http://www.wisconsinplantbreeding.com Mon, 10 May 2010 15:03:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Plant Breeding Coordinating Committee Meeting   Monona Terrace - Madison, Wisconsin August 3-5 2009 Tentative Schedule For registration information visit: http://cuke.hort.ncsu.edu/gpb/meetings/pbccmeeting2009.html   Monday August 3 Noon Poster set up 1:00-2:30 Business meeting Ballroom A 2:30-3:00 break Grand Terrace East 3:00-4:30 Committee meetings Hall of Ideas EFG 4:30-6:00 Business meeting Ballroom A 6:30-8:00 Barbeque Rootop 8:00-8:45 Evening talk (Ballroom A) "Epistasis?", ... http://www.wisconsinplantbreeding.com/2009/06/10/tentative-schedule-for-plant-breeding-coordinating-committee-hosted-by-uw-madison-aug-3-5/ Please join us for Annie McGill's Ph.D. Thesis Seminar: Maize Transformation Efficiency Increase via RNAi-mediated Suppression of Chromatin-Associated Genes 10AM on Thursday, June 11, 2009 in room 351 Plant Sciences Advisor: Heidi Kaeppler http://www.wisconsinplantbreeding.com/2009/06/08/pbpg-phd-student-exit-seminar-61109-maize-transformation-efficiency-increase-via-rnai-mediated-suppression-of-chromatin-associated-genes/ Please join us for Leah McCann's Ph.D. Thesis Seminar: Variation for Cold-Induced Sweetening, Maillard Reaction Products, and Invertase SNPs in Solanum Germplasm 9AM on Friday, May 15, 2009 in room 351 Plant Sciences Advisors: Phil Simon and Paul Bethke http://www.wisconsinplantbreeding.com/2009/05/12/pbpg-phd-student-exit-seminar-51509-variation-for-cold-induced-sweetening-maillard-reaction-products-and-invertase-snps-in-solanum-germplasm/ Please join us for Vanessa Gordon's Ph.D. Thesis Seminar: Characterizing Plastome Variation and its Contribution to Chilling Injury Tolerance in Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) 9AM on Thursday, May 7, 2009 in room 473 Plant Sciences Advisors: Phil Simon and Jack Staub http://www.wisconsinplantbreeding.com/2009/05/06/pbpg-phd-student-exit-seminar-5709-characterizing-plastome-variation-and-its-contribution-to-chilling-injury-tolerance-in-cucumber-cucumis-sativus-l/ Please join us for a special Agronomy Colloquium (D.C. Smith Memorial Lecture):   "Association Breeding Strategies for Crop Improvement" Mark Sorrells, Cornell University   Monday, April 27, 2009 12-1pm in 1520 Microbial Sciences http://www.wisconsinplantbreeding.com/2009/04/16/pbpgagronomy-special-seminar-42709-dr-mark-sorrells-cornell-association-breeding-strategies-for-crop-improvement/ Please Joins us for Leah Visselman's M.S. Thesis Seminar: Recurrent Selection for Cold Temperature Seedling Growth in Sweet Corn (Zea mays L.) Tues, April 14, 1PM, in 128 Plant Sciences Advisor: Bill Tracy http://www.wisconsinplantbreeding.com/2009/04/10/pbpg-ms-student-exit-seminar-41409-recurrent-selection-for-cold-temperature-seedling-growth-in-sweet-corn-zea-mays-l/ Please join us for Tim Gustafson's Plant Breeding and Plant Genetics Master's Degree Exit Seminar: "Breeding Maize for Enhanced Silage Quality: Aspects of Stover and Grain Improvement"   Weds, April 8, 2009, 8AM 108 Plant Sciences http://www.wisconsinplantbreeding.com/2009/04/01/pbpg-ms-student-exit-seminar-4809-breeding-maize-for-enhanced-silage-quality/ Please join us for a special Agronomy Colloquium: Dr. Tabare Abadie, Pioneer Hi-Bred "Pioneer's Molecular Breeding Program"   Weds, April 8, 12-1pm 351 Moore Hall   Following the presentation, there will be a pizza lunch from 1-1:30pm for graduate and undergraduate students who would like to have further discussions with Tabare. http://www.wisconsinplantbreeding.com/2009/03/27/pbpgagronomy-special-seminar-dr-tabare-abadie-pioneer-hi-bred/ Please join us for a special Agronomy Colloquium: Dr. Dave Somers, Agracetus "Monsanto's Biotech Pipeline"   Weds, April 1, 12-1pm 351 Moore Hall   Following the presentation, there will be a pizza lunch from 1-1:30pm for graduate and undergraduate students who would like to have further discussions with Dave. http://www.wisconsinplantbreeding.com/2009/03/26/pbpg-special-seminar-4109-dr-dave-somers-agracetus-monsantos-biotech-pipeline/ Plant Breeding and Plant Genetics M.S. Exit Seminar - Jared Zyskowski "Genetic and Inheritance of Traits Relating to Weed Competitiveness in Sweet Corn (Zea mays L.)" Tuesday, March 31st 11:30AM 351 Moore Hall http://www.wisconsinplantbreeding.com/2009/03/26/pbpg-ms-student-exit-seminar-33109-genetic-and-inheritance-of-traits-relating-to-weed-competitiveness-in-sweet-corn/