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657 Genetic Diversity and Conservation of Crop Germplasm/Div. C08 Business Meeting

Oral Session
C08 Plant Genetic Resources
Tuesday, 7 October 2008: 8:10 AM-11:30 AM
George R. Brown Convention Center, 370EF

Presiding:
Marcelo Carena
8:10 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:15 AM
657-1
Development of a Brazilian Maize Core Collection.
Ronaldo R. Coimbra, Universidade do Tocantins; Glauco Miranda, Universidade Federal de Viçosa; Cosme D. Cruz, Universidade Federal de Viçosa; Derly J. H. Silva, Universidade Federal de Viçosa; Ramiro A. Vilela, Embrapa Milho e Sorgo
8:30 AM
657-2
How Many Maize U. S. Commercial Heterotic Groups are Available?.
Marcelo Carena, North Dakota State Univ.
8:45 AM
657-3
Assessment of Genetic Diversity in Pigeonpea Using SSR markers.
Hari Upadhyaya, Intl. Crops Res. Inst. for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT); Ranjana Bhattacharjee, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT); Rajeev Varshney, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT); David Hoisington, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT); K N Reddy, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT); Sube Singh, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
9:00 AM
657-4
Fingerprinting a Purified Collection of 400 Rice Accessions from a Diverse Background.
Georgia Eizenga, USDA-ARS; Md. Liakat Ali, Univ. of Arkansas; Jennifer Kimball, Cornell Univ.; Susan McCouch, Cornell Univ.; Anna Mcclung, USDA-ARS
9:15 AM
Break
9:30 AM
657-5
Impact of International Germplasm Exchange on Rice Varietal Improvement.
Edilberto Redona, International Rice Research Institute; Franco Nazareno, International Rice Research Institute; Ma. Concepcion Toledo, International Rice Research Institute
9:45 AM
657-6
Genetic Diversity and Association Analysis of Protein and Oil Contents in Food-grade Soybean.
Ainong Shi, University of Arkansas; Pengyin Chen, University of Arkansas; Bo Zhang, University of Arkansas; Anfu Hou, University of Arkansas
10:00 AM
657-7
Critical Need for Conservation of American Ginseng.
Marla McIntosh, University of Maryland
10:15 AM
Break
10:30 AM
Div. C08 Business Meeting
11:30 AM
Adjourn
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