167 Div. C01 Graduate Student Poster Competition

Poster Session
C01 Crop Breeding & Genetics
Session is dedicated solely to providing plant breeding and genetics graduate students an opportunity to present their poster papers competitively. Session will be conducted as in years past.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009: 4:00 PM-6:00 PM
Convention Center, Exhibit Hall BC, Second Floor

Organizer:
Brett Carver
Poster #501
Advances in Breeding for Winter Hardiness in Oats.
Peter Maloney, North Carolina State Univ.; Jeanette Lyerly, North Carolina State Univ.; David Wooten, Monsanto Company; Gina Brown-Guedira, USDA-ARS; J. Paul Murphy, North Carolina State Univ.; David Livingston III, USDA-ARS and North Carolina State Univ.; David Marshall, USDA-ARS; Joseph M. Anderson, Purdue Univ., Agronomy Dep.
Poster #502
Assessing Genetic Diversity of Wheat From Turkey and Great Plains Using Morphological Characters and SSR Marker.
Anyamanee Auvuchanon, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln; Peter Baenziger, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln; Ismail Dweikat, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln; Kent Eskridge, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln; Robert Graybosch, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln
Poster #503
QTL Validation for Agronomic Traits On 3A Chromosome of Hexaploid Wheat Using Recombinant Inbred Chromosome Lines.
Neway Mengistu, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln; Peter Baenziger, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln; Ismail Dweikat, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln; Robert Graybosch, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln; Stephen Wegulo, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln; Kent Eskridge, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln
Poster #504
Response of Wild Tetraploid Wheat (Triticum turgidum L.) to Heat Stress.
Mohamed Ali, Texas A&M Univ.; Amir Ibrahim, Texas A&M Univ.; Zoran Ristic, Kansas State Univ.
Poster #505
Defining the Pleiotropic Nature of Heat Tolerance QTLs Controlling End-Use Quality and Yield Stability During Reproductive Stage Heat Stress in Wheat (Triticum aestivum).
Francis Beecher, Texas A&M Univ.; Esten Mason, Texas A&M Univ.; Suchismita Mondal, Texas A&M Univ.; Dirk Hays, Agronomic Associates; Amir Ibrahim, Texas A&M Univ.
Poster #506
Breeding and Characterization of Hexaploid Wheats with Nil Levels of Grain Polyphenol Oxidase.
Somrudee Onto, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln; Robert Graybosch, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln; C. James Peterson, Oregon State Univ.; Peter Baenziger, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln
Poster #507
Quantitative Trait Loci Influencing Grain Hardness in Hard Red Spring Wheat Breeding Lines MN98550 and MN99394.
Toi Tsilo, Univ. of Minnesota; Shiaoman Chao, USDA-ARS; Gary A. Hareland, USDA-ARS; Senay Simsek, North Dakota State Univ.; James Anderson, Univ. of Minnesota
Poster #508
Breeding and Genetics of Field Dry Down and Test Weight in Short-Season Elite Maize Hybrids.
Junyun Yang, North Dakota State Univ.; Marcelo Carena, North Dakota State Univ.; James Uphaus, AgReliant Genetics Inc.
Poster #509
Characterization of Grain Yield and Nitrogen Use Traits in the Intermated B73 x Mo17 Population.
Jason Haegele, Univ. of Illinois; Jeff B. Church, Dow AgroSciences, LLC; Michael Letchworth, Mycogen Seeds; Greg A. Bradfisch, Dow AgroSciences, LLC; Frederick Below, Univ. of Illinois
Poster #510
Phenotypic Responses to 75 Years of Recurrent Selection for Yield in the Iowa State Stiff Stalk Synthetic Maize Population.
Brent Brekke, Iowa State Univ.; Jode Edwards, Iowa State Univ.; Allen Knapp, Iowa State Univ.
Poster #511
Doubled Haploids in Tropical Maize: Influence of Inducer, Donor, and Induction Environment On In Vivo Haploid Induction Rates.
