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780 Genetic Improvement of Soybean, Common Bean, and Legumes
(C01 Crop Breeding & Genetics)

Thursday, 9 October 2008: 8:05 AM
George R. Brown Convention Center, 371C
Presiding:
J.W. Burton
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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