Field days, workshops and laboratory trainings

James Tanaka and Mark Sorrells. Cornell Wheat Breeding and the Wheat CAP Project. Seed Growers Field Day. Cornell University. July 6, 2006


Carl A. Griffey. Breeding and Genomics Instruction and Practical Training of Students. Virginia Governor’s School Program. July 6 – 18, 2006. Virginia Tech.

Sixteen high school students from different regions of Virginia, who selected plant sciences as their focal interest attended daily lectures, tours and participated in hands on training courses. Four students who selected genomics as their focal interest received nine days of training in our lab on procedures for DNA extraction including grinding of leaf tissue, drying DNA, measuring DNA concentration, as well as guidance on preparation of reports, which each student must prepare as part of this program. In addition these students received instruction on applications using DNA technology and were assigned reading materials for review. The group of 16 students participated in a lecture and discussion session given by Drs. C.A. Griffey and Jianli Chen, which introduced the students to the different types of wheat, areas of production, different quality properties and end uses, disease and insect problems, traditional and MAS breeding methods. The 16 students were then taken to a producer’s field and to Roanoke City Mills for a tour of the mills research lab and milling operations.


James Tanaka and Mark Sorrells. Wheat CAP - How it affects wheat breeding strategies for New York. Presentation at the Small Grains Management Field Day, Musgrave Research Farm, NY. June 8, 2006.


Herbert Ohm. Wheat Field Day at Lafayette, 48 growers, Discussion relating to the Wheat-CAP project, incorporation of genomic technologies and MAS in an ongoing plant improvement program and hands-on exposure to MAS in plant breeding, including loading of gels and evaluation of several markers on gels. Lafayette, IN. June 8, 2006.


1. Stephen Baenziger. "From Combine to Kitchen" field trip. Coordinated in conjunction with the Nebraska Wheat Growers Association (NAWG). Thirty four participants. The group visited a Wheat Quality Lab, and heard presentations on wheat breeding and Marker Assisted Selection. Lincoln, Nebraska, June 16, 2006.
   
   
2. Scott Haley. Colorado Wheat Field Days approximately 400 attended at 11 different field days. Colorado State University, June 12-16, 2006.
   
   
3. Jorge Dubcovsky. Field Day. Presentation of the UCD breeding program. 80 participants. Davis. California. May 9, 2006.
   
   
4. Gina Brown-Guedira. Lab visit to the Eastern Genotyping Lab and training for wheat breeders from Clemson University, Virginia Polytechnical Institute, North Carolina State University and University of Florida. The trianing provided technical assistance to the group on submitting samples for the Wheat CAP and on implementing marker-assisted selection in their breeding programs. May, 2006.
   
   
5. Herbert Ohm. Wheat Field Day at Evansville, 25 growers. Evansville, IN. May 24, 2006.
   
   
6. Gina Brown-Guedira. Workshop on “Implementation of marker-assisted selection in wheat breeding” at the 2005 National Fusarium Head Blight Forum. The workshop was attended by more than 30 wheat and barley breeders, geneticists, pathologists and graduate students. Dec. 12, 2005, Milwaukee, WI.