Program

Monday, March 2, 2020

Morning Session: Germplas Development/Evaluation

Chair: Martin Bohn

7:15-8:15 Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:15-8:30 Martin Bohn, University of Illinois
Welcome and Introductory Remarks
8:30-9:15 Mario Carlone, Corteva
Triumphs and Tribulations of Long-term Germplasm Development
Mario Carlone, Edwin Grote, Eli Rodgers-Melnick and Dave Bubeck
9:15-10:00 Margaret Smith, Cornell University
Breeding Corn for Organic Systems: Experiences from the Fringe (i.e., not the Corn Belt!)
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-11:15 Bill Tracy, University of Wisconsin
Breeding Sweet Corn for Organic Cropping Systems
11:15-12:00 Carolyn Lawrence-Dill, Iowa State University
Computing on Phenotypic Descriptions: Making Computers Think Like People
12:00-1:15 Lunch

Afternoon Session: Microbes/Soils

Chair: Steve Moose

1:15-2:00

Jason Wallace, University of Georgia
Genotype-by-Genotype Interactions Between Corn and Microbes
2:00-2:45

Tiffany Jamann, University of Illinois
Conserved Mechanisms of Disease Resistance in Maize Sorghum
2:45-3:15 Break
3:15-4:00

Angela Kent, University of Illinois
Selecting for Sustainability: Maize Breeding Shapes Microbial Community Structure and Function
4:00-4:45

David Bullock, University of Illinois
Using Precision Technology to Conduct On-Farm Research Trials for Data-Intensive Farm Management
4:45-6:15

Graduate Student Poster Session

Monday Evening

Chair: Steve Moose

5:30-6:30 Social Hour
6:30-7:30 Dinner
7:30-8:15 Gary Schnitkey, University of Illinois
Lessons from the 2019 Year
 


Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Morning Session: Genomic Technologies

Chair: Tony Studer

7:30-8:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00-8:45

David Habier, Corteva
On the Predictability of Genomic Prediction in Plant Breeding
8:45-9:30

Brian Dilkes, Purdue University
Topic: Ionomics and the Integration of Genetics with Other Data Types
9:30-10:00 Break
10:00-10:45

Dan Voytas, University of Minnesota
Overcoming Bottlenecks in Plant Gene Editing
10:45-11:30

Brian Rhodes, University of Illinois
Fine Mapping and Mutagenesis of the Nitrate Transporter (NRT1.1/NPF6) Gene Family in Maize
11:30-11:35 Closing Remarks