Vanessa Prigge, Univ. of Hohenheim; Wolfgang Schipprack, Univ. of Hohenheim; José Luis Araus, CIMMYT; Albrecht Melchinger, Univ. of Hohenheim
Poster #512
Screening of Gametophytic Incompatibility in Maize with SSR Markers and Pollen-Mix Test.
Moises Gonzalez, Iowa State Univ.; Linda Pollak, USDA-ARS; Walter Goldstein, Michael Fields Agricultural Inst.; A. Susana Goggi, Iowa State Univ.
Poster #513
Genetic Basis of Variation in Root Aerenchyma Formation in Maize.
Amy Burton, Pennsylvania State Univ.; Kathleen Brown, Pennsylvania State Univ.; Jonathan Lynch, Pennsylvania State Univ.; Shawn Kaeppler, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison
Poster #514
Resistance to Acetyl-Coenzyme A Carboxylase-Inhibiting Herbicides in Grain Sorghum.
Kellan Kershner, Kansas State Univ.; Kassim Al-Khatib, Kansas State Univ.; Mitchell Tuinstra, Purdue Univ.
Poster #515
Heterosis for Biomass Yield in Photoperiod-Sensitive Hybrid Sorghum.
Daniel Packer, Texas A&M Univ.; William Rooney, Texas A&M Univ.
Poster #516
Designer Sorghum: Combining the High Digestible and Waxy Grain Traits for Improved Nutrition, Bioethanol, Beer, Food and Feed Products.
Babitha Jampala, Texas A&M Univ.; Jennifer Winn, Texas A&M Univ.; Adriana Robbins, Texas A&M Univ.; Richard Mason, Texas A&M Univ.; Dirk Hays, Texas A&M Univ.
Poster #517
Genetic Analysis of Rust Resistance Gene(s) in Switchgrass Cultivar ‘Alamo'.
Linkai Huang, Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ. (Virginia Tech); Zhengxing Shen, Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ. (Virginia Tech); Bin Xu, Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ. (Virginia Tech); Changhe Zhou, Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ. (Virginia Tech); Bingyu Zhao, Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ. (Virginia Tech)
Poster #518
Soybean Enhancement for Improved Biodiesel Production.
Ben Fallen, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville; Vincent Pantalone, Univ. of Tennessee; Carl Sams, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville; Dean Kopsell, Univ. of Tennessee
Poster #519
Identifying Enhanced Soybean Genotypes for the Creation of Polyols for Use in the Auto-Parts Industry.
Joel Hemingway, Univ. of Guelph; Gary R. Ablett, Univ. of Guelph Ridgetown Campus; Amar K. Mohanty, Univ. of Guelph; Istvan Rajcan, Univ. of Guelph
Poster #520
Association of Inorganic Phosphorus with a Molecular Marker Linked to a Novel Low Phytate Mutation.
Sarah Burleson, Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ. (Virginia Tech), Agronomy Club; Katy Rainey, Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ. (Virginia Tech)
Poster #521
Identification of Aphid Resistance Genes by Modified Nested Association Mapping in Soybean PI 567598B.
Menghan Liu, Michigan State Univ.; Guorong Zhang, Michigan State Univ.; Dechun Wang, Michigan State Univ.
Poster #600
Expansion of a Direct Shoot Organogenesis System in Peanut to Include U.S. Varieties.
Scott Burns, Univ. of Florida; Barry Tillman, Univ. of Florida; Maria Gallo, Univ. of Florida
Poster #601
Methodology for Rapid Differentiation of Genotypes of Cotton (Gossypium Spp.) with Molecular Markers.
Andrea Acuna, Univ. of Arkansas; James Stewart, Univ. of Arkansas
Poster #602
Genotyping and Association Analysis of Gossypium Hirsutum Lines for Resistance in Reniform Nematodes.
Megha Sharma, Univ. of Arkansas; Stella Kantartzi, Univ. of Arkansas; David Weaver, Auburn Univ.; James Stewart, Univ. of Arkansas
Poster #603
Mapping of Stemphylium Blight Resistance and Genes for Agro-Morphological Traits in Lens Culinaris.
Gopesh Saha, Washington State Univ.; Ashutosh Sarker, ICARDA; Weidong Chen, Washington State Univ.; George Vandemark, Washington State Univ.; Fred Muehlbauer, Washington State Univ.