287 Breeding Strategies in Response to Rapidly Evolving Pests/Joint Div. C01/C07 Business Meeting

Oral Session
C01 Crop Breeding & Genetics
Provide examples of real or potential genetic solutions to staying ahead of rapidly evolving pests on a regional or possibly global scale.
Cosponsor(s):

C07 Genomics, Molecular Genetics & Biotechnology, C08 Plant Genetic Resources

Wednesday, November 4, 2009: 1:40 PM-4:15 PM
Convention Center, Room 402, Fourth Floor

Presiding:
Rima Thapa
Organizer:
Brett Carver
1:40 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:45 PM
Monitoring Wheat Rusts in Central West Asia and North Africa.
Amor Yahyaoui, ICARDA; Osman Abdalla, ICARDA; Wafa Khoury, FAO; Brahim Ezzahiri, IAV, Hassan II
2:00 PM
Enhancing Durability of Stem Rust Resistance in Spring Bread Wheat in Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) Region.
Osman Abdalla, ICARDA; Francis Ogbonnaya, ICARDA; Amor Yahyaoui, ICARDA; Yaljarouka Ala'a, ICARDA; Nazari Kumarse, ICARDA; Ayele Badebo, EIAR; Melaku Degefu, Ethiopian Inst. for Agricultural Res. (EIAR); Devinder Singh, CIMMYT; Peter Njau, Kenya Agric. Res. Inst. (KARI); Ruth Wanyera, Kenya Agric. Res. Inst. (KARI)
2:15 PM
Predicted QTL Locations for Fusarium Ear Rot (FER) Resistance in Maize and the Generation of Improved FER Resistant Maize Inbred Lines.
Nathan VanOpdorp, Mycogen Seeds; Daniel Caraviello, Dow AgroSciences, LLC; Koni Patterson, Dow AgroSciences, LLC; Jonathan Flora, Mycogen Seeds; Joe Metzler, Mycogen Seeds; Donald Maum, Mycogen Seeds
2:30 PM
Breeding Birdsfoot Trefoil for Resistance to Fusarium Wilt in New York.
Julie Hansen, Cornell Univ.; Jill Miller-Garvin, Univ. of Minnesota; Gary Bergstrom, Cornell Univ.; Michael Wunsch, Cornell Univ.; David Kalb, Cornell Univ.; Bruce Tillapaugh, Cornell Coop. Ext.; Jamie Crawford, Cornell Univ.; Donald Viands, Cornell Univ.
2:45 PM
Mapping a Reniform Nematode (Rotylenchulus reniformis ) Resistance Locus Introgressed From Gossypium Aridum Into Upland Cotton (G. hirsutum ).
Gabriela Romano, USDA-ARS; Erik Sacks, USDA-ARS; Salliana R. Stetina, USDA-ARS; A. Forest Robinson, Retired, USDA-ARS; David Fang, USDA-ARS; Osman Gutierrez, Mississippi State Univ.; Jodi Scheffler, USDA-ARS
3:00 PM
Break
3:15 PM
Joint Business Meeting, C01/C07
4:15 PM
Adjourn