Molecular Breeding of Forage and Turf Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium, Molecular Breeding of Forage and Turf, Dallas, Texas, and Ardmore, Oklahoma, U.S.A., May, 18-22, 2003 - Hopkins, Andrew; Wang, Zeng-Yu.; Mian, Rouf.; Sledge, Mary.; Barker, Reed E.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2004)
Overview of Forage and Turf Biotechnology -- Molecular Improvement of Forages - from Genomics to GMOs -- Tolerance to Biotic Stress -- Molecular Breeding and Functional Genomics for Tolerance to Biotic Stress -- QTL Mapping of Gray Leaf Spot Resistance in Ryegrass, and Synteny-based Comparison with Rice Blast Resistance Genes in Rice -- Differential Gene Expression in Bermudagrass Associated with Resistance to a Fungal Pathogen -- Genetic Diversity and Pathogenicity of the Grass Pathogen Xanthomonas translucens pv. graminis -- Tolerance to Abiotic Stress -- Molecular Breeding and Functional Genomics for Tolerance to Abiotic Stress -- Application of AFLP and GISH Techniques for Identification of Festuca Chromosome Segments Conferring Winter Hardiness in a Lolium perenne × Festuca pratensis Population -- A Functional Genomics Approach for Identification of Heat Tolerance Genes in Tall Fescue -- Quantitative Trait Locus Mapping of Winter Hardiness Metabolites in Autotetraploid Alfalfa (M. sativa) -- Flowering and Reproductive Development -- Molecular Genetics and Modification of Flowering and Reproductive Development -- Identification and Mapping of Self-incompatibility Related Genes in Lolium perenne -- Genomics of Plant-Symbiont Relation -- Functional Analysis of the Perennial Ryegrass - Epichloë Endophyte Interaction -- Gene Discovery and Microarray-Based Transcriptome Analysis in Grass Endophytes -- Genetic Diversity in the Perennial Ryegrass Fungal Endophyte Neotyphodium lolii -- Improvement for Animal, Human and Environmental Welfare -- Molecular Breeding for Animal, Human and Environmental Welfare -- Improving Forage Quality of Tall Fescue (Festuca arundinacea) by Genetic Manipulation of Lignin Biosynthesis -- Cloning of Red Clover and Alfalfa Polyphenol Oxidase Genes and Expression of Active Enzymes in Transgenic Alfalfa -- Development and Application of Molecular Technologies in Forage and Turf Improvement -- Molecular Marker-Based Genetic Analysis of Pasture and Turf Grasses -- EST-SSRs for Genetic Mapping in Alfalfa -- Controlling Transgene Escape in Genetically Modified Grasses -- Comparison of Transgene Expression Stability after Agrobacterium-mediated or Biolistic Gene Transfer into Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) -- Bioinformatics -- Bioinformatics: Bringing Data to a Usable Form for Breeders -- Data Integration and Target Selection for Medicago Genomics -- Population and Quantitative Genetics -- Population and Quantitative Genetic Aspects of Molecular Breeding -- AFLP-marker Analyses of Genetic Structure in Nordic Meadow Fescue (Festuca pratensis Huds.) - Tracing the Origin of Norwegian Cultivars and Local Populations -- Spatial Autocorrelation Analysis of Genetic Structure Within White Clover Populations -- Dissection of Heterosis in Alfalfa Hybrids -- Functional Genomics and Genome Sequencing of Medicago truncatula -- From Models to Crops: Integrated Medicago Genomics for Alfalfa Improvement -- Sequencing Gene Rich Regions of Medicago truncatula, a Model Legume -- Field Test, Risk Assessment and Biosafety -- Agricultural Biotechnology and Environmental Risks: A Program Perspective -- Field Evaluation of Transgenic White Clover with AMV Immunity and Development of Elite Transgenic Germplasm -- Field Evaluation and Risk Assessment of Transgenic Tall Fescue (Festuca arundinacea) Plants -- Intellectual Property Rights -- Protecting Plant Inventions.
Keywords: Agriculture; Plant science; Botany; Plant physiology; Human genetics; Food-Biotechnology.; Agriculture; Plant Sciences; Plant Physiology; Human Genetics; Food Science