Vegetable Breeding (Oral)

Monday, July 22, 2013: 5:00 PM
Desert Salon 4-6 (Desert Springs J.W Marriott Resort )
Moderator:
Charles L. Rohwer
5:00 PM
Initiating a Hop Breeding Program At the University of Minnesota
Charles L. Rohwer, University of Minnesota; John R. Thull, University of Minnesota; Vincent A. Fritz, University of Minnesota
5:15 PM
Regional Hybrid Broccoli Trials Provide a Means to Further Breeding Efforts of This Increasingly Important Vegetable Crop
Mark W. Farnham, USDA-ARS; Phillip Griffiths, Cornell University NYSAES; Jeanine M. Davis, North Carolina State University; Mark Hutton, Univ. of Maine; Wythe Morris, Virginia Tech; Carl E. Sams, The University of Tennessee; Dean A. Kopsell, The University of Tennessee; Thomas Björkman, Cornell University
5:30 PM
Estimating Heritability of Skinning Resistance in Sweetpotato
Reeve Legendre, LSU AgCenter; Don LaBonte, Louisiana State University AgCenter; Ramon A. Arancibia, Mississippi State University
5:45 PM
Host Plant Resistance to Cucurbit Yellow Stunting Disorder Virus and Bemisia Tabaci in Melon: Status and Prospects
James D. McCreight, USDA–ARS; William M. Wintermantel, USDA–ARS; Eric T. Natwick, University of California, Cooperative Extension
6:00 PM
Cucurbit Powdery Mildew Race Variation on Melon in California's Sacramento Valley
James D. McCreight, USDA–ARS
6:15 PM
Screening for Bacterial Fruit Blotch Resistance in the USDA Watermelon Germplasm Collection
Shen Ma, NC State University; Todd C. Wehner, NC State University
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