CSES 5984 Special Topics in Crop Genetics

Crop Improvement Journal Club:

The Journal Club meets to discuss scientific papers relevant to genetic improvement of agronomic crops.

All meetings are held at the Interaction Zone located on the 5th Floor of Latham Hall.

If you have any questions about CSES 5984 contact Katy Martin Rainey at kmrainey@vt.edu

or Marla Hall at mdhall@vt.edu.

Meeting Times and Papers:

All meetings will take place at 11AM in the fifth floor interaction zone. 

This semester we will be focusing on statistical analyses used in plant breeding.

Students: Email Marla with your selected date and paper!

Date
Leader
Topic
Paper
  

Aug. 31
Katy Martin-Rainey
First meeting of the semester
 
Sept 7
Laura
Selection in Soybean (Lattice Design)
  
Sept 14
Shuyu Liu
Integrated Selection
none
  
Sept 21
CANCELED
soybean harvest, Marla gone
none
  
Sept 28
Marla Hall
Barley G by E Biplot Analysis
 
Oct 5
Marla Hall
Biplot G by E Proceed with Caution

Crop Sci 49:1564-1576

(read only abstract, introduction, and future outlook)

 
Oct 12
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Oct 19
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Oct 26
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Nov 2
none
ASA meetings
none
  
Nov 9
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Nov 16
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Nov 23
none
Thanksgiving Break
none