654 Innovations for Forage Grasses/Div. C06 Business Meeting

Oral Session
C06 Forage and Grazinglands
Forage grass management where animals are not involved.
Tuesday, 7 October 2008: 1:10 PM-4:35 PM
George R. Brown Convention Center, 381A

Presiding:
Joao Vendramini
1:10 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:15 PM
Effects of Lactic Acid/lactobacillus Product and Bale Moisture on Voluntary Intake and Digestibility of Bermudagrass Hay by Lambs, and in Situ Digestibility by Cannulated Heifers.
Anne Killion, University of Arkansas; Dirk Philipp, University of Arkansas; Ken Coffey, Univ. of Arkansas; Lorri Hardin, University of Arkansas; James Caldwell, University of Arkansas
1:30 PM
Effect of Dogfennel Removal on Bahiagrass Production.
Brent A. Sellers, Univ. of Florida, IFAS; Jason Ferrell, University of Florida-IFAS; Joao Vendramini, University of Florida-IFAS; Maria Lucia Silveira, University of Florida-IFAS
1:45 PM
A Method to Differentiate Summer-Dormant from Summer-Active Cool-Season Grasses at Germination Stage.
Dariusz Malinowski, Texas AgriLife Research, Texas A&M System; David Belesky, USDA, ARS, Appalachian Farming System Research Center; Betty A. Kramp, Texas AgriLife Research, Texas A&M System; Joyce Ruckle, USDA, ARS, Appalachian Farming System Research Center; Jaime Kigel, Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem; William E. Pinchak, Texas AgriLife Research, Texas A&M System; Royce I. Hammonds, Texas AgriLife Research, Texas A&M System
2:00 PM
2:15 PM
Forage Yield Stability of Fertilized Bermudagrass in the Great Plains.
John A. Guretzky, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation; Jon Biermacher, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation Inc.; Eddie Funderburg, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation Inc.; Jagadeesh Mosali, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation Inc.; Jeff Ball, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation Inc.; Shawn Norton, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation Inc.
2:30 PM
Break
3:00 PM
Mapping Drought QTL in Tall Fescue Populations.
Francis Kirigwi, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation Inc.; Konstantin Chekhovskiy, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation; Andrew Hopkins, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation; Malay Saha, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
3:15 PM
Forage Wheat Cultivar Development for Southern Great Plains.
Malay Saha, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation; Jerry Baker, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation Inc.; Jennifer Black, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation Inc.; John A. Guretzky, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation; Andrew Hopkins, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation; Joe Bouton, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation Inc.
3:30 PM
Div. C06 Business Meeting
4:35 PM
Adjourn