Breeding Grasses and Protein Crops in the Era of Genomics

Part I Utilization of genetic resources and pre-breeding 1. Utilization of genebank accessions to improve northern adaptation of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.); O.A. Rognli, R. Aavola, A. Aleliunas, T. Asp, G. Brazauskas, K.H. Gylstrom, A. Helgadottir, M. Isolahti, M.R. Kovi, T.A. Kristjansdottir, A.S. Larsen, P. Marum, C. Paina, C. Persson, and S. Rancane 2. Wild and primitive common bean populations in the germplasm collection at the MBG-CSIC; A.M. De Ron, J.D. Pose, M.C. Menendez-Sevillano, and M.J. Ferreyra 3. Patterns of spring growth and phenology in natural populations of Lolium perenne under contrasting field conditions; A.M. Roschanski, P. Barre, A. Escobar- Gutierrez, J.P. Sampoux, H. Muylle, I. Thomas, K.J. Dehmer, and E. Willner 4. Population structure of red clover ecotypes collected from Europe and Asia; C. Jones, J. De Vega, D. Lloyd, M. Hegarty, S. Ayling, W. Powell, and L. Skot 5. Enhancing the sustainable use of Lolium perenne genetic resources from genebanks in plant breeding and research; S. Bachmann-Pfabe, E. Willner, M. Oppermann, S. Weise, and K.J. Dehmer 6. Tetraploid Festuca apennina is prone to produce triploid hybrid progeny when crossed with diploid Festuca pratensis; B. Boller, T. Felder, and D. Kopecky 7. Comparing mitotic and meiotic tetraploid red clover plants for seed yield; T. Vleugels, I. Roldan-Ruiz, and G. Cnops 8. Domesticating shrubby native legumes for pastures and natural grasslands; J.P. Muir, F.S. Forrest, J. Brady, J.C. Dubeux Jr., and W.D. Pitman 9. Effects of temperature on growth during in vitro embryo culture of field bean (Vicia faba var. minor L.); P. Ogrodowicz, M. Surma, T. Adamski, Z. Kaczmarek, W.K. Swiecicki, P. Stopyra, A. Kuczynska, K. Krystkowiak, and K. Mikolajczak 10. Ecological and agronomic evaluation of Dactylis glomerata subsp. Lobata; E. Norkeviciene, A. Balsevicius, V. Kemesyte, B. Butkute, and G. Petrauskas 11. Yield and genetic composition of Latvian xFestulolium cultivars and breeding material; P. Berzins, D. Rungis, S. Rancane, A. Gailite, V. Belevica, V. Stesele, I. Vezis, and A. Jansons 12. Genetic variability of the most important traits in alfalfa cultivars under Lithuanian conditions; A. Liatukiene 13. Tetraploid induction in Lolium multiflorum; O.K. Akinroluyo, V. Kemesyte, and G. Statkeviciute 14. The sense of testing sheep preference in tall fescue variety evaluation; M. Cougnon, J. Baert, and D. Reheul 15. Chemical composition of zigzag clover (Trifolium medium L.); B. Butkute, N. Lemeziene, A. Padarauskas, E. Norkeviciene, and L. Taujenis 16. Wild and semi natural ecotypes of perennial grasses and legumes - for breeding purposes; N. Lemeziene, V. Stukonis, V. Kemesyte, and E. Norkeviciene 17. Breeding for improved seed yield of red clover; G. Petrauskas, J. Mikaliuniene, E. Norkeviciene, G. Statkeviciute, and V. Kemesyte Part II Genetic improvement of quality and agronomic traits 18. Breeding forage and grain legumes to increase EU's and China's protein self-sufficiency; B. Julier, L. Skot, S. Weise, D. Karagic, I. Roldan-Ruiz, P. Barre, and D. Lloyd 19. Identification of loci controlling timing of stem elongation in red clover using GBS of pooled phenotypic extremes; A. Ergon, O.W. Milvang, O. Milvang, and M.R. Kovi 20. Grain yield and morphology of dwarf vs tall white lupin in Mediterranean environments; P. Annicchiarico, A.M. Carroni, P. Manunza, C. Huyghe, and L. Pecetti 21. Deciphering grain legumes quality riddle: The genomics of bioactive compounds; M.C. Vaz Patto, E. Mecha, A.B. Pereira, S.T. Leitao, M.L. Alves, and M.R. Bronze 22. Manipulation of rumen nitrogen flows by use of Festulolium hybrids in rumen simulation fermenters; S. Kamau, A. Belanche, M. Humphreys, and A. Kingston-Smith 23. Paternity test for forage yield improvement in timothy polycross breeding; T. Tanaka, K. Tamura, K. Ashikaga, H. Fujii, and