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305 Health-Beneficial & Nutritionally Enhanced Plants

Oral Session
C09 Biomedical, Health-Beneficial & Nutritionally Enhanced Plants (Provisional)
This oral session will present research regarding research on the enhancement of plants to improve human nutrition and health when utilized in the diet.
Cosponsor(s):

C01 Crop Breeding & Genetics

Wednesday, November 4, 2009: 9:55 AM-12:00 PM
Convention Center, Room 406, Fourth Floor

Presiding:
Linda Pollak
Organizers:
Mark Brick and Michael Grusak
12:00 PM
Adjourn
9:55 AM
Introductory Remarks
10:00 AM
305-1
Genetic Variation and Enhancement for Nutritional Quality in Lentil.
Ashutosh Sarker, ICARDA; Renuka Shrestha, NARC; M.J Uddin, BARI; Rajib Podder, BARI; Moumou Omer, INRA
10:15 AM
305-2
Defining the NAM Regulon for Gene Targets to Biofortify Crop Iron, Zinc, and Protein Concentrations.
Brian Waters, Univ. of Nebraska; Dong Wang, Univ. of Nebraska; Michael Grusak, USDA-ARS, Children's Nutrition Res. Center
10:30 AM
305-3
Analysis of Isoflavones and Phenolic Compounds and Identification of Free Radical Scavengers in Soybean Seed.
Hyun Choong Ok, Highland Agriculture Res. Center, RDA; Su Young Hong, Highland Agriculture Res. Center, RDA; Su Jeong Kim, Highland Agriculture Res. Center, RDA; Yong Ik Jin, Highland Agriculture Res. Center, RDA; Yae Jin Lee, Highland Agriculture Res. Center, RDA; Jeong Hwan Nam, Highland Agriculture Res. Center, RDA; Young Ho Yoon, Highland Agriculture Res. Center, RDA; Jin Cheol Jeong, Highland Agriculture Res. Center, RDA
10:45 AM
305-4
Metabolite Variation in Genetically Distinct Rice Cultivars: Implications for Human Nutrition and Health.
Adam Heuberger, Colorado State Univ.; Rebecca Davidson, Colorado State Univ.; Jan Leach, Colorado State Univ.; Henry Thompson, Colorado State Univ.; Mark Brick, Colorado State Univ.; Elizabeth Ryan, Colorado State Univ.
11:00 AM
Break
11:15 AM
305-5
Sorghum Germplasm Profiling to Assist Breeding and Gene Identification for Biofortification of Grain Mineral and Protein Concentrations.
Brian Waters, Univ. of Nebraska; Jeffrey Pedersen, USDA-ARS
11:30 AM
305-6
Respose of Selected Medicinal Basil Accessions to Agronomic Treatments.
Rao Mentreddy, Alabama A&M Univ.; Cedric, A. Sims, Alabama A&M Univ.
11:45 AM
305-7
Recurrent Selection for Phytic Acid Content in Maize Grain.
M. Paul Scott, USDA-ARS
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