40th Illinois Corn Breeders School
March 1-2, 2004
| Monday, March 1, 2004 | |
| 7:30-8:30 a.m. | Registration |
| 8:30 a.m. | Welcome Dr. Steve Schomberg, Vice Chancellor of Public Engagement and Institutional Relations, UIUC |
| 8:45 a.m. | Commercial corn breeding faces a mid-life crisis. |
| 9:15 a.m. | Discussion |
| 9:25 a.m. | Plant variety protection: Identification of essentially derived
varieties Dr. Martin Bohn |
| 9:55 a.m. | Discussion |
| 10:05 a.m. | Break |
| 10:35 a.m. | Evaluation of genetic variation for drought tolerance in
maize using managed stress |
| 11:05 a.m. | Discussion |
| 11:15 a.m. | Genomics and yield stability |
| 11:45 a.m. | Discussion |
| 12:00 noon | Lunch |
| 1:30 p.m. | Application of comparative genomics to crop improvement |
| 2:00 p.m. | Discussion |
| 2:10 p.m. | Comparisons of regulatory sequences in the cereals–Implications
for breeding |
| 2:40 p.m. | Discussion |
| 2:50 p.m. | Break |
| 3:20 p.m. | Genetic and diversity studies on carotenoids (ProVitamin A)
in maize Sultana Islam and T.R. Rocheford, UIUC |
| 3:50 p.m. | Discussion |
| 4:00 p.m. | Illinois Corn Breeders School–40 years and counting |
| 4:30 p.m. | Adjourn |
| 5:00 p.m | Social Hour |
| 6:00 p.m | Dinner |
| 7:00 p.m. | Production of huitlacoche, Ustilago maydis: If you
can’t breed for resistance to common smut, you might as well grow
maize mushrooms Dr. J.R. Pataky, UIUC |
| Tuesday, March 2, 2004 | |
| 8:15 a.m. | Reconsidering the importance of insect damage to corn ears
in light of their contribution to the mycotoxin problem; Can GMOs help? |
| 8:45 a.m. | Discussion |
| 8:55 a.m. | New corn seed treatment insecticides |
| 9:25 a.m. | Discussion |
| 9:35 a.m. | Break |
| 10:05 a.m. | Allelic variation at candidate genes for European corn
borer resistance in maize |
| 10:35 a.m. | Discussion |
| 10:45 a.m | Global Corn Diseases Addressing Domestic Concerns |
| 11:15 a.m. | Discussion |
