Session: Genetic Improvement of Soybean, Common Bean, and Legumes (2008 Joint Annual Meeting (5-9 Oct. 2008))

Oral Session

C01 Crop Breeding & Genetics

Thursday, 9 October 2008: 8:05 AM-11:25 AM

George R. Brown Convention Center, 371C

Presiding:

Joseph Burton

8:05 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:15 AM

780-1

Maternal Effects for Fatty Acid Composition in Soybean Seed Oil.
J. J. Gilsinger, Monsanto Company; Joseph Burton, USDA-ARS; Thomas Carter Jr., USDA-ARS

8:30 AM

780-2

Validation of QTLs for Soybean Cyst Nematode Resistance in Two Inter-specific Soybean Populations.
Acosta Mayumi, University of Guelph; Thomas Welacky, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada; Istvan Rajcan, Univ. of Guelph

8:45 AM

780-3

Seed Protein and Oil Concentration of Soybean Cultivars Released in Argentina Between 1984 and 2000.
Diego Santos, Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria; Victor O. Sadras, PIRSA - SARDI; Fernando Andrade, INTA

9:00 AM

780-4

Rust Resistant Soybean Breeding Lines at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture.
Hailu Tefera, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture; Ranajit Bandyopadhyay, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

9:15 AM

780-5

Flowering Time Response of Long Juvenile Soybean under Extreme Photoperiods.
Elroy Cober, CANADA, Dep. of Agriculture

9:30 AM

780-6

Diallel Analysis for Estimating Oligosaccharides in Vegetable Soybean Genotypes.
Tadesse Mebrahtu, Virginia State University; Thomas Devine, USDA

9:45 AM

Break

10:00 AM

780-7

Breeding for Resistance to Common Bacterial Blight and White Mold in Common Bean.
Robert Duncan, University of California, Davis; Shree Singh, Univ. of Idaho; Robert L. Gilbertson, Univ. of California, Davis

10:15 AM

780-8

Breeding Kabuli Chickpeas for Ascochyta Blight Resistance.
Rajendra Malhotra, ICARDA; Muhammad Imtiaz, ICARDA; Richard Brettell, ICARDA; Maarten van Ginkel, ICARDA

10:30 AM

780-9

Variation in Quality Traits and their Enhancement in Lentil.
Ashutosh Sarker, ICARDA

10:45 AM

780-10

Breeding Improved Forage Leucaenas for Cold and Psyllid Tolerance.
James Brewbaker, University of Hawaii; Scott A. Dalzell, University of Queensland

11:00 AM

780-11

Biological Nitrogen Fixation in White Lupin.
Harbans Bhardwaj, Virginia State Univ.

11:15 AM

Concluding Remarks

11:25 AM

Adjourn

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