291 Forage Germplasm Improvement and Performance

This oral session will focus on research related to forage nutritive value. Presentations may cover any aspect related to forage nutritive value, such as species and varieties, growth stage and morphological effects, management factors, anti-quality factors, influence of environment, animal performance studies, methods and techniques of evaluating nutritive value, and the influence of soil and nutrients.

C06 Forage and Grazinglands
Wednesday, November 3, 2010: 12:55 PM-2:15 PM
Long Beach Convention Center, Room 202C, Second Floor
Organizer:
R. Mark Sulc
Presiding:
Joao Vendramini
1:15 PM
Consistent Progress From Four Cycles of RRPS for Winter Productivity in Annual Ryegrass.
Edzard van Santen, Auburn University; Amandeep Dhaliwal, Auburn University; Kamal Chugh, Auburn University
1:30 PM
Genetic Relationships Among Members of the Fescue Grasses.
Malay Saha, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation; Anna Ricci, Department of Applied Biology, University of Perugia; Konstantin Chekhovskiy, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation; Perumal Azhaguvel, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
1:45 PM
Improvement of Seed Production Traits in Lablab Bean.
Gerald Smith, Texas Agrilife Research; F. M. Rouquette, Jr., Texas Agrilife Research
2:00 PM
Evaluation of Growth and Development Parameters of Some Common Vetch (Vicia sativa L.) Genotypes.
Iskender Tiryaki, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University; Abdullah Cil, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Adem Erol, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University; Mustafa Topu, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University; Veysel Akkurt, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University
2:15 PM