Grasslands (Lolium Genome Initiative)

Organizers:
Iain Donnison(Aberystwyth University) and Reed E. Barker(Grass Genomic Testing, Inc.)
Date: Saturday, January 14, 2012
Time: 10:20 AM-12:30 PM
Room: Pacific Salon 6-7 (2nd Floor)
10:20 AM
Genetic Resources and Genomic Diversity in the Perennial Triticeae Grasses
Steve Larson, USDA-ARS, Forage & Range Lab; Ivan Mott, USDA-ARS Forage and Range; Bradley S. Bushman, USDA-ARS Forage & Range Research; Richard Wang, USDA-ARS-FRRL

11:00 AM
Genotypic Variation in Salinity Tolerance of Perennial Ryegrass
Yiwei Jiang, Department of Agronomy, Purdue University; Jinchi Tang, Tea Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Science; Xiaoqing Yu, Department of Agronomy, Purdue University; Na Luo, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University; James J. Camberato, Department of Agronomy, Purdue University

11:20 AM
Cultivating Marker-Assisted Selection in Forage Legumes
Andrew G. Griffiths, AgResearch Grasslands; M. Zulfi Z. Jahufer, Pastoral Genomics c/o AgResearch Grasslands; Chris S. Jones, AgResearch Grasslands; Brent Barrett, AgResearch Grasslands

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