Session: Turfgrass Breeding and Genetics: II

Development of Genomic SSR Markers in Cynodon dactylon.
Tim Samuels, Oklahoma State Univ.; Yanqi Wu, Oklahoma State Univ.; Dennis Martin, Oklahoma State Univ.; Greg Bell, Oklahoma State Univ.; Jeff Anderson, Oklahoma State Univ.; Justin Moss, Oklahoma State Univ.; Charles Taliaferro, Oklahoma State Univ.

Comparative Analysis of Buffalograss [Buchole Dactyloides (Nutt.) Engelm], Blue Grama (Bouteloua gracilis [H.B.K]. ex Steud.) and False Grama [Cathestecum Erectum Vasey & Hack].
Bekele G. Abeyo, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln; Robert C. Shearman, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln; Desalegn Serba, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln; D.M. Kopec; Donald J. Lee, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln

Quantification of Large Patch Disease Caused by Rhizoctonia Solani (Kühn) On Zoysiagrass in Controlled Environmental Conditions Using Visual Rating, Dry Tissue Weight and Digital Image Analysis.
Susan Metz, Texas AgriLife Res.; Ambika Chandra, Texas AgriLife Res.

Development of New Sustainable Turfgrass Species From the Genus Danthonia.
Scott Warnke, USDA-ARS; Keenan Amundsen, USDA-ARS

Progress On Genetic Linkage Mapping in Diploid Buffalograss (Buchloe dactyloides (Nutt.) Engelm.).
Desalegn D. Serba, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln; Robert C. Shearman, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln; Donald J. Lee, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln; Tiffany M. Heng-Moss, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln; P. Stephen Baenziger, Univ. of Nebraska; Bekele G. Abeyo, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln; Carol Caha, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln

Assessment of Molecular Variability within St. Augustinegrass Cultivar 'Raleigh' Using AFLP and SRAP Markers.
Susana Milla-Lewis, North Carolina State Univ., Crop Science Dep.; Xue Lin, North Carolina State Univ., Crop Science Dep.; Matthew Martin, North Carolina State Univ., Crop Science Dep.; Carolina Zuleta, North Carolina State Univ., Crop Science Dep.; Ambika Chandra, Texas AgriLife Res., Texas A&M System; Kevin Kenworthy, Univ. of Florida

Molecular Characterization of Different Biotypes of the Southern Chinch Bug Affecting St. Augustinegrass.
Ambika Chandra, Texas AgriLife Res., Texas A&M System; Blake Pond, Texas AgriLife Res., Texas A&M System; James Reinert, Texas AgriLife Res., Texas A&M System; David Huff, Pennsylvania State Univ.; Jonathan LaMantia, Texas AgriLife Res., Texas A&M System

Genetic Diversity of Tall Fescue Using Diversity Arrays Technology (DArT) Markers.
James H. Baird, Univ. of California; David Kopecky, Inst. of Experimental Botany; Adam J. Lukaszewski, Univ. of California; Jan Bartos, Inst. of Experimental Botany; Jaroslav Dolezel, Inst. of Experimental Botany; Andrzej Kilian, Diversity Arrays Technology

Salinity Tolerance of Festulolium and Major Turfgrass Species of California Irrigated with Recycled Water.
Brent D. Barnes, Univ. of California; James H. Baird, Univ. of California; Catherine M. Grieve, USDA-ARS, Salinity Lab.; James A. Poss, USDA-ARS, Salinity Lab.; Donald L. Suarez, USDA-ARS, Salinity Lab.; Adam J. Lukaszewski, Univ. of California