2008 Joint Annual Meeting (5-9 Oct. 2008): Mining the Germplasm for Diversity and Crop Improvement

571 Mining the Germplasm for Diversity and Crop Improvement



Monday, 6 October 2008: 2:25 PM
George R. Brown Convention Center, 370A
Presiding:
Maria Gallo
2:30 PM
Convergent Evolution of Ureide-Catabolizing Enzymes in Plants and Animals.
Dirk Charlson, University of Arkansas; Larry C. Purcell, University of Arkansas
2:45 PM
Development of a 50,000 SNP Infinium assay for Genotyping the Soybean Germplasm Collection.
David Hyten, USDA-ARS; Qijiang Song, University of Maryland; Steven Cannon, USDA-ARS; Randall L. Nelson, USDA-ARS Soybean/Maize Germplasm, Pathology and Genetics Research Unit; James Specht, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Randy Shoemaker, USDA-ARS; Perry Cregan, USDA-ARS
3:00 PM
Association Mapping of Wheat Genes Resistant to Aluminum Toxicity.
Dadong Zhang, Kansas State University; Guihua Bai, USDA-ARS/Kansas State University; Brett Carver, Oklahoma State University; Jianming Yu, K-State Research and Extension; Chengsong Zhu, Kansas State University
3:15 PM
Genetic Diversity of Sea Oat Lines Collected from a Wide Geographic Range.
Carrie Knott, Louisiana State University - Agronomy & Environmental Management; Sarah Bertrand, Louisiana State University; Niranjan Baisakh, LSU AgCenter - Southeast Research Station; Prasanta Subudhi, Louisiana State University
3:30 PM