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CSSA Golden Anniversary Symposium

Tuesday, 8 November 2005: 7:55 AM

Marriott Downtown, Grand Ballroom Salon EF, Lobby Level

151: CSSA Golden Anniversary Symposium

Sponsor: Z10 CSSA Golden Anniversary Symposium

Presiding: Steven Fales, Iowa State University

7:55 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:00 AM

151-1

Improving Lives: 50 Years of Crop Breeding, Genetics, and Cytology. 
P. S. Baenziger, Univ. of Nebraska, W. K. Russell, Univ. of Nebraska, G. L. Graef, Univ. of Nebraska, B. T. Campbell, USDA-ARS- Coastal Plains Res. Ctr.

8:30 AM

151-2

Genetic Tools from Nature and the Nature of Genetic Tools. 
Ronald Phillips, University of Minnesota

9:00 AM

151-3

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation and Utilization: the Accomplishments and Future of a Societal Insurance Policy. 
Paul Gepts, Univ. of California-Davis

9:30 AM

Discussion

9:45 AM

Break

10:00 AM

151-4

Unraveling the Mysteries of Crop Development, Growth, and Yield. 
Thomas Sinclair, University of Florida

10:30 AM

151-5

A "Top Ten List" of Developments and Issues Impacting Crop Management and Ecology Over the Past 50 Years. 
R. Kent Crookston, Brigham Young University

11:00 AM

151-6

Seeds: The Delivery System for Crop Science. 
Dennis TeKrony, Univ. of Kentucky

11:30 AM

Discussion

11:45 AM

Break

1:00 PM

151-7

50 Years of Splendor in the Grass. 
Robert Shearman, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

1:30 PM

151-8

Fifty Years of Grassland Science Leading to Change. 
C. Jerry Nelson, University of Missouri

2:00 PM

Discussion

2:15 PM

Concluding Remarks

2:30 PM

Adjourn