39th Illinois Corn Breeders School
March 2-4, 2003
| Sunday Evening, March 2, 2003 | |
| 7:30-8:30 p.m. | “Social Hour” in Atrium with Invited Speakers |
| Monday, March 3, 2003 | |
| 7:30-8:20 a.m. | Registration |
| 8:20 a.m. | Announcements |
| Moderator - Torbert Rocheford | |
| 8:30 a.m. | “Ethanol-Providing Homeland Energy Security Today” Bob Dinneen Renewable Fuels Association, Washington, D.C. |
| 9:00 a.m. | “The Economics of Ethanol” |
| 9:30 a.m | “Corn-Ethanol, Production Costs and Net Energy Balance” |
| 10:00 a.m. | Break |
| 10:30 a.m. | “New Technologies for Dry Grind Ethanol Production” |
| 11:00 a.m. | “Potential Role of Breeding and Genomics to Enhance
Efficiency for Ethanol Production from Corn Grain” |
| 11:30 a.m. | Panel Discussion (Other Relevant U. Illinois Faculty have been invited to participate in each panel discussion as appropriate) |
| 12:00 noon | Lunch |
| Moderator - Steve Moose | |
| 1:25 p.m. | “Strategies for Breeding for Drought Tolerance and
Incorporating New Technologies in Breeding Programs at CIMMYT” |
| 2:15 p.m. | “High Resolution Mapping and Functional Dissection
of QTL Affecting Leaf Epidermal Traits Using the Public |
| 2:45 p.m. | Break |
| 3:15 p.m. | “Towards Maize Resistance to Stem Borers and Rootworms” |
| 3:50 p.m. | “Biotech Approach to Corn Rootworm Control: Development
Status of Monsanto’s Corn Rootworm Resistant Corn” |
| 4:20 p.m. | Panel Discussion |
| 5:00 p.m. | Social Hour |
| 6:00 p.m. | Dinner |
| .7:00 p.m. | “The Regulation and Handling of Biotech Corn Varieties
- Perspectives from the Grain Processing Industry” |
| 8:30 p.m. | Raymond Baker Biography Videotape |
| Tuesday AM, March 4, 2003 | |
| Moderator - Martin Bohn | |
| 8:10 a.m. | “Marker Assisted Selection in Maize” |
| 9:00 a.m. | “Evolution of Combining Ability Concepts or How to Evaluate
Inbreds” |
| 9:30 a.m. | Panel Discussion |
| 9:45 a.m. | Break |
| 10:15 a.m. | “Evaluation of Near-Isogenic Lines for Major QTL
for Oil Concentration” |
| 10:35 a.m. | “Anthracnose Stalk Rot: Is it Increasing in Severity” |
| 10:55 a.m. | “Corn Breeding, Genomics, Quantitative Genetics and
the Public-Private Interface” |
| 11:25 a.m. | Panel Discussion |
| 11:45 a.m. | Adjourn |
