| Thursday, 9 October 2008: 8:05 AM | |||
| George R. Brown Convention Center, 371C | |||
| 780: Genetic Improvement of Soybean, Common Bean, and Legumes | |||
| Sponsor: | C01 Crop Breeding & Genetics | ||
| Presiding: | J.W. Burton, USDA-ARS | ||
| 8:05 AM | Introductory Remarks | ||
| 8:15 AM | 780-1 | Maternal Effects for Fatty Acid Composition in Soybean Seed Oil. J. J. Gilsinger, Monsanto Company, J.W. Burton, USDA-ARS, T.E. Carter Jr., USDA-ARS | |
| 8:30 AM | 780-2 | Validation of QTLs for Soybean Cyst Nematode Resistance in Two Inter-specific Soybean Populations. Mayumi Acosta, University of Guelph, Tom W. Welacky, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, Istvan Rajcan, University of Guelph | |
| 8:45 AM | 780-3 | Seed Protein and Oil Concentration of Soybean Cultivars Released in Argentina Between 1984 and 2000. Diego J. Santos, Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria, Victor O. Sadras, PIRSA - SARDI, Fernando Andrade, INTA | |
| 9:00 AM | 780-4 | Rust Resistant Soybean Breeding Lines at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture. Hailu Tefera, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ranajit Bandyopadhyay, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture | |
| 9:15 AM | 780-5 | Flowering Time Response of Long Juvenile Soybean under Extreme Photoperiods. Elroy Cober, CANADA, Dept. of Agriculture | |
| 9:30 AM | 780-6 | Diallel Analysis for Estimating Oligosaccharides in Vegetable Soybean Genotypes. Tadesse Mebrahtu, Virginia State University, Thomas Devine, USDA | |
| 9:45 AM | Break | ||
| 10:00 AM | 780-7 | Breeding for Resistance to Common Bacterial Blight and White Mold in Common Bean. Robert Duncan, University of California, Davis, Shree Singh, University of Idaho, Robert L. Gilbertson, University of California, Davis | |
| 10:15 AM | 780-8 | Breeding Kabuli Chickpeas for Ascochyta Blight Resistance. Rajinder S. Malhotra, ICARDA, Muhammad Imtiaz, ICARDA, Richard Brettell, ICARDA, Maarten van Ginkel, ICARDA | |
| 10:30 AM | 780-9 | Variation in Quality Traits and their Enhancement in Lentil. Ashutosh Sarker, ICARDA | |
| 10:45 AM | 780-10 | Breeding Improved Forage Leucaenas for Cold and Psyllid Tolerance. James Brewbaker, University of Hawaii, Scott A. Dalzell, University of Queensland | |
| 11:00 AM | 780-11 | Biological Nitrogen Fixation in White Lupin. Harbans Bhardwaj, Virginia State University | |
| 11:15 AM | Concluding Remarks | ||
| 11:25 AM | Adjourn | ||
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