719 Forage Germplasm and Breeding (includes Graduate Student Competition) (Posters)

Poster Session
C01 Crop Breeding & Genetics
Wednesday, 8 October 2008: 4:00 PM-6:00 PM
George R. Brown Convention Center, Exhibit Hall E

Poster #305
Development of ‘Goodwell' Forage Bermudagrass.
Yanqi Wu, Oklahoma State University; Charles Taliaferro, Oklahoma State University; Rick Kochenower, Oklahoma State University
Poster #307
Marker Assisted Selection for Digestibility in Tall Fescue.
Andrew Hopkins, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation; Malay Saha, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation; Francis Kirigwi, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
Poster #308
Identification of Species, Genes, and Traits Appropriate for Low-Input Biomass Production in Western North America.
Steve Larson, USDA-ARS; Kevin Jensen, USDA-ARS; Joseph G. Robins, USDA-ARS; Thomas Jones, USDA-ARS
Poster #309
Relationships Between Seedling Traits and Mature Plant Yield in Sunn Hemp.
Alexandros Doukopoulos, Auburn University; Jorge Mosjidis, Auburn University
Poster #310
Genetic Variability and Interrelationships among Seed Yield and Yield Components in Switchgrass.
Modan Das, Seeds West Inc.; Charles Taliaferro, Oklahoma State University
Poster #311
Mapping of Stemphylium Blight Resistance Genes in Lens culinaris.
Gopesh Saha, Washington State University; Ashutosh Sarker, ICARDA; Weidong Chen, USDA-ARS; G.J. Vandemark, USDA-ARS; PN Rajesh, USDA-ARS; Fred Muehlbauer, USDA-ARS
Poster #312
Characterizing Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) Cytotypes.
Brindha Narasimhamoorthy, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation; Hem Bhandari, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation; Malay Saha, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation; Joseph Bouton, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
Poster #313
Assessment of Pollen-Mediated Intraspecific Gene Transfer between Sexual and Apomictic Cytotypes of Bahiagrass (Paspalum notatum).
Sukhpreet Sandhu, University of Florida; Fredy Altpeter, University of Florida; Ann Blount, University of Florida; Kenneth Quesenberry, University of Florida; Maria Gallo, University of Florida; Megh Singh, University of Florida
Poster #314
Screening for Salinity Tolerance among Falcata Alfalfa Pi's.
Michael Peel, USDA-ARS; Blair Waldron, USDA-ARS; Kevin Jensen, USDA-ars; Joseph Robins, USDA-ARS
Poster #315
Comparison of Salt Screening Methods with Lolium multiflorum and L. perenne .
Lloyd Nelson, Texas AgriLife Research; Jimmy Crowder, Texas AgriLife Research; M. A. Foster, Texas AgriLife Research Station
Poster #316
Comparison of UFWC5 and Osceola White Clover for Root-Knot Nematode Resistance.
Ananta Acharya, University of Florida; Kenneth Quesenberry, Univ. of Florida; David Wofford, University of Florida
Poster #317
Charecterization of Summer Dormancy in Tall Fescue.
Suresh Bhamidimarri, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation Inc.; Malay Saha, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation Inc.; Andrew Hopkins, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation Inc.
Poster #318
Two Methods of Selecting Parents to Produce High Yielding, Lowland Switchgrass Synthetic Cultivars.
Hem Bhandari, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc.,; Brindha Narasimhamoorthy, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc.,; Malay Saha, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc.,; Donald Wood, University of Georgia; Joseph Bouton, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc.,