| Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|
| Katy Martin Rainey, Purdue Univ. | Welcome and announcements |
| Rich Joost, United Soybean Board | Update on USB Restructuring |
| Michelle Graham, USDA-ARS, Ames | Analysis of Rpp-4-like genes in legumes |
| Wayne Parrott, Univ. Georgia | Outline for Genetic Stocks Repository |
| Andrew Bent, Univ. Wisconsin | Copy Number Variation of Multiple Genes at Rhg1 Mediates Nematode Resistance in Soybean |
| Barbara Campbell & James Weatherly, Patent Attorneys, Cochran Freund & Young LLC Denver, CO | Bowman vs. Monsanto and new challenges for plant IP |
| Group Discussion from the Floor: | Expiration of the SCN MAS patents: When and Where? |
| Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|
| SESSION I: Soybean Viruses | Chair: Leigh Ann Harrison, Monsanto Co. | |
| Pengyin Chen, Univ. Arkansas | Genetics Of SMV Resistance |
| Ioaniss Tzanetakis, Univ Arkansas | SVNV |
| Said Ghabrial, Univ. Kentucky | TSV and BPMV-based VIGS |
| John Hill, Univ. Iowa | BPMV |
| SESSION II: Charcoal Rot | Chair: Terri Hughes, USDA-ARS, West Lafayette | |
| Terri Hughes | Pathogen Diversity In Northern States |
| Chris Little, Kansas State Univ. | Evaluating Cultivar Resistance To Charcoal Rot |
| John Rupe, Univ. Arkansas | Charcoal Rot |
| SESSION III: Sudden Death Syndrome | Chair: Leonor Leandro, Iowa State Univ. | |
| Ahmad Fakhoury, So. Illinois Univ. | Genetics Of F. virguliforme |
| Glen Hartman, USDA-ARS, Urbana | Improved Culture Filtrate Assay Screening |
| Marty Chilvers, Mi State Univ. | Improved Diagnostic Assays For SDS |
| Silvia Cianzio, Iowa State Univ. | Update On SDS Resistance |
| SESSION IV: Soybean Nematodes | Chair: Prakash Arelli, USDA-ARS, Jackson | |
| Brian Diers, Univ. Illinois | Breeding For SCN Resistance In The Midwest |
| Grover Shannon, Univ. Missouri | Breeding For SCN Resistance In The South |
| Floyd Hancock, Monsanto Co. | Breeding For SCN Resistance: Private Sector |
| Zenglu Li, Univ. Of Georgia | Root Knot Nematodes |
| Bob Robbins, Univ. Of Arkansas | Reniform Nematode, A Southern Problem |
| Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|
| Ben Fallen, Univ. Tennessee | Selective Genotyping For MAS Strategies For Soybean Yield Improvement |
| From The Floor: Retirements & Announcements | |
| Committee Member | Soybean Germplasm Committee Report |
| Committee Member | Soybean Genetics Committee Report |
| David Grant, USDA-ARS, Ames | SoyBase Update |