375 Turfgrass Breeding and Genetics

Oral Session
C05 Turfgrass Science
Contributed papers in the broad category of turfgrass breeding and genetics
Wednesday, November 6, 2013: 12:55 PM-2:30 PM
Tampa Convention Center, Room 25

Organizer:
Erik H. Ervin
Moderator:
Susana R. Milla-Lewis
12:55 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:00 PM
Manipulating the Chromosome Number of Zoysiagrass.
Brian M. Schwartz, University of Georgia - Tifton; Ryan N. Contreras, Oregon State University; Wayne W. Hanna, University of Georgia; Scott A. Jackson, University of Georgia - Athens
1:15 PM
DNA Fingerprinting of Kentucky Bluegrass Cultivars and Hybrids.
B. Shaun Bushman, USDA-ARS; Paul G. Johnson, Utah State University; Joseph G. Robins, USDA-ARS; Scott E. Warnke, USDA-ARS; Keenan Amundsen, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
1:30 PM
Genetic and Ploidy Variability Within Six Vegetatively Propagated Zoysiagrass Cultivars.
Karen Harris-Shultz, USDA-ARS; Susana R. Milla-Lewis, North Carolina State University; Aaron J Patton, Purdue University; Kevin E. Kenworthy, University of Florida; Ambika Chandra, Texas A&M University; Freddie Clinton Waltz Jr., University of Georgia - Griffin
1:45 PM
All This Turf Sequence Data, Now What?.
Keenan Amundsen, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
2:00 PM
The Reproductive Biology of Danthonia Spicata.
Scott E. Warnke, USDA-ARS; Keenan Amundsen, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Azhar M. Hossain, National Turfgrass Evaluation Program
2:15 PM
Clonal Evaluation of Hilaria Belangeri for Turf Domestication.
Mohammad Pessarakli, University of Arizona; David M. Kopec, University of Arizona
2:30 PM
Adjourn