T. Yamada 24. Preliminary estimation of variation of alkaloids content in white lupin (Lupinus albus L.) collection; W. Rybinski, M. Kroc, W. Swiecicki, P. Wilczura, K. Kamel, P. Barzyk, and W. Mikulski 25. Yields and quality of some perennial legumes in the Czech Republic; D. Knotova, J. Pelikan, J. Skladanka, and P. Knot Part III Breeding for enhanced stress tolerance 26. Low crown rust resistance in Norwegian material of Lolium perenne and xFestulolium; L. Ostrem, T. Asp, M. Ghesquiere, Y. Sanada, and O.A. Rognli 27. Unravelling the genetic control of bacterial wilt resistance in ryegrass: achievements, prospects and challenges; R. Koelliker, V. Knorst, L. Hersemann, F. Widmer, and B. Studer 28. Genotyping of Festulolium cultivars involved in EUCARPIA multi-site trial using DArT markers and GISH; D. Kopecky, J. Baert, S. Barth, J. Bartos, V. Cernoch, J. Dolezel, D. Grogan, J. Harper, M. Humphreys, T. Ksiazczyk, L. Ostrem, E. Paszkowski, D. Sokolovic, Z. Zwierzykowski, and M. Ghesquiere 29. Transcriptomic analysis of drought-sensitive and tolerant genotypes of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.); M.O. Leyva, I. Nagy, S. Hentrup, S. Byrne, and T. Asp 30. Selection of perennial ryegrass spaced plants in sward conditions; J. Aper, A. Ghesquiere, and J. Baert 31. Variation in intrinsic water use efficiency between perennial ryegrass genotypes differing for drought tolerance; P. Westermeier, R. Schaufele, and S. Hartmann 32. Physiological indicators of tolerance to soil water deficit in Lolium multiflorum/Festuca arundinacea introgression forms; K. Masajada, A. Augustyniak, D. Perlikowski, D. Ratajczak, W. Zwierzykowski, I. Pawlowicz, and A. Kosmala 33. Incidence of six grass species by Fusarium sp. as a cause of silvertop; O. Trneny, and J. Nedelnik 34. Crown rust and brown blight infection of perennial ryegrass cultivars representing three maturity groups; R. Aavola, P. Soovali, S. Tamm, and A. Bender 35. Correlation of seed yield and its components and chlorophyll fluorescence parameters in the narrow leafed lupin (Lupinus angustifolius L.); B. Gorynowicz, W. Swiecicki, W. Pilarczyk, and W. Mikulski 36. Seventh Workshop of the EUCARPIA Festulolium Working Group; M. Ghesquiere Part IV Implementation of phenomic and genomic tools in breeding 37. Using LIDAR for forage yield measurement of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) field plots; K. Ghamkhar, K. Irie, M. Hagedorn, J. Hsiao, J. Fourie, S. Gebbie, C. Flay, B. Barrett, A. Stewart, and A. Werner 38. An indoor screening method for reduced fall dormancy in alfalfa; A. Bertrand, A. Claessens, and S. Rocher 39. Application of multivariate analysis for genotype evaluation in soybean; V. Peric, M. Srebric, A. Nikolic, and S. Mladenovic-Drinic 40. Polymorphism of soybean cultivars and breeding lines revealed by marker Satt100 associated with the E7 locus; D. Zharikova, S. Ivanyuk, G. Chebotar, O. Korniychuk, and S. Chebotar 41. Genetic diversity assessment of two Medicago sativa genes: CAD and WXP1; C. Greard, P. Barre, S. Flajoulot, S. Santoni, and B. Julier 42. Testing for freezing tolerance in perennial ryegrass; A. Aleliunas, and G. Brazauskas 43. The multifunctional role of legumes in vineyards and orchards; T. Vymyslicky, J. Lang, and D. Knotova 44. Hydroponic evaluation of growth and nutrient uptake in a Lolium/Festuca introgression series; D. Gasior, J. Harper, A. Thomas, C. Evans, R. Mathews, D. Allen, M. Humphreys, and I. Armstead 45. Use of GBS for lucerne variety distinction; B. Julier, P. Barre, P. Lambroni, S. Delaunay, F. Lafaillette, M. Thomasset, and V. Gensollen 46. Genome-wide and functional gene analysis of perennial ryegrass for improved growth under water limiting conditions (GrowGene); K. Jonaviciene, G. Statkeviciute, and A. Aleliunas 47. Genomic selection for biomass yield of perennial and annual legumes; P. Annicchiarico, N. Nazzicari, L. Pecetti, and M. Romani