2007

NCCC167 Corn Breeding Committee Program

Pheasant Run Resort, St. Charles, IL

Wednesday, March 21

Dinner - on your own

Registration

Thursday, March22

A.J. Lorenz 1, J.G. Coors 1, P.J. Weimer 1,2, L.J. Haney 3, M.P. Scott 2,3, and A.D. Sluiter 4, 1 University of Wisconsin-Madison; 2 USDA-ARS; 3 Dept. of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; 4 National Renewable Energy Laboratory, DOE, Golden, CO

Optimizing Cell Wall Composition in Maize for Ligno-Cellulosic Bioenergy Production

A. Hauck and M.O. Bohn, University of Illinois, IL

Divergent Selection for Vegetative Phase Change and its Affects on Resistance to Common Rust (Puccinia sorghi) and European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis)

E. Riedeman, M. Chandler, W. Tracy, University of Wisconsin – Madison, WI

An Aflatoxin Level Survey among the Maize Diversity Lines Identifies Traits Correlated with Lower Aflatoxin

D. Bush, T. Musket, D. Davis, T. Brooks, W. P. Williams, G. Windham, M. Krakowsky, and G. Davis, University of Missouri, MI

Adaptedness and Heterosis in Hybrid Corn

A.F. Troyer, University of Illinois, IL

Break

Ruminal Starch Digestibility in opaque2 Maize

N.G. Lebaka 1, J.G. Coors 1, A. Gutierrez 2, M.A. Menz 2, and J.F. Betran 2, 1University of Wisconsin–Madison, WI; 2Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX

Detection of QTL for Enhanced Starch Concentration in Maize

S. Silva, G. R. Johnson, and T. Rocheford, University of Illinois, IL

Determination of the Genetics Underlying High Carotenoid Phenotypes in the University of Guelph “Hi-C” Inbred Lines:  An Ongoing Study

A.J. Burt, M.P. Smid, C.-A.M. Gardner, B.J. Shelp, and E.A. Lee, University of Guelph

Lunch

Genetic Approaches to Enhance Provitamin A Carotenoids in Maize

R.L. Stevens and T. Rocheford, University of Illinois, IL

Detection of Pleiotropic QTL Involved in the Integrated Development of Maize Inflorescence Architecture

N. Upadyayula, G.R. Johnson, M.O. Bohn, and T. Rocheford, University of Illinois, IL

Genetic Dissection of Brace Root Traits in Maize

M. Gerau, University of Missouri, MI

Genetic evaluation of root complexity in maize

J. Novais, T. Grift, and M.O. Bohn, University of Illinois, IL

Break

Genetic correlation between corn performance in organic and conventional productions systems

R.E. Lorenzana and R. Bernardo, University of Minnesota

Prospects for Genome-Wide Selection for Quantitative traits in Maize

R. Bernardo 1 and Jianming Yu 2, 1 University of Minnesota, 2 Kansas State University

Optimum allocation of test resources in hybrid maize breeding with doubled haploids

F. Longin and A.E. Melchinger, University of Hohenheim, Germany

Integrating Laboratory Data into Plant Breeding Experiments

M.P. Scott*, USDA-ARS, Ames, Iowa

Closing Remarks - Adjourn