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| 8:00-8:30
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Overview of Marker-Assisted
Selection and its Implementation in a Wheat Breeding
Project. James A. Anderson* and S. Chao
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| 8:30-9:00
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Development of a White Clover Linkage Map with
Cross-Species SSR Markers and Comparative Mapping within
the Trifolieae. Yan Zhang*, Mary K. Sledge and
Joe H. Bouton |
| 9:00-9:30
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Comparative Mapping and Genomics in Medicago and
Trifolium to Identify Candidate Genes for Seed
Production QTL. Brent Barrett, Mary Sledge,
Derek Woodfield, and Ian Ray* |
| 9:50-10:20
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Current status of molecular
approaches to the improvement of white clover and
prospects for marker assisted selection.
Michael T. Abberton* |
| 10:20-10:40
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Identification of
PCR-based markers tightly linked to freezing tolerance
in alfalfa. Yves Castonguay*, Jean Cloutier,
Serge Laberge, Annick Bertrand, and Réal Michaud
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| 10:40-11:00
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Examining Genetic Relationships
among Alfalfa Cultivars (Fall Dormancy 2-6) and
Historical Sources of Medicago Germplasm with Amplified
Fragment Length Polymorphisms (AFLPs). Isadora
Jiménez, Jennifer Ariss and George Vandemark*
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| 11:00-11:20
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Roundup Ready® Alfagraze.
Joe Bouton*, Mark McCaslin, Sharie Fitzpatrick, and
Stephen Temple |
| 11:20-11:50
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Panel Discussion:
Moderator, Deborah Samac |