Theme 1

Poster 1.5 Characterization and Transferring of resistance genes to Rice yellow mottle virus (RYMV) from African cultivated rice (O. glaberrima) to O. sativa by molecular markers
Presenter: Deless Thiemele
Authors: Deless Thiemele*, Laurence ALBAR, Sophie Perez, Séverin Ake, Marie-Noëlle Ndjiondjop, Yacouba Sere, Alain Ghesquiere
*UMR « Génome et Développement des Plantes »,IRD/CNRS/Université de Perpignan, IRD, France /Laboratoire de Physiologie Végétale, Université de Cocody, Côte-d'Ivoire.

Theme 2

Poster 2.9 Near-isogenic lines for disease QTL in maize
Presenter: R.J. Nelson
Authors: J. Zwonitzer,* C.-L. Chung, J. Longfellow, R.J. Nelson, and P. Balint-Kurti
*North Carolina State University

Theme 3

Poster 3.13 Marker Development and Marker-Assisted Selection for Striga Resistance in Cowpea
Presenter: S. Muranaka
Authors: S. Muranaka,* M. P. Timko, N. Cisse, M. Wade, C. Fatokun, A. Raji, D. J. Kim and B. Ousmane
*IITA, Nigeria

Theme 4

Poster 4.5 Characterization of Maize germplasm found in Ghana, using the bulking technique
Presenter: A.Oppong
Authors: A.Oppong,* M..Warburton, M. Ewool, R. Thompson, K. Poku-Sekyere, J.N.L. Lamptey, M.D. Quain.
*CSIR-Crops Research Institute, Ghana

The special prize went to...

Sato Muranaka for his particularly creative and entertaining presentation of the poster 3.13 Marker Development and Marker-Assisted Selection for Striga Resistance in Cowpea.