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Symposium--Yield Gains through Genetics and Breeding

Oral Session

C01 Crop Breeding & Genetics

This symposium will highlight some of the major yield gains achieved in U.S. crops that will be detailed in the upcoming CSSA publication “Yield Gains in Major U.S. Crops”.

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Cosponsor(s):

C03 Crop Ecology, Management & Quality, C07 Genomics, Molecular Genetics & Biotechnology
Wednesday, November 6, 2013: 10:00 AM-3:00 PM
Tampa Convention Center, Ballroom B-D
Organizer:
Jodi A. Scheffler
Presider:
John F. Shanahan
10:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
10:05 AM
Genetic Contributions to Yield of Maize in the US Central Corn Belt 1930-2011.
Stephen Smith, Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc.
10:25 AM
Yield Gains in US Potato, Contributing Factors and Future Prospects.
Shelley Jansky, USDA-ARS; David Spooner, USDA, Agricultural Research Service; Paul C Bethke, USDA-ARS
10:45 AM
Yield Gains and Market Forces in Barley.
Thomas K. Blake, Montana State University
11:05 AM
Yield Gains in Sunflower.
Brent S. Hulke, USDA-ARS; Larry W. Kleingartner, National Sunflower Association
11:25 AM
Thirty Years of Genetic Gains in Rice.
Karen Ann Kuenzel Moldenhauer, University of Arkansas; Kent S. McKenzie, California Cooperative Rice Research Foundation; Xueyan Sha, University of Arkansas Rice Research & Extension Center; Steven Linscombe, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center; Nathaniel B Lyman, University of Arkansas; Lawton Nalley, University of Arkansas
11:45 AM
Yield Advances in Peanut.
C. Corley Holbrook, USDA-ARS; Tim Brenneman, UGA; H. Thomas Stalker, North Carolina State University; Wiley C. Johnson III, USDA-ARS; Peggy Ozias-Akins, UGA; Ye Chu, UGA; George Vellidis, UGA; Duncan McClusky, UGA
12:05 PM
Break
1:20 PM
Yield Gains in Dry Beans in the U.S.
Juan M. Osorno, North Dakota State University; George J. Vandemark, USDA-ARS; Mark A. Brick, Colorado State University; James D. Kelly, Michigan State University; Carlos A. Urrea, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
1:40 PM
Yield Gains in Cool Season Legumes in the U.S.
George J. Vandemark, USDA-ARS; Juan M. Osorno, North Dakota State University; Mark A. Brick, Colorado State University; James D. Kelly, Michigan State University; Carlos A. Urrea, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
2:00 PM
Progress From 80 Years of Breeding Soybean in the USA.
Brian W. Diers, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign; James E. Specht, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Randall L. Nelson, USDA-ARS
2:20 PM
Current Trends in United States Cotton Yield Productivity.
B. Todd Campbell, USDA-ARS; Debbie Boykin, USDA-ARS; Zaid Abdo, USDA-ARS; William R. Meredith Jr., USDA-ARS
2:40 PM
Genetic Contributions to Yield Gains in US Wheat, 1980-2010.
Robert A. Graybosch, USDA-ARS and University of Nebraska; Harold E. Bockelman, USDA-ARS; Kimberly A. Garland-Campbell, USDA-ARS; David Garvin, USDA-ARS; Teshome H. Regassa, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
3:00 PM
Adjourn