37th Illinois Corn Breeders School
March 5-6, 2001
An Activity of the Illinois Maize Breeding and Genetics Laboratory (IMBGL)
| Monday, March 5 | |
| 8:00 a.m. | Registration |
| 8:50 a.m. | Welcome Moderator: Steve Moose, UIUC |
| 9:00 a.m. | Molecular marker applications
in maize breeding programs
Gene Hookstra, Senior project manager Celera AgGen. |
| 9:30 a.m. | Discussion |
| 9:45 a.m. | Break |
| 10:15 a.m. | Strategies to maximize quality
assurance (QA) when integrating transgenes in breeding programs
Mike Hall, Monsanto; Moez Meghji, Syngenta; Greg Parker, Golden Harvest
Seeds; Carla Peterman, Pioneer Hi-Bred Intl.; Donald Yates, Ag Reliant
Genetics |
| 11:15 a.m. | Corn Grain Quality-an overview
of current and future possibilities.
Larry Beach, Coordinator, Pioneer Hi-Bred Intl, Inc. |
| 11:45 a.m. | Discussion |
| 12:00 noon | Lunch Moderator: Torbert Rocheford, UIUC |
| 1:15 p.m. | Using proteins in corn
John Howard, Prodigene |
| 1:45 p.m. | Discussion |
| 2:00 p.m. | Exploring the potential of
swine proteins produced by transgenic plants
Paul Scott, Research Geneticist USDA-ARS |
| 2:30 p.m. | Discussion |
| 2:45 p.m. | Break |
| 3:15 p.m. | Effect of random-mating on
marker-QTL associations in an IHO x ILO cross.
David Willmot, John Dudley, and Torbert Rocheford, University of
Illinois |
| 3:35 p.m. | Discussion |
| 3:50 p.m. | Near-isogenic line analysis
of maize kernel oil QTL on chromosome 6, and related kernel composition
studies.
Steve Damon and Torbert Rocheford, University of Illinois |
| 4:10 p.m. | Discussion |
| 4:30 p.m. | Adjourn |
| 5:00 p.m. | Social Hour |
| 6:00 p.m. | Dinner |
| 7:00 p.m. | The future of genetically modified
organisms
Bruce Chassy, Assistant Dean, Biotechnology Research and Outreach,
University of Illinois |
| Tuesday, March 6 | |
| Moderator: Forrest Troyer, UIUC | |
| 8:15 a.m. | Combining ability for tocopherols
and carotenoids in maize.
C.O. Egesel, University of Illinois |
| 8:35 a.m. | Discussion |
| 8:45 a.m. | Common rust in sweet corn
J.K. Pataky, University of Illinois |
| 9:15 a.m. | Discussion |
| 9:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:00 a.m. | Emerging virus and virus-like
corn diseases
David R. Smith/James Perkins, Monsanto |
| 10:30 a.m. | Discussion |
| 10:45 a.m. | Corn diseases summer 2000:
Diplodia ear rot and stalk rots
D.G. White, University of Illinois |
| 11:15 a.m. | Discussion |
| 11:30 a.m. | Adjourn |
