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General Biomedical, Health-Beneficial & Nutritionally Enhanced Plants: I

Oral Session

C09 Biomedical, Health-Beneficial & Nutritionally Enhanced Plants

This is a general oral session for papers related to biomedical, health-beneficial & nutritionally enhanced plants.

Monday, November 4, 2013: 1:00 PM-3:00 PM
Marriott Tampa Waterside, Room 13
Organizer:
Kristin Bilyeu
1:00 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:20 PM
Influence of Cyanobacterial Bio-Fertilizer On Crop Micronutrient (Zn, Fe, beta-carotene) Content.
Jessica G. Davis, Colorado State University; Arina Sukor, Colorado State University; Heather Storteboom, Thin Air Nitrogen Solutions; Francis Abuye, Hawassa University; Muluneh Menamo, Hawassa University; Girma Wolde, Hawassa University; Mekiso Yohannes, Hawassa University; Mulat Asmamaw, Hawassa University; Solomon Yigrem, Thin Air Nitrogen Solutions; Tafere G/Egziabher, Hawassa University; Endalkachew Wolde-meskel, Hawassa University
1:35 PM
Association Of Arsenic Concentration and Speciation With Straighthead Disease In US Produced Rice.
Wengui Yan, USDA-ARS; Tushara Pillai, Texas A&M University; Richard H. Loeppert, Texas A&M University; Terry J. Gentry, Texas A&M University; Kathleen M. Yeater, USDA-ARS; Bihu Huang, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff; Anna M. Mcclung, USDA-ARS
2:05 PM
Break
2:15 PM
Generalizations On the Use of Leaf Element Concentrations to Accelerate Improvement of Rice Grain Nutritional Quality.
Lee Tarpley, Texas A&M Agrilife Research-Beaumont; Ratnaprabha Chittoori, Texas A&M University; Shannon R. M. Pinson, USDA-ARS; David E Salt, University of Aberdeen; Mary Lou Guerinot, Dartmouth College; Brett Lahner, Purdue University; Min Zhang, Purdue University; J. Tom Cothren, Texas A&M University
2:45 PM
New QTLs For Seed Weight, Minerals, Cysteine and Methionine Concentrations In Soybean.
Raghuprakash Kastoori Ramamurthy, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Joseph Jedlicka, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Brian M. Waters, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; George L. Graef, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
3:00 PM
Adjourn to Division Business Meeting