Monday, 6 October 2008: 12:55 PM
George R. Brown Convention Center, 370B
551: Cereal Breeding
Sponsor:C01 Crop Breeding & Genetics
Presiding:B. Todd Campbell, USDA-ARS-Coastal Plains Res. Ctr.
12:55 PM Introductory Remarks
1:00 PM551-1Integration of Marker Assisted Selection in ICARDA's Wheat Breeding Program.
Francis C. Ogbonnaya, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Osman Abdalla, ICARDA, Amor Yahyaoui, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Mustapha El-Bouhssini, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
1:15 PM551-2ICARDA Achievements in Breeding Spring Bread Wheat Varieties to Resist Stem Rust Race Ug99.
Osman Abdalla, ICARDA, Amor Yahyaoui, ICARDA, Francis Ogbonnaya, ICARDA, Sanjaya Rajaram, ICARDA, Bedada Girma, ICARDA, Ruth Wanyera, ICARDA, Abdallah Sailan, ICARDA, Ala'a Yaljarouka, ICARDA, Ayele Badebo, ICARDA, Solomon Gelalcha, ICARDA, Belcha Yaie, ICARDA, Melaku Degefu, ICARDA
1:30 PM551-3QTLs for Pre-harvest Sprouting and Seed d Dormancy in Chinese White Wheat Landrace Tutoumai.
Shubing Liu, Kansas State University, Shibin Cai, Kansas State University, Guihua Bai, Kansas State University - Entomology
1:45 PM551-4Identification of a Major QTL for High-Temperature, Adult-Plant Resistance to Stripe Rust (Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici) in the Spring Wheat Cultivar Louise (Triticum aestivum L.).
Arron Carter, Washington State University, Xianming Chen, Washington State University, USDA-ARS, Kimberly G. Campbell, USDA-ARS, Kimberlee Kidwell, Washington State University
2:00 PM551-5Some Elements to Improve and Explore Genetic Drought Resistance.
Abel Muņoz Orozco, Colegio de Postgraduados, Francisco Munoz-Arriola, University of Washington, Dennis P. Lettenmaier, University of Washington
2:15 PM Break
2:30 PM551-6Multiple-Trait QTL Mapping Using a Structural Equation Model.
Xiaojuan Mi, Univ. of Nebraska, Kent Eskridge, University of Nebraska, Dong Wang, Univ. of Nebraska, P. Stephen Baenziger, University of Nebraska, B. Todd Campbell, USDA-ARS-Coastal Plains Res. Ctr.
2:45 PM551-7Early Generation Selection for Resistance to Rice Kernel Fissuring Proves Effective.
Shannon R. M. Pinson, USDA-ARS, James Gibbons, University of Arkansas, Yulin Jia, Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center
3:00 PM551-8Minig Novel Genes Resistant to Blast Disease for US Rice Production.
Wengui Yan, USDA-ARS, James Correll, University of Arkansas, Hesham Agrama, USDA-ARS, Brian Scheffler, USDA-ARS, Robert Fjellstrom, USDA ARS, Rice Research Unit, Anna M. McClung, USDA-ARS
3:15 PM551-9Responses of Three Contrasting Rice Cultivars to Salt Stress and Water Deficit.
Olivyn Angeles, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), To Phuc Tuong, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Abdelbagi Ismail, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Ernesto Castillo, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Romeo Cabangon, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
3:30 PM Concluding Remarks
3:45 PM Adjourn

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