Session: Molecular Tools for Enhancing Genetic Progress

A Genetic Linkage Map of Louisiana Sugarcane (Saccharum spp. hybrids) Using AFLP and SSR Markers.
Yong-Bao Pan, USDA-ARS, MSA, Sugarcane Res. Lab.; Andru Suman, School of Plant, Environmental and Soil Sciences; Marvellous Zhou, School of Plant, Environmental and Soil Sciences; Collins Kimbeng, School of Plant, Environmental and Soil Sciences; Brian E. Scheffler, Genomics and Bioinformatics Res. Unit; Michael P. Grisham, Sugarcane Res. Lab.; Thomas L. Tew, Sugarcane Res. Lab.; William H. White, Sugarcane Res. Lab.; Edward P. Richard Jr., Sugarcane Res. Lab.

Development and Characterization of Genomic SSR Markers for Switchgrass.
Yunwen Wang, Oklahoma State Univ.; Tim Samuels, Oklahoma State Univ.; Yanqi Wu, Oklahoma State Univ.

Development of a PCR Assay and Marker-Assisted Transfer of Leaf Rust Resistance Gene Lr58 Into Hard Red Winter Wheats.
Vasu Kuraparthy, North Carolina State Univ.; Shilpa Sood, North Carolina State Univ.; Gina Brown-Guedira, Plant Science Res. Unit; Bikram S. Gill, Kansas State Univ.

Evaluation of Molecular Markers for Common Bunt Resistance Genes in Diverse Wheat Genotypes.
Karen Cichy, USDA-ARS; Blair J. Goates, USDA-ARS

Analysis of Photoperiod Requirements of Soft Winter Wheat.
Mohammed Guedira, North Carolina State Univ.; Gina L. Brown-Guedira, USDA-ARS-PSRU; David Marshall, USDA-ARS

RiceCAP: Comparison of Sheath Blight QTLs in Two Bengal / O. Nivara Advanced Backcross Mapping Populations.
Bishwajit Prasad, Univ. of Arkansas; Georgia C. Eizenga, USDA-ARS

Inheritance of Resistance to Whitefly Bemisia Tabaci (Gennadius) in Soybean.
Paola Perez, Iowa State Univ.; S.R. Cianzio, Iowa State Univ.; Reid G. Palmer, USDA-ARS, Iowa State Univ.

Searching for New Sources of Resistance to Brown Stem Rot in Soybean.
Paola Perez, Iowa State Univ.; S.R. Cianzio, Iowa State Univ.; B.W. Diers, Univ. of Illinois; Peter Lundeen, Iowa State Univ.; Girma M. Tabor, Pioneer Hi-Bred Intl., Inc.

Mapping QTLs Associated with Root Growth and Architecture in Soybean.
Lakshmi P. Manavalan, Univ. of Missouri; Theresa A. Musket, Univ. of Missouri; James E. Specht, Univ. of Nebraska; Henry T. Nguyen, Univ. of Missouri

Genetic Analysis of Kernel Water Relation Traits in Maize.
Kendra Meade, Iowa State Univ., Agronomy Dep.; William Beavis, Iowa State Univ., Agronomy Dep.

Use of Marker Assisted Selection in Peanut.
C. Corley Holbrook, USDA-ARS; Peggy Ozias-Akins, Univ. of Georgia; Ye Chu, Univ. of Georgia

Inheritance and Gene Mapping of Resistance to Powdery Mildew in Soybean.
Yueqiang Wang, Soybean Breeding & Genetics; Pengyin Chen, Soybean Breeding & Genetics; Bo Zhang, Soybean Breeding & Genetics

Identification of Possible New Sources of Sclerotinia Blight Resistance in the U.S. Peanut Mini Core Collection Using a Molecular Marker Associated with Resistance to Sclerotinia minor Jagger.
Kelly Chenault Chamberlin, USDA-ARS; Hassan A. Melouk, USDA-ARS