2005

NCR167 Corn Breeding Committee Program

University of Minnesota Continuing Education and Conference Center

Room 155

 

Sunday, February 20
   

Arrival in Minneapolis

  
   

Monday, February 21 - Morning

Moderator: W. Ken Russell
   

Continental breakfast served

7:30AM
   

Registration

 8:30AM
   

Comparisons between hybrids from public elite populations and hybrids from private elite lines in North Dakota

McDonald Jumbo* and Marcelo Carena (North Dakota State University)

 9:00AM
   

Allelic variation of two candidate genes for European corn borer resistance in maize

Martin Bohn (University of Illinois)

 9:30AM
   

Break

 10:00AM
   

Identification of quantitative trait loci for resistance to eyespot in maize

M.D. Melani* and Marcelo Carena (North Dakota State University)

 10:15AM
   

Quantitative genetics of inbreeding in a non-Stiff Stalk population

Brandon Wardyn and Kendall R. Lamkey (Iowa State University)

 10:30AM
   

Glen Stringfield: Corn breeder

Richard Pratt* (The Ohio State University) and Forrest Troyer (University of Illinois)

 11:00AM
   

Presentation of commemorative issue of Maydica

Peter Peterson (Iowa State University)

 11:30AM
   

Lunch - for NCR167 Registrants

11:45AM
   

Monday, February 20 - Afternoon

Moderator: W. Ken Russell

  
   

A different approach to developing hybrid corn

Ken Russell (University of Nebraska)

 1:00PM
   

Development of Quality Protein Maize (QPM) with improved agronomic performance and temperate adaptation

Javier Betrán*, Sandeep Bhatnagar, Kerry Mayfield, Melanie Edwards, and Halima Atta (Texas A&M University)

 1:30PM
   

Everything you wanted to know about heterosis, and then some

Liz Lee (University of Guelph)

  
   

Break

 2:30PM
   

Grain composition II. Two approaches to extreme expression

Kevin Montgomery

 2:45PM
   

Evaluation of maize germplasm for sustainable agriculture

John Golden and Linda Pollak (USDA/ARD), Walter Goldstein (Michael Fields Institute, Kendall Lamkey (Iowa State University), and Rick Exner (Practical Farmers of Iowa and Iowa State University Extension)

 3:00PM
   

Bayesian modeling of heterogeneous variances in cultivar trials

Jode Edwards (Iowa State University)

 3:30PM
   

Evaluation of exotic corn lines and hybrids in the Southern U.S.

Brett Ochs*, Kerry Mayfield, Cody Mckee,and Javier Betrán (Texas A&M University)

 4:00PM
   

Tuesday, February 21 - Morning

Moderator: W. Ken Russell
   

Continental breakfast served at the Geneva/Zurich rooms downstairs

 7:00AM
   

Phosphorus and phytic acid in maize: measurement, variation and trait correlations

Aaron Lorenz and Kendall R. Lamkey (Iowa State University)

8:00AM
   

Specific and general combining ability for forage yield and quality of corn silage

Jim Coors (University of Wisconsin)

 8:30AM
   

Genetic divergence among North Dakota maize populations based on grain quality

Juan Osorno* and Marcelo Carena (North Dakota State University)

9:00AM
   

Optimizing the fitness of selected individuals during recurrent selection

Rex Bernardo* (University of Minnesota) and Laurence Moreau and Alain Charcosset (INRA, France)
 9:30AM
   

Break

 10:00AM
   

How to improve rootworm resistance in corn

Martin Bohn (University of Illinois)

 10:15AM
   

Effect of seed treatment on data quality from small plots

Nicholas Bowser and Kendall R. Lamkey (Iowa State University)

 10:45AM
   

Eight cycles of replicated recurrent selection in the NB and NS maize populations

Ken Russell (University of Nebraska)

 11:15AM
   
Wrap-up and Adjournment 11:30