dean A. Kopscll and William M. Randlc, University of Georgia, Dcpamnent of Honicullurc, Athens, Georgia (27) p, 8:30 a.m. Designing the ultimate onion for human health - Leonard Pike, Kil Sun Yoo. Roger Horn, and Carmen ; Lander, Vegetable Improvement Center, Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas (28) 8:45 a.m. Opportunities to market garlic based on health outcomes: alliin, a cholesterol-lowering compound ym - S.J. Sterling and DR. Eagling. Institute for Horticultural Development (Agriculture Victoria), Victoria, Australia (29) Session 4A: Pest Management - Conference Center - Room 302 m 9:00 a.m. Summary of white rot research presented at the 2"* Int. Symposium on Edible Alliaceae (1997, Australia), and at the 6th Int. Workshop on Allium White Rot (1998, Mexico) - Fred Crowe and Mary Ruth McDonald, Central Oregon Agr. Res. Center, Oregon Slate University. Madras Oregon and University of Guelph, Muck Crops Research Station, Kcilleby. Ontario, Canada (30) f™ 9:30 a.m. Screening onion lines for resistance to white rot (Sclerolium cepivorum) and onion maggot fly (Delia antiqua) - MHY llovius. MR McDonald, S Janse and K Vander Kooi.