244 General Forage and Grazinglands: I

Oral Session
C06 Forage and Grazinglands
This is a general oral session for papers related to forage and grazinglands.
Tuesday, November 5, 2013: 10:25 AM-3:10 PM
Tampa Convention Center, Room 21

Organizer:
Benjamin F. Tracy
Moderators:
Ben M. Goff and Marisol T. Berti
10:25 AM
Introductory Remarks
10:30 AM
10:45 AM
The Effect of Fall Harvest Timing and Cutting Frequency On the Yield of Alfalfa in Northern California.
Steve B. Orloff, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources; Daniel H. Putnam, University of California
11:00 AM
Appropriate Ratio of Legume to Grass for Spatially Separated Pasture Systems.
Bisoondat Macoon, Mississippi State University; Juan K. Q. Solomon, University of Nevada-Reno
11:15 AM
Fluctuation in Growing-Season Tannin Concentrations of Three Birdsfoot Trefoil Varieties.
Sara R. Hunt, Utah State University; Jennifer W. MacAdam, Utah State University; Thomas C. Griggs, West Virginia University
11:30 AM
Seeding Date for Different Forage Brassicas in North Dakota.
Osvaldo Teuber, North Dakota State University; Marisol T. Berti, North Dakota State University; Edward L. Deckard, North Dakota State University; Burton L. Johnson, North Dakota State University; Larry J. Cihacek, North Dakota State University; Kevin Sedivec, North Dakota State University; Robert Nudell, North Dakota State University
11:45 AM
Growth and Yield Of Teff (Eragrostis tef) At Wide and Narrow Spacing Or Broadcast In The Southern Piedmont, Virginia.
Vitalis Wilbald Temu, Virginia State University; Maru K. Kering, Virginia State University
12:00 PM
Lunch Break
1:15 PM
Characterization of Herbage, Litter and Soil As a Function of the Distance From Legume Trees in Silvopastoral Systems.
Jose Carlos Batista Dubeux Jr., University of Florida; Felipe Araujo Cabral, UFRPE; Mercia Virginia F. dos Santos, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE); Mario de Andrade Lira, IPA; Diego Lima Coelho, UFRPE; Erinaldo Viana de Freitas, IPA; Mario A Lira Junior, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco
1:30 PM
Calibration Of The Cropgro-Perennial Forage Model To Simulate Irrigated and Rainfed Palisadegrass Growth In Brazil.
Diego N. L. Pequeno, CGIAR (Consultative Group on Intl Agricultural Research); Carlos G. S. Pedreira, University of Sao Paulo; Kenneth J. Boote, University of Florida; Ana Flávia G. Faria, University of Sao Paulo; Liliane S. Silva, University of Sao Paulo; Damiao W. Nguluve, University of Sao Paulo
1:45 PM
Effects of Grazing Management Strategies On Sward Responses of Rhizoma Peanut Genotypes.
Mary Kimberly Mullenix, Auburn University; Lynn E. Sollenberger, University of Florida; Ann Blount, North Florida Research & Education Center; Marcelo Osorio Wallau, Univeristy of Florida; Joao Vendramini, UF/IFAS Range Cattle Research and Education Center; Maria Lucia A. Silveira, University of Florida
2:00 PM
Break
2:10 PM
Drought Stress Affects Agronomic Performance of Tall Fescue Genotypes.
Anowarul Islam, University of Wyoming; Malay C. Saha, Noble Research Institute, LLC; Bryce A. Wehmeyer, University of Wyoming
2:25 PM
Aluminum Tolerance in Forage Rye Breeding Lines.
Vanessa A. Corriher, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension; Gerald R. Smith, Texas Agrilife Research; Francis M. Rouquette Jr., Texas A&M AgriLife Research; M. Parsons, Texas A&M AgriLife Research
2:40 PM
An Efficient Protocol to Select Superior HS-Families in a Switchgrass Breeding Program.
Edzard van Santen, Auburn University; David Bransby, Auburn University
2:55 PM
Tall Fescue Morphotype Specific Marker Development and Their Application.
Malay C. Saha, Noble Research Institute, LLC; Perumal Azhaguvel, Syngenta; Konstantin Chekhovskiy, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation; Michael A. Trammell, Noble Research Institute, LLC; E. Charles Brummer, University of California-Davis
3:10 PM
Adjourn