Presentations, lectures

1. Jorge Dubcovsky. One hour lecture on MAS as part of the seminar series HRT290, 25 Graduate students. "MASwheat: a national network for Marker Assisted Selection in wheat". University of California, Davis. November 10 2005.
   
   
2. Gina Brown-Guedira. Strategies for MAS in US cereal breeding programs: the Wheat CAP project and the USDA-ARS Regional Genotyping Labs. Four presentations made during a tour of the Australian Winter Cereals Molecular Marker Program: Plant Breeding Institute, Univerisity of Sydney; Leslie Research Centre, Toowoomba, Queensland; the Plant Genomics Centre, Waite Campus, Univeristy of Adelaide; and the Murdoch University and Western Australia Dept. of Agriculture, Perth. November, 10-23, 2005.
   
   
3. Scott Haley. Colorado Seed Growers Association. Approximately 40 people were in attendance. Colorado State University, December, 2, 2005,
   
   
4. Jorge Dubcovsky. Invited lecture on Molecular markers in PLB154 (undergrad Plant Breeding Class). University of California, Davis. March 14, 2006.
   
   
5. Jorge Dubcovsky. Invited lecture on breeding with molecular markers: Marker-assisted selection, UC Davis Extension Course for Professional and Continuing Education. University of California, Davis. February 8, 2006. 75 participants.
   
   
6. Scott Haley. Annual Meeting of the Australian Winter Cereals Molecular Marker Program. A talk about about marker activities at CSU and the Wheat-CAPS program. Adelaide, Australia. February 27, 2006.
   
   
7. Jorge Dubcovsky. The Episode 14 of the Partners Video Magazine contains a segment describing wheat breeding and MAS at UCD.
   (http://www.csrees.usda.gov/newsroom/partners/partners_14.html).
   
   
8. Jorge Dubcovsky. "USDA Funds Research On Wheat Genetics", a news clip broadcasted on Ag Day on February 9, 2006. Go to http://www.usda.gov/agency/oc/bmtc/vidnews.htm, then click on "USDA Funds Research On Wheat Genetics". You can also choose to load the clip directly into Windows Media Player.
   
   
9. Carl A. Griffey. 2006 Annual Meeting of the Virginia Crop Improvement Association, held in Williamsburg, Virginia. February 16, 2006.
   
   
10. Mark Sorrells. Presentation at the CIMMYT Wheat Yield Symposium "Application of New Knowledge, Technologies, and Strategies to Wheat Improvement". Obregon, Mexico. March 23, 2006.
    
    
11. Jorge Dubcovsky. Plant Genetics (PLB152), undergraduate course, 30 students. The curriculum of this class includes one lecture on MAS and a half day visit to the breeding program to see the integration of the CAP project with the traditional program. May 10, 2006.
    
    
12. Stephen Baenziger. Presentation for elementary and high school teachers on wheat breeding, the use of molecular markers, and wheat end use quality in the lab and field. Lincoln, Nebraska, June 6, 2006.
    
    
13. Stephen Baenziger. Presentation for high school students on wheat genetics, breeding, production, end use, and other small grains such as barley and triticale. Lincoln, Nebraska, June 29, 2006.
    
14. Mark Sorrells and James Tanaka. Cornell Small Grains Breeding Project and the Wheat CAP Project - Kiwanis Club of Ithaca, New, York. July 24, 2006.
    
    
15. Jorge Dubcovsky. The US Wheat Marker Assisted Selection Project (CAP-USDA). Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. Beijing. China. August 22, 2006.
    
    
16. Jorge Dubcovsky. The US Wheat Marker Assisted Selection Project (CAP-USDA). Northwestern Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China. August 28, 2006.
    
    
17. Jorge Dubcovsky. The US Wheat Marker Assisted Selection Project (CAP-USDA). Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, Shandong, China. September 1, 2006.
    
    
18. Jorge Dubcovsky. The US Wheat Marker Assisted Selection Project (CAP-USDA). China Agricultural University, Beijing, China. September 5, 2006.
    
    
19. Congressman Thompson visited Jorge Dubcovsky's lab at UCD, where he received information about the wheat CAP and met students funded by the project. August 2006.
    
20. Jorge Dubcovsky. Impact of the Wheat CAP program on resistance to stripe rust. Small Grain Workgroup Meeting, 30 extension specialists and farm advisors from CA and private wheat breeding programs. Davis,. CA. September 15, 2006.
    
    
21. Jorge Dubcovsky. The Wheat CAP impact on the CA wheat breeding program. Southern Sacramento Valley Wheat Meeting. Woodland CA. September 20, 2006,
    
    
22. Gina Brown-Guedira. The Wheat CAP: Integrating Marker-Assisted Selection into US Wheat Breeding Programs” at the Crop Science Society symposium: Marker-Assisted Selection Strategies in Crop Improvement. The Annual Meetings of the American Society of Agronomy, Indianaplois, IN. November. 15, 2006.
    
    
23. Marcelo Soria. Genomic Applications in Wheat Breeding: The Wheat-CAP project. Invited seminar. Institute of Biotechnology. National Institute of Agriculture Technology. Castelar, Buenos Aires, Argentina. October 23, 2006.
    
    
24. Jorge Dubcovsky. Plant Pathology 290. Graduate Program Seminar Series. UCD invited seminar "Breeding California wheat varieties resistant to stripe rust". Davis, CA, October 30, 2006.
    
    
25. Mark Sorrells. US Wheat & Barley Scab Initiative and Wheat CAP: Marker Assisted Selection for Fusarium Head Blight & Preharvest Sprouting Resistance in Wheat. Cornell Seed School. Cornell, NY. November 30, 2006