65 C02 Graduate Student Oral Presentation Competition

Oral Session
C02 Crop Physiology and Metabolism

This set of oral presentation will encompass any graduate student's research project submitted to the C-2 division.

Monday, November 1, 2010: 8:10 AM-12:10 PM
Long Beach Convention Center, Room 203B, Second Floor

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Presiders:
Sarah Lingle and Hugh Earl
8:10 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:15 AM
Management Options for Multiple Resistant (glyphosate and paraquat) Hairy Fleabane (Conyza bonariensis) Populations In San Joaquin Valley.
Marcelo Moretti, California State University; Bradley D. Hanson, University of California, Davis; Kurt J. Hembree, UCCE Fresno County; Anil Shrestha, California State University
8:30 AM
Effect of Water-Deficit Stress On Reproductive Development in the Cotton Pistil.
Dimitra Loka, University of Arkansas; Derrick Oosterhuis, University of Arkansas
8:45 AM
Cotton Yield Improvements with Addition of the Urease Inhibitor NBPT to Foliar Applied Urea.
Eduardo Kawakami, University of Arkansas; Derrick Oosterhuis, University of Arkansas; John Snider, University of Arkansas
9:00 AM
Canopy Architecture and Transpiration Efficiency In Sorghum.
Sruthi Narayanan, Kansas State University; Robert Aiken, Kansas State University; P.V. Vara Prasad, Kansas State University; Zhanguo Xin, USDA-ARS; Kenneth Kofoid, MMR Genetics; Jianming Yu, Kansas State University
9:15 AM
Physiological Traits Associated with Drought and Heat Tolerance for a Perennial Grass Species.
David Jespersen, Rutgers University; Bingru Huang, Rutgers University
9:30 AM
Drought Responsive Proteins in Ipt Transgenic Creeping Bentgrass.
Emily Merewitz, Rutgers University; Thomas Gianfagna, Rutgers University; Bingru Huang, Rutgers University
9:45 AM
Characterization of Diverse Sorghum Genotypes for Traits Related to Drought Tolerance.
Raymond Mutava, Kansas State University; P.V. Vara Prasad, Kansas State University; Jianming Yu, Kansas State University; Kenneth Kofoid, MMR Genetics; Mitch R. Tuinstra, Purdue University
10:00 AM
Break
10:10 AM
Temperature Affects Drought Tolerance Mechanisms In Soybean and Its Wild Ancestor Glycine Soja.
Thomas Seversike, North Carolina State University; Thomas Sinclair, North Carolina State University; Thomas Carter, USDA-ARS; Thomas Rufty, North Carolina State University
10:25 AM
The Independent and Combined Effects of Drought and High Temperature Stress On Physiological, Growth and Yield Traits of Synthetic Wheat.
Gautam P. Pradhan, Kansas State University, Department of Agronomy; P.V. Vara Prasad, Kansas State University, Department of Agronomy; Bikram S. Gill, Kansas State University, Department of Plant Pathology; Allan K. Fritz, Kansas State University, Department of Agronomy; Mary Beth Kirkham, Kansas State University, Department of Agronomy
10:40 AM
Miscanthus x Giganteus Stem Propagation.
Nicholas Boersma, Iowa State University; Emily Heaton, Iowa State University
10:55 AM
The Physiological Responses, Lint Yield and Fiber Quality of Cotton Under Several Fixed and Dynamic Deficit Irrigation Schemes in Southwest Texas.
Yujin Wen, Texas A&M University; Diane L. Rowland, Texas A&M University/Texas AgriLife Research; Giovanni Piccinni, Monsanto Company - USA; J. Tom Cothren, Texas A&M University; Daniel I. Leskovar, Texas A&M University/Texas AgriLife Research; Armen R. Kemanian, Pennsylvania State University; Ty K. Witten, Monsanto Company - USA
11:10 AM
Ethylene Synthesis and Relative Gene Expression In Cotton Under Drought Stress.
Vladimir da Costa, Tom Slick Senior Graduate Fellow at Texas A&M University; J. Tom Cothren, Texas A&M University
11:25 AM
Simulated 2,4-D Drift On Glyphosate Resistant Soybean.
Andrew Robinson, Purdue University; William Johnson, Purdue University; David M. Simpson, Dow AgroSciences
11:40 AM
Photosynthetic Consequences of Late Leaf Spot Differ In Peanut Cultivars of Differing Resistance.
Maninderpal P. Singh, University of Florida; John E. Erickson, University of Florida; Kenneth J. Boote, University of Florida; Barry L. Tillman, NFREC, University of Florida
11:55 AM
Molecular Mapping and Characterization of Flag Leaf Wax in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.).
Suchismita Mondal, Texas A&M University; Richard Mason, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, CIMMYT; Dirk Hays, Texas A & M University
12:10 PM
Adjourn