44th Illinois Corn Breeders School

March 3-4, 2008

• Carl Bradley, University of Illinois
  Effect of foliar fungicides on corn in Illinois research trials in 2007
• Walter Trevisan, Monsanto and Michael Blanco (speaker) USDA-ARS, Ames, Iowa
  The importance of Germplasm Enhancement of Maize (GEM) Program for U.S. Seed Companies
• Jim Hawk, University of Delaware
  Comparison of Conventional, Modified Single Seed Descent, and Doubled Haploid Breeding Methods for Maize Inbred Line Development Using GEM Breeding Crosses
• Elizabeth Lee, University of Guelph
  Perspectives on Heterosis in Maize - 100 Years Later
• Nathan Springer, University of Minnesota
  A Genomic Perspective of Heterosis: Using Microarray and Allele-Specific Expression Profiling to Study the Maize Hybrid Transcriptome
• Jim Murphy, The Context Network, West Des Moines, IA
  Corn’s Future as a Biofuels Feedstock
• Doreen Ware, USDA-ARS, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY
  Update on Sequencing Maize Genome, Related Resources and Gramene
• Dick Johnson, University of Illinois
  Development of a Commercial-Grade Hybrid Maize Mapping Population
• Bill Beavis, Iowa State University
  Maize-TREC: A Maize Translational Research and Education Collaborative
• Pam Johnson, Iowa Farmer and Chair of NCGA Research and Business Development Action Team
  Perspectives from the National Corn Growers Association
• Open Forum and Panel Discussion
  How Public and Private Sector Can Effectively Work Together to Enhance Support for Maize Breeding & Genetics Education and Translational Research
• Richard Flavell, CERES, Inc. Thousand Oaks, CA
  Translating Research to Enhance Perennial Grasses for Biofuels: Challenges and Opportunities
• Marty Williams, USDA-ARS, University of Illinois
  Sensitivity to P450-metabolized Herbicides in Sweet Corn: Genetic Basis and Implications
• Jeff Church, University of Illinois
  Coordinated Control of the Carbon-Nitrogen Balance in Maize
• Sally Mackenzie, University of Nebraska
  Mitochondrial Genetics in Higher Plants: The Physiological Cost of CMS and Other Mitochondrial Outcomes of Wide Crossing
• Kankshita Swaminathan, University of Illinois
  Perception of the Crop Environment by Photoreceptors
• Joana Novais, University of Illinois
  Genetic Analysis of Maize Root Complexity
• Narasimham Upadyayula, University of Illinois
  Genetics of Maize Inflorescence Architecture