Conference Program

Session Title

Session Topic: Search All Bioenergy, Biofactories and Beyond Breeding and Genetics Contemporary Issues of the Seed Industry Economics/Utilization Evolution of the Soybean Market Opening General Session Sorghum Seed Session Soybean 101 Soybean Rust The Next Wave of Traits US Soybean Export Council Report	Session Type: Search All Lecture/discussion with case studies and Q&A Panel Presentation with Q&A Corn Joint Sorghum Soybean

Tuesday, December 5
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM
OPENING	Opening General Session
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
	Soybean Basic Research Committee
Wednesday, December 6
8:40 AM - 10:00 AM
SOY1	U.S. Soybean Export Council Report	Duran
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM
SOY2a	A Supplier Perspective	Christie
10:20 AM - 10:40 AM
SOY2b	Consumer Acceptance of Soy Products	Painter
10:30 AM - 12:00 AM
	Corn & Sorghum Basic Research & Seed Improvement Meeting
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM
SOY2c	Development and Availability of Output Traits- Where do we go from here?	Nill
1:00 PM - 1:20 PM
SOY3a	Aphids and Other Insect Control	O'Neil
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
	Seed Industry Relations Committee
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
	Corn Variety Identification Committee
1:20 PM - 1:40 PM
SOY3b	SCN Field Resistance	Wiley
1:40 PM - 2:00 PM
SOY3c	Soy Pathology Report	Wright
2:20 PM - 2:40 PM
SOY4a	Screening for Rust Resistant Germplasm- US Based Data	Vuong
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
	ASTA Seed Treatment and Environment Committee
2:40 PM - 3:00 PM
SOY4b	Managing Soybean Rust with Chemicals	Kemerait
3:00 PM - 3:20 PM
SOY4c	Monitoring and Modeling Soybean Rust in the US	Hershman
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
	Standard Material Transfer Workshop
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
	Seed Expo Reception
7:00 PM - 12:00 AM
	ASTA Night with the Chicago Bulls! Sponsored by Peterson Genetics
Thursday, December 7
8:55 AM - 9:20 AM
JOINT1	Bioenergy Research in Corn, Sorghum, and Soybeans	Outlaw
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM
JOINT2	Energy vs. Food in 2025: The View from Industry	Crosbie
9:45 AM - 10:05 AM
JOINT3	Grains of Gold: Industrial Uses for Domestic Plant Seeds	Tao
10:05 AM - 10:30 AM
JOINT4	The View from Washington	Dorr
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM
CS1a	New Multi-Trait Stacking Methods	Preuss
CS2a	What is Ahead for the 2007 Farm Bill	Gray
SRG1	The Potential of Sorghum as a Dedicated Energy Crop	Rooney
1:50 PM - 2:10 AM
CS2b	Global Investment Perspective on the Development and Use of Corn and Vegoils	Basse
1:50 PM - 2:10 PM
CS1b	Yield Traits	De Rocher
SRG2	Breeding for Ergot Resistance in Sorghum	Kofoid
2:10 PM - 2:30 PM
CS1c	New Industrial Traits Beyond Ethanol and Biodiesel
SRG3	Progress in Food Product Development from High Quality Sorghum Grains	Rooney
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM
CS1d	Technical Breeding of Drought Resistant Crops	Dennis
CS2c	What do we do with DDGs from Ethanol Plants?	Richert
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
	ASTA Stewardship Committee Organizational Meeting
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM
CS1e	GMO Approaches to Salinity Tolerance	Apse
3:20 PM - 3:50 PM
CS2d	Dairy Nutritional Pros and Cons Of DDGs	Aldrich
3:30 PM - 3:50 PM
CS1f	New Insect and Herbicide Resistant Traits	Duck
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
	Corn, Sorghum and Soybean Machinery Committee
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
	FuSE (Future Seed Executives) Meeting
	Seed Expo Exhibitors Meeting/ASTA Associates Division Meeting
Friday, December 8
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
CS3a	The Trait Future: Conventional vs. Forward Breeding	Seitz
CS4a	Nanotechnology and Its Applications to Agriculture	Adams
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
CS3b	Who Cares about Germplasm: Whither Ahead or Wither Away? The Role of Intellectual Property Protection	Smith
CS4b	Future Grain Crop Production Systems- What to Expect/Equipment Design and Manufacturer Perspectives	Seibert
9:20 AM - 9:50 AM
CS3c	Can We Improve Starch Utilization in Corn Silage? QTLs and other Evidence	Coors
9:20 AM - 10:40 AM
CS4c	Panel: Breeding for the Best Hybrid Combinations vs. Breeding for the Best Inbred Lines, a Panel Discussion	Johnson  Raab  Thurston  Wulfkuhle  Smelser
9:40 AM - 10:00 AM
CS3d	From Means to QTL: Why Selection for Oil and Protein is Still Effective After over 100 Generations	Dudley
11:00 AM - 12:00 AM
	Seed Association of the Americas Meeting