43rd Illinois Corn Breeder’s School
March 5-6, 2007
Morning March 5 |
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| 7:30 | Registration. |
| 8:20 | Introductory remarks. |
| 8:30 | Matt Hudson – University of Illinois – Crop Genome Sequencing – Challenges and Opportunities for Breeding |
| Presentation Slides: [PDF] | |
| 9:10 | Marilyn Warburton – CIMMYT – Application of Association Tests to Corn |
| Presentation Slides: [PDF] | |
| 9:50 | Break. |
| 10:30 | Sam Eathington – Monsanto – Molecular Markers in a Commercial Breeding Program |
| Presentation Slides: [PDF] | |
| 11:10 | Geoff Graham – Pioneer – Marker Enhanced Pedigree Selection |
| Presentation Slides: [PDF] | |
| 11:50 | Lunch. |
Afternoon March 5 |
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| 1:10 | Marianne Banziger – CIMMYT – Breeding Maize, Rice and Wheat for Highly Variable Abiotic Stress Environments |
| Presentation Slides: [PDF] | |
| 1:50 | Michael Luethy – Monsanto – Transgenic Approaches to Improving Drought Stress Tolerance in Maize |
| Presentation Slides: [PDF] | |
| 2:30 | Break. |
| 3:10 | Sofia Silva – UI Graduate Student – Genetic and QTL Analysis of Maize Kernel Composition Traits |
| Presentation Slides: [PDF] | |
| 3:30 | Eunsoo Choe – UI Graduate Student – Genetic and QTL Analysis of Pericarp Thickness and Ear Traits Related to Consumer Preference of Fresh Waxy Corn |
| Presentation Slides: [PDF] | |
| 3:50 | Devin Nichols – UI Graduate Student – Factors Influencing N Accumulation in Maize Grain |
| Presentation Slides: [PDF] | |
| 4:10 | Robyn Stevens – UI Graduate Student – Genetic Approaches to Enhance Provitamin A and Total Carotenoids in Maize Grain |
| Presentation Slides: [PDF] | |
| 4:30 | Panel Discussion on Plant Breeding Student Education. |
| 5:30 | Social Hour. |
| 6:30 | Dinner. |
| 7:30 | Ted Crosbie – Monsanto – The Impact of Plant Breeding on the Future of the Seed Industry |
| Presentation Slides: [PDF] | |
Morning March 6 |
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| 8:00 | Erik Vollbrecht – Iowa State University – Genetics of Tassel and Ear Development |
| Presentation Slides: [PDF] | |
| 8:40 | Tom Brutnell – Cornell University – Engineering Light Response Pathways in Crop Plants for Improved Performance under High Planting Density |
| Presentation Slides: [PDF] | |
| 9:20 | Carlos Löffler – Pioneer – Environmental Classification in Maize Breeding |
| Presentation Slides: [PDF] | |
| 10:00 | Break. |
| 10:30 | Paula Davis – Pioneer – Economic Impact of Western Bean Cutworm |
| Presentation Slides: [PDF] | |
| 11:10 | Jode Edwards – USDA/ARS – Estimating Genotype- and Environment-Specific Heritabilities |
| Presentation Slides: [PDF] | |
| 11:50 | Hans Blaschek – University of Illinois – Butanol: A Second-Generation Biofuel |
| Presentation Slides: [PDF] | |
| 12:30 | Adjourn |
