Wednesday, November 7, 2007: 9:25 AM
Convention Center, Room 207, Second Floor
255: Maize Quantitative Genetics/Div. C01/Div. C08 Business Meeting
Sponsor:C01 Crop Breeding & Genetics
Presiding:Kimberly Garland-Campbell, USDA-ARS
9:25 AM Introductory Remarks
9:30 AM255-1Determining the Value of Maize Trial Sites Using Predicted Gains from Selection.
Gary Atlin, CIMMYT
9:45 AM255-2Evaluation of Selection Intensity and Number of Locations on the Ability to Retain Best Hybrids.
Cynthia Ernst, Dow AgroSciences, David Meyer, Dow AgroSciences
10:00 AM255-3Three Cycles of Recurrent Selection for Increased or Decreased Recombination Frequency in Zea mays.
Dandan Li, University of Kentucky, Todd Pfeiffer, University of Kentucky
10:15 AM255-4Understanding Variation and Selection Effect Over Time Using Mendel's Accountant (Population Genetics Simulator).
Paul Gibson, Int'l Inst. Cooperative Studies, John C. Sanford, Cornell University, John Baumgardner, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Wes Brewer, Handong Global University, Walter ReMine, Northwestern College
10:30 AM255-5Selection Mapping – A Statistical Methodology for Plant Breeders to Identify Loci for Population Improvement and Local Adaptation.
Seth Murray, Institute for Genomic Diversity, Randall Jerome Wisser, Dept. Plant Pathology, Rebecca Nelson, Insititute for Genomic Diversity, Stephen Kresovich, Inst. for Genomic Diversity
10:45 AM Concluding Remarks
10:50 AM Break
11:00 AM Div. C01/Div. C08 Business Meeting
12:00 PM Adjourn

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