Vince Pantalone, (Public Breeder), Univ. of Tennessee - Overall planning and coordination
Tommy Carter, (USDA-ARS) - Co-coordinator
Hari Ramasubramaniam, (Plant Pathologist), Syngenta Seeds Inc. -Hotel arrangements, Web site
Rusty Smith, (Rusty Smith) - Program Chair, Tuesday General Session
Speaker | Topic |
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Vince Pantalone, Univ. of Tennessee | Welcome and Announcements |
Carol Bonin & Brian Diers, Univ. of Illinois | Decades of Yield Progress in the North |
Roger Boerma, Univ. of Georgia | Decades of Yield Progress in the South |
Joe Burton, USDA-ARS | Heterosis in Soybean: can it be useful in breeding? (Or have I been wasting my time?) |
Bill Beavis, Iowa State Univ. | Breeding Strategies in an Era of Molecular Information |
Bill Beavis & Tommy Carter | Group Discussion from the floor: Burning Issues in Plant Breeding Methods |
Brian Diers, Univ. of Illinois | Nested Association Mapping in Soybean: population development and planned experiments |
Kent Burkey, USDA-ARS | Soybean Ancestors as Sources of Tolerance to Ozone and other Abiotic Stresses |
Kip Culler, Missouri farmer | Farmer Philosophy on High Yielding Environments |
Seth L. Naeve, Univ. of Minnesota | Non-GMO variety pipeline |
Speaker | Topic |
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Session: Soybean Physiology | Chair: Jeff Ray, USDA-ARS | |
Lisa Ainsworth, USDA-ARS | Adapting Soybean to the Future Climate |
Larry Purcell, Univ. of Arkansas | Nitrogen Fixation, N Remobilization, and Seed Yield among Soybean NILs for Maturity |
R. Ford Denison Univ. of Minnesota | Breeding Soybean for More Efficient Symbiosis: a Darwinian Perspective |
Sesion: Drought Tolerance | Chair: Tommy Carter, USDA-ARS | |
Jim Orf, Univ. of Minnesota | Drought Tolerance Breeding in the Midwest |
Grover Shannon, Univ. of Missouri | Drought Tolerance Breeding in the Mid-South |
Tom Sinclair, N.C. State Univ | Challenges in Using Physiological and Molecular Traits to Breed for Drought Tolerance |
Jeff Habben, Pioneer Hi-Bred | The Use of Transgenes to Improve Performance in Maize: An Industry Perspective |
Tommy Carter, USDA-ARS | Drought Tolerance Breeding in the Southeast |
Sesion: Advances in Seed Composition | Chair: Kristin Bilyeu, USDA-ARS | |
Grover Shannon, Univ. of Missouri | High Oleic Soybean Oil |
Emily Dierking & Bill Rhodes, Schillinger Genetics | Adjusting Soybean Seed Carbohydrates to Meet Market Needs |
Federico Tripodi, Monsanto | A good thing that just got better: Soybeans rich in SDA Omega-3 Oil |
Steve Schnebly, Pioneer | High Oleic Soybean – performance, feedback, and applications |
Monica Schmidt, Danforth Center | The Production of Nutraceutical Carotenoids in Transgenic Soybean Seeds |
Sesion: Production Systems | Chair: Glenn Bowers, Syngenta Seeds Inc. | |
Shawn Conely, Univ. of Wisconsin | Soybean Trait Needs for the Midwest: The musings of an agronomist |
Al Hoggard, Syngenta Seeds Inc | Challenges of Breeding for and Producing Soybeans in the South |
Glenn Bowers, Syngenta Seeds | Soybean Production Systems in Argentina and Brazil |
Tom Sinclair, N.C. State Univ. | Hey Kids, Growing Soybeans in 2050! |
Speaker | Topic |
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David Hyten, USDA-ARS | Update on SNP Genotyping of the USDA Soybean Germplasm Collection |
Roger Boerma, Univ. of Georgia | Genome Strategic Planning Paper |
Katy Martin Rainey, Virginia Tech | Low Phytate – Can We Solve the Germ Problem? |
From the Floor | Retirements & Announcements
Gary Ablett remembered Tadesse Mebrahtu remembered Josh Stanton remembered |
Vince Pantalone, Univ. of Tennessee | Soybean Germplasm Committee Report |
David Hyten, USDA-ARS | Soybean Genetics Committee Report |
Randy Nelson, USDA-ARS | Genetic Diversity Survey Report
Breeding Efforts to Expand Genetic Diversity for Yield |
Jim Specht, Univ. of Nebraska | Abiotic Stress Tolerance Breeding Survey Report
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Vince Pantalone, Univ. of Tennessee | Adjourn |