Molecular Breeding of Forage and Turf

• Molecular Breeding to Improve Forages for Use in Animal and Biofuel Production Systems.- DREB Regulons in Abiotic-Stress-Responsive Gene Expression in Plants.- Comparative Genomics in Legumes.- Development of Trifolium occidentale as a Plant Model System for Perennial Clonal Species.- Characterization and Utilization of Genetic Resources for Improvement and Management of Grassland Species.- Genomic and Geographic Origins of Timothy (Phleum sp.) Based on ITS and Chloroplast Sequences.- Diploid Brachypodium distachyon of Turkey: Molecular and Morphologic Analysis.- Remnant Oak Savanna Acts as Refugium for Meadow Fescue Introduced During Nineteenth Century Human Migrations in the USA.- Development of Microsatellite Markers for Brachiaria brizantha and Germplasm Diversity Characterization of this Tropical Forage Grass.- Functional Genomics of Forage and Bioenergy Quality Traits in the Grasses.- Proanthocyanidin Biosynthesis in Forage Legumes with Especial Reference to the Regulatory Role of R2R3MYB Transcription Factors and Their Analysis in Lotus japonicus.- Molecular Dissection of Proanthocyanidin and Anthocyanin Bosynthesis in White Clover (Trifolium repens).- Transcript Profiling of Cold Responsive Genes in Medicago falcata.- Genetic Diversity and Association Mapping of Three O-Methyltransferase Genes in Maize and Tropical Grasses.- QTL Analysis and Gene Expression Studies in White Clover.- Genome Mapping in Cool-Season Forage Grasses.- Understanding the Genetic Basis of Flowering and Fertility in the Ryegrasses (Lolium spp.).- Improving Selection in Forage, Turf, and Biomass Crops Using Molecular Markers.- Interpretation of SNP Haplotype Complexity in White Clover (Trifolium repens L.), an Outbreeding Allotetraploid Species.- Development of Marker-Assisted Selection for the Improvement of Freezing Tolerance in Alfalfa.- Comparative Analysis of Disease Resistance Between Ryegrass and Cereal Crops.- White Clover Seed Yield: A Case Study in Marker-Assisted Selection.- Molecular Mapping of QTLs Associated with Important Forage Traits in Tall Fescue.- Utilizing Linkage Disequilibrium and Association Mapping to Implement Candidate Gene Based Markers in Perennial Ryegrass Breeding.- Genetic Diversity in Australasian Populations of the Crown Rust Pathogen of Ryegrasses (Puccinia coronata f.sp. lolii).- Fungal Endophytes in Lolium and Festuca Species.- Seed Transmission of Endophytic Fungus, Neotyphodium occultans, in Cross Breeding of Italian Ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) Using Detached Panicle Culture, and Comparison with Situations in Interspecific/Intergeneric crossings including Festuca species.- Colonial Bentgrass Genetic Linkage Mapping.- Advances and Prospects in the Molecular Breeding of Zoysia.- Transgenesis in Forage Crops.- Evaluating the Role of Habitat Quality on Establishment of GM Agrostis stolonifera Plants in Non-agronomic Settings.

From the reviews: "Molecular breeding of forage and turf is a collection of papers from plenary lectures and oral presentations at the 5th International Symposium on the Molecular Breeding of Forage and Turf that was held in Sapporo, Japan ... . will find an audience within the forge and turf community, particularly with those who were unable to attend the symposium. Overall, it contains well-written papers from experts in the filed and provides a solid overview of the current research topics in forage and turf molecular breeding." (Stephen Byrne, Annals of Botany, Vol. 104 (1), July, 2009)