Wilmington, North Carolina

PROGRAM

Sunday, May 5^th

SESSION 1: Oat Production, Value-Added Traits, and End-Uses

1:00-1:15 Welcome

Steve Leath, North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, Raleigh

1:15-1:40 Production and consumption trends in oats in the last 25 years. Jay Brandau (Grain Millers, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN)

1:40-2:05 New directions in research for adding value to oats. F. W. Collins and V. Burrows (Agric. and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa)

2:05-2:30 Avenanthramides in grain and leaves of oat cultivars exposed to crown rust. D. M. Peterson (USDA-ARS, Madison, WI), L. H. Dimberg and S. Bryngelsson (Swedish Univ. of Agric. Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden), A. Ishihara (Kyoto Univ., Japan), and L. L. Herrin (USDA-ARS, Madison, WI)

2:30-2:55 Feed oat development for western Canada. B. Rossnagel (Univ. of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon)

2:55-3:30 Break

3:30-4:15 Panel Discussion

Unique challenges and opportunities for oats breeding. A. B. Roskens (The Quaker Oats Co., IL)

Consumer preference: Influence on breeding focus. T. Pizzey (CAN-Oat Milling, Manitoba)

4:15-4:40 Winter oat breeding and utilization in the southern US. S. A. Harrison (Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge) and R. D. Barnett (Univ. of Florida, Quincy)

4:40-5:45 Posters

Monday, May 6^th

7:00 Continental Breakfast

SESSION 2: Genomics, Marker-Assisted Selection, Transformation, and Genetics

Coordinator, Brian Rossnagel, Univ. of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon

8:00-8:25 Comparative genomics for oat improvement. R. Kantety and M. Sorrells (Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY)

8:25-8:50 Marker discovery and application. S. Molnar and N. Tinker (Agric. & Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa)

8:50-9:35 Panel Discussion

Strategies for the development and implementation of molecular markers in plant breeding programs. P. E. Eckstein and G. J. Scoles (Univ. of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon), J. B. Holland (USDA-ARS, Raleigh, NC), and A. R. McElroy (Agric. & Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa)

9:35-10:00 Break

10:00-10:25 Pedigree-based QTL mapping in oat. J.-L. Jannink (Iowa State Univ., Ames)

10:25-10:50 Molecular characterization of the oat germplasm at Plant Gene Resources of Canada. Y.-B. Fu (Agric. & Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon), G. Scoles (Univ. of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon), A. Diederichsen (Agric. & Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon), B. Rossnagel (Univ. of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon), and K. W. Richards (Agric. & Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon)

10:50-11:15 The status of oat transformation. D. A. Somers, K. A. Torbert, R. D. Rasmussen, S. K. Svitashev, I. Makarevitch, R. L. Phillips, and H. W. Rines (Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul)

11:15-11:40 Oat x maize crosses as a source of genomic tools and novel germplasm. H. W. Rines (USDA-ARS, St. Paul, MN), R. L. Phillips, R. G. Kynast, and R. J. Okagaki (Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul)

11:40-1:30 Lunch

SESSION 3: Genetics, Kernel Quality, and Plant Pathology

Coordinator, Deon Stuthman, Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul

1:30-1:55 Segregation patterns in oat populations derived from parents heterozygous for translocations 7C-17 and 6C-21. E. N. Jellen, B. W. Gardunia, J. Durrant, and F. D. Raymond (Brigham Young Univ., Provo, UT), J. P. Murphy, D. P. Livingston, and A. G. Santos (North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh)

1:55-2:20 Breeding behavior of Amagalon derived lines. M. McMullen and D. Vilaro (North Dakota State Univ., Fargo)

2:20-2:45 Sources of variation in oat kernel size. D. C. Doehlert (USDA-ARS, Fargo, ND), M. S. McMullen (North Dakota State Univ., Fargo), and N. R. Riveland (Williston Extension Center, Williston, ND)

2:45-3:15 Break

3:15-3:40 Overview of USDA-ARS oat research. K. W. Simmons (USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD)

3:40-4:05 Inheritance and mapping of a Pc58 crown rust resistance complex. D. Hoffman (USDA-ARS, Aberdeen, ID) and J. Chong (Agric. & Agri-Food Canada, Winnipeg)

4:05-5:30 Posters

6:30 Social/Banquet

Award Presentations

Entertainment: Jerry Carroll

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