44th Illinois Corn Breeders School
March 3-4, 2008
Monday, March 3 |
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| 7:15 | Registration. |
| 8:10 | Welcome: Torbert Rocheford Moderator: Martin Bohn |
| 8:15 | Carl Bradley, University of Illinois Effect of foliar fungicides on corn in Illinois research trials in 2007 |
| 8:45 | 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 |
| 9:25 | 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 |
| 10:05 | Break |
| 10:35 | Elizabeth Lee, University of Guelph Perspectives on Heterosis in Maize - 100 Years Later |
| 11:15 | Nathan Springer, University of Minnesota A Genomic Perspective of Heterosis: Using Microarray and Allele-Specific Expression Profiling to Study the Maize Hybrid Transcriptome |
| 11:55 | Lunch. |
Afternoon Session: Moderator: Torbert Rocheford |
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| 1:10 | Jim Murphy, The Context Network, West Des Moines, IA Corn’s Future as a Biofuels Feedstock |
| 1:50 | Doreen Ware, USDA-ARS, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY Update on Sequencing Maize Genome, Related Resources and Gramene |
| 2:30 | Dick Johnson, University of Illinois Development of a Commercial-Grade Hybrid Maize Mapping Population |
| 3:10 | Break |
| 3:40 | Bill Beavis, Iowa State University Maize-TREC: A Maize Translational Research and Education Collaborative |
| 4:10 | Pam Johnson, Iowa Farmer and Chair of NCGA Research and Business Development
Action Team Perspectives from the National Corn Growers Association |
| 4:45 | 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 |
| Social and Dinner | |
| Richard Flavell, CERES, Inc. Thousand Oaks, CA Translating Research to Enhance Perennial Grasses for Biofuels: Challenges and Opportunities |
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Morning March 4 |
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| 7:00 | Coffee, Juice, Donuts, and Rolls |
| 8:00 | Announcements |
| 8:05 | Marty Williams, USDA-ARS, University of Illinois Sensitivity to P450-metabolized Herbicides in Sweet Corn: Genetic Basis and Implications |
| 8:40 | Jeff Church, University of Illinois Coordinated Control of the Carbon-Nitrogen Balance in Maize |
| 9:15 | Sally Mackenzie, University of Nebraska Mitochondrial Genetics in Higher Plants: The Physiological Cost of CMS and Other Mitochondrial Outcomes of Wide Crossing |
| 9:55 | Break |
| 10:25 | Kankshita Swaminathan, University of Illinois Perception of the Crop Environment by Photoreceptors |
| 10:55 | Joana Novais, University of Illinois Genetic Analysis of Maize Root Complexity |
| 11:25 | Narasimham Upadyayula, University of Illinois Genetics of Maize Inflorescence Architecture |
| 12:00 | Adjourn |
