| 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Social and Poster Set-up click to view poster abstracts |
| Session I |
| 8:00 |
Legumes
in the Northeast (Alfalfa) || Presentation |
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Don Viands, Cornell University |
| 8:30 |
Grasses in the Northeast (Grass) || Presentation |
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Jerry Cherney, Cornell University |
| 9:00 |
Origins, Adaptive Radiation, and Evolution of Switchgrass (Grass) || Presentation |
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Mike Casler, USDA-ARS, U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center |
| 9:30 |
Policy Update || Presentation |
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Beth Nelson, National Alfalfa & Forage Alliance |
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| 9:45 a.m. Break and Posters |
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| Session II: Breeding and Genetics |
| 10:20 |
Marker Assisted Selection in Forage Breeding: A Broadened Vision (Clover/Alfalfa) || Presentation |
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Heathcliffe Riday, USDA-ARS, U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center |
| 10:40 |
Salt Tolerance in Alfalfa (Alfalfa) || Presentation |
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Ivan Mott, USDA-ARS, Forage and Range Research Lab |
| 11:00 |
Association Mapping in Switchgrass (Grass) || Presentation |
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Denise Costich, Cornell University |
| 11:20 |
Orchardgrass Breeding (Grasses) || Presentation |
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Joe Robins, USDA-ARS, Forage & Range Research Lab |
| 11:40 |
Characterization
of Perennial Medicago Germplasm Diversity Using Molecular
Markers (Alfalfa) || Presentation |
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Yuanhong Han, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation |
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| 12:00 p.m. Awards Luncheon |
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| Session III: Molecular Breeding Symposium |
| 1:30 |
Improving Genetic Merit of Perennial Temperate Forages (Clover/Grass) || Presentation |
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Brent Barrett, AgResearch, Ltd. |
| 2:00 |
Genomic Selection Theory (Alfalfa) || Presentation |
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Jean-Luc Jannink, USDA-ARS, Plant, Soil, and Nutrition Research Unit |
| 2:30 |
Genomic Selection in Plants: Empirical Results and Implications for Breeding Programs (Alfalfa) || Presentation |
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Mark Sorrells, Cornell University |
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| 3:00 p.m. Revisiting Alfalfa and Forage White Paper |
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| 4:30 p.m. Poster Session |
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| 5:15 p.m. Business Meeting |
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| 6:00 p.m. Dinner on your own |
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| Session IV: Quality and Management |
| 8:00 |
Improving Estimates of Fiber Digestibility and Rate of NDF Digestion for Alfalfa and Grasses (Alfalfa/Grass) || Presentation |
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Dan Undersander, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| 8:30 |
Near-infrared Reflectrance Spectroscopy Prediction of Enzyme-Released Glucose in Alfalfa Stems (Alfalfa) || Presentation |
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Annick Bertrand, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada |
| 8:50 |
Grazing Preference of Tall Fescue as Affected by Leaf Softness and Endophyte Infection (Grass) || Presentation |
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Blair Waldron, USDA-ARS, Forage & Range Research Lab |
| 9:10 |
Image Recognition to Predict Alfalfa-Grass Stand Composition (Alfalfa/Grass) || Presentation |
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Keenan McRoberts, Cornell University |
| 9:30 |
Alfalfa-Grass Mixtures Performance in North Dakota (Alfalfa/Grass) || Presentation |
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Marisol Berti, North Dakota State University |
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| 9:50 a.m. Break and Posters |
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| Session V: Stress Tolerance |
| 10:20 |
Alfalfa Aluminum Tolerance and Acid Tolerant Rhizobia (Alfalfa) || Presentation |
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Alan Humphries, South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) |
| 10:40 |
Developing Summer-Dormant Tall Fescue for the Southern Great Plains (Grass) || Presentation |
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Malay Saha, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation |
| 11:00 |
Genotypic Differences in Nodulation and Growth of Diverse Red Clover Cultivars Under Different Levels of Nitrogen Fertilization (Clover) || Presentation |
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Yousef Papadopoulous, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada |
| 11:20 |
A Public Pathogen Collection for Characterizing Disease Resistance in Alfalfa Cultivars (Alfalfa) || Presentation |
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Debby Samac, USDA-ARS-St. Paul |
| 11:40 |
Phenotyping the White Clover Root System for QTL Identification (Clover) |
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Zulfi Jahufer, AgResearch, Ltd. |
| 12:00 p.m. Lunch and Plot Tour |
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| 6:00 p.m. Conference Picnic (event free with registration; registration required) |
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