Plant Breeding Lecture Series
Breeding Lignocellulosic Crops for the Bioeconomy
May 27-28, 2008
Iowa State University
Sun Room, Iowa State Memorial Union
Ames, Iowa
Agenda
May 27, 2006
Tuesday Afternoon
Sun Room, Memorial Union
1:00 Chad Hart, Iowa State University
Looking at the economics of the next generation of biofuels
Presentation (PDF 523 KB) Abstract
2:15 Break
2:15 Wilfred Vermerris, University of Florida
Genome-enabled trait development to enhance maize and sorghum as bioenergy crops
Presentation (PDF 3.99 MB) Abstract
4:00 Mike Edgerton, Monsanto Company
Stover, starch, or stalks? Commercial breeding targets in the biofuel era
5:15 Conversations, Cash Bar, Sun Room
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May 28, 2008
Wednesday Morning
Sun Room, Memorial Union
8:45 Joe Bouton, The Noble Foundation
Molecular breeding of switchgrass as a bioenergy feedstock
Presentation (2.74 MB) Abstract
10:00 Break
10:30 Shawn D. Mansfield, University of British Columbia
Second generation biofuels - Trees are poplar
Abstract
11:45 Lunch
Great Hall
Wednesday Afternoon
Sun Room, Memorial Union
1:00 Stephen Moose, University of Illinois
Genomics-assisted improvement of biomass production among Andropogoneae fuelstock grasses
Presentation (PDF 2.78 MB) Abstract
2:15 Break
2:45 Charles Abbas, Archer Daniels Midland
Breeding commodity crops for second generation biofuels
Presentation (PDF 2.1 MB) Abstract