Monday, February 11

1:30		1:40		Katy Martin Rainey, Purdue Univ.		Welcome and announcements
1:40		2:10		Rich Joost, United Soybean Board		Update on USB Restructuring
2:10		2:50		Michelle Graham, USDA-ARS, Ames		Analysis of Rpp-4-like genes in legumes
3:10		3:25		Wayne Parrott (Univ. Georgia)		Outline for Genetic Stocks Repository
3:25		4:05		Andrew Bent, Univ. Wisconsin		Copy Number Variation of Multiple Genes at Rhg1 Mediates Nematode Resistance in Soybean
4:05		4:45		Barbara Campbell & James Weatherly		Bowman vs. Monsanto and new challenges for plant IP
				Patent Attorneys, Cochran Freund & Young LLC Denver, CO
4:45		5:15		Group Discussion from the Floor:		Expiration of the SCN MAS patents: When and Where?

Tuesday, February 12
General Session
   Chair, Public Breeder: Andrew Scaboo, Univ. Missouri
   Co-Chair, Public Pathologist: Kiersten Wise, Purdue Univ.

SESSION I: Soybean Viruses (Chair: Leigh Ann Harrison, Monsanto Co.)

8:05		8:30		Pengyin Chen, Univ. Arkansas		Genetics Of SMV Resistance
8:30		8:55		Ioaniss Tzanetakis, Univ Arkansas		SVNV
8:55		9:20		Said Ghabrial, Univ. Kentucky		TSV and BPMV-based VIGS
9:20		9:45		John Hill, Univ. Iowa		BPMV

SESSION II: Charcoal Rot (Chair: Terri Hughes, USDA-ARS, West Lafayette)

				Terri Hughes		Pathogen Diversity In Northern States
				Chris Little, Kansas State University		Evaluating Cultivar Resistance To Charcoal Rot
				John Rupe, Univ. Arkansas		Charcoal Rot

SESSION III: Sudden Death Syndrome (Chair: Leonor Leandro, Iowa State Univ.)

				Ahmad Fakhoury, So. