Session: Div. C01 Graduate Student Poster Competition

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.

Assessing Genetic Diversity of Wheat From Turkey and Great Plains Using Morphological Characters and SSR Marker.
Anyamanee auvuchanon, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln; Stephen Baenziger, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln; Ismail Dweikat, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln; Kent Eskridge, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln; Robert Graybosch, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln

QTL Validation for Agronomic Traits On 3A Chromosome of Hexaploid Wheat Using Recombinant Inbred Chromosome Lines.
Neway Mengistu, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln; Stephen 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

Response of Wild Tetraploid Wheat (Triticum turgidum L.) to Heat Stress.
Mohamed B. Ali, Texas A&M Univ.; Amir M. Ibrahim, Texas A&M Univ.; Zoran Ristic, Kansas State Univ.

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 M. Ibrahim, Texas A&M Univ.

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; James Peterson, Oregon State Univ.; Stephen Baenziger, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln

Quantitative Trait Loci Influencing Grain Hardness in Hard Red Spring Wheat Breeding Lines MN98550 and MN99394.
Toi J. Tsilo, Univ. of Minnesota; Shiaoman Chao, USDA-ARS; Gary A. Hareland, USDA-ARS; Senay Simsek, North Dakota State Univ.; James A. Anderson, Univ. of Minnesota

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.

Characterization of Grain Yield and Nitrogen Use Traits in the Intermated B73 x Mo17 Population.
Jason W. Haegele, Univ. of Illinois; Jeff B. Church, Dow AgroSciences, LLC; Michael Letchworth, Mycogen Seeds; Greg A. Bradfisch, Dow AgroSciences, LLC; Fred E. Below, Univ. of Illinois

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.

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 E. Melchinger, Univ. of Hohenheim

Screening of Gametophytic Incompatibility in Maize with SSR Markers and Pollen-Mix Test.
Moisés D. González, Iowa State Univ.; Linda Pollak, USDA-ARS; Walter Goldstein, Michael Fields Agricultural Inst.; A. Susana Goggi, Iowa State Univ.

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

Resistance to Acetyl-Coenzyme A Carboxylase-Inhibiting Herbicides in Grain Sorghum.
Kellan S. Kershner, Kansas State Univ.; Kassim Al-Khatib, Kansas State Univ.; Mitchell R. Tuinstra, Purdue Univ.

Heterosis for Biomass Yield in Photoperiod-Sensitive Hybrid Sorghum.
Daniel Packer, Texas A&M Univ.; William Rooney, Texas A&M Univ.

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.

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)

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

Identifying Enhanced Soybean Genotypes for the Creation of Polyols for Use in the Auto-Parts Industry.
Joel R. Hemingway, Univ. of Guelph; Gary R. Ablett, Univ. of Guelph Ridgetown Campus; Amar K. Mohanty, Univ. of Guelph; Istvan Rajcan, Univ. of Guelph

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)

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.

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

Methodology for Rapid Differentiation of Genotypes of Cotton (Gossypium Spp.) with Molecular Markers.
Andrea Acuńa, Univ. of Arkansas; James Stewart, Univ. of Arkansas

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

Mapping of Stemphylium Blight Resistance and Genes for Agro-Morphological Traits in Lens Culinaris.
Gopesh C. Saha, Washington State Univ.; Ashutosh Sarker, ICARDA; Weidong Chen, Washington State Univ.; George Vandemark, Washington State Univ.; Fred Muehlbauer, Washington State Univ.