Session: Health-Beneficial & Nutritionally Enhanced Plants

Wednesday, November 4, 2009: 9:55 AM-12:00 PM

Convention Center, Room 406, Fourth Floor

Presiding:

Linda Pollak

Organizers:

Mark Brick and Michael A. Grusak

12:00 PM

Adjourn

9:55 AM

Introductory Remarks

10:00 AM

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

Defining the NAM Regulon for Gene Targets to Biofortify Crop Iron, Zinc, and Protein Concentrations.
Brian M. Waters, Univ. of Nebraska; Dong Wang, Univ. of Nebraska; Michael Grusak, USDA-ARS, Children's Nutrition Res. Center

10:30 AM

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

Metabolite Variation in Genetically Distinct Rice Cultivars: Implications for Human Nutrition and Health.
Adam L. 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

Sorghum Germplasm Profiling to Assist Breeding and Gene Identification for Biofortification of Grain Mineral and Protein Concentrations.
Brian M. Waters, Univ. of Nebraska; Jeffrey Pedersen, USDA-ARS

11:30 AM

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

Recurrent Selection for Phytic Acid Content in Maize Grain.
M. Paul Scott, USDA-ARS

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