| 6:00 p.m. Poster Session - click to view poster abstracts |
| Session I: Regional Presentations (Moderator: Surya Acharya) |
| 8:00 |
Agricultural Production in Canada and Overview || Presentation |
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Gilles Saindon, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Agricultural & Agri-Food Canada |
| 8:30 |
Canadian Regional Research Activities || Presentation |
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Surya Acharya, Agricultural & Agri-Food Canada |
| 9:00 |
Canadian Seed Production || Presentation |
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Vernon Turchyn, CPS Canada |
| 9:30 |
NAFA Update || Presentation |
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Beth Nelson, National Alfalfa & Forage Alliance |
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| 10:00 a.m. Break and Posters |
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| Session II: Research Reports (Moderator: Mike Velde) |
| 10:40 |
USDA-ARS Research Update || Presentation |
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Deb Samac, USDA-ARS |
| 11:00 |
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation Research Update || Presentation |
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Maria Monteros, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation |
| 11:20 |
United States Research Update || Presentation |
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Dan Undersander, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| 11:40 |
New Zealand Research Update || Presentation |
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Brent Barrett, AgResearch Ltd |
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| 12:00 p.m. Awards Luncheon |
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| Session III: Stress Tolerance and Pathology (Moderator: Denis Gaudet) |
| 1:30 |
Testing Alfalfa Varieties for Salinity Tolerance (Alfalfa) || Presentation |
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Dan Putman, University of California-Davis |
| 1:50 |
DNA Marker Assisted Breeding for Alfalfa Forage Productivity in Drought Stressed and Mesic Environments (Alfalfa) || Presentation |
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Ian Ray, New Mexico State University |
| 2:10 |
Genome-Wide Association Studies of Verticillium Wilt Resistance in Alfalfa using Genotyping by Sequencing (Alfalfa) || Presentation |
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Long-Xi Yu, USDA-ARS |
| 2:30 |
SRAP Polymorphisms Associated with Phytophthora Root Rot (PRR) Tolerance in Alfalfa (Alfalfa) || Presentation |
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Patrice Audy, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada |
| 2:50 |
Identification and Characterization of Freezing Tolerant Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) Germplasm (Alfalfa) || Presentation |
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Mohammed Rokebul Anower, South Dakota State University |
| 3:10 |
Poster Session |
| 4:15 |
Business Meeting |
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| 6:00 p.m. Buffet Dinner (Sponsored by Alberta Alfalfa Seed Committee) |
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| Session IV: Quality and Management (Moderator: Brian Schmidt) |
| 8:00 |
Do Higher Alfalfa Seeding Rates Increase Forage Yield And Quality In The Seeding Year? (Alfalfa) || Presentation |
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Marisol Berti, North Dakota State University |
| 8:20 |
The Role of Red Clover Genotype in Improving Nitrogen Fixation and Transfer Efficiency in Legume-Grass Forage Based Production Systems. (Clover) || Presentation |
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Yousef Papadopoulos, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada |
| 8:40 |
Why Has Kura Clover Failed to Persist in Northern Europe? (Clover) || Presentation |
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Jadwiga Andrzejewska, University of Technology and Life Sciences |
| 9:00 |
Modeling Feral Alfalfa (Medicago sativa subsp. sativa L.) Occurrence Using Topographical and Environmental Variables (Alfalfa) || Presentation |
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Sandya Kesoju, Washington State University |
| 9:20 |
Heterosis of Agronomic Traits in Novel Orchardgrass Germplasm (Grass) || Presentation |
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Joseph Robins, USDA-ARS |
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| 9:40 |
The miR156 Gene Regulatory Network Controls Forage Yield and Other Traits in Alfalfa (Alfalfa) || Presentation |
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Abdelali Hannoufa, Agriculture & Agri-Foods Canada |
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| 10:00 a.m. Break and Poster Session |
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| Session V: Conventional and Molecular Breeding and Genetics (Moderator: Bruce Coulman) |
| 10:40 |
An Empirical Evaluation of Genomic Selection in Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) (Grass) || Presentation |
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Brent Barrett, AgResearch Ltd |
| 11:00 |
FL2,4-D, a Red Clover Selected for Herbicide Resistance to Improve Broadleaf Weed Control and to Elucidate the Molecular Mechanism of Resistance (Clover) || Presentation |
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Kenneth Quesenberry, University of Florida |
| 11:20 |
Genotyping-by-Sequencing to Identify SNP Markers That Vary in Frequency in Response to Recurrent Selection for Freezing Tolerance in Alfalfa (Alfalfa) || Presentation |
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Yves Castonguay, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada |
| 11:40 |
Modeling Forage Legume Polycross Pollen-Parent Gamete Contributions to Progeny Based on Empirical Measurements with Implications for Effective Polycross (Alfalfa) || Presentation |
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Heathcliffe Riday, USDA-ARS, U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center |
| 12:00 p.m. Lunch |
| 12:45 p.m. Plot Tour/Conference Picnic (event free with registration; registration required) |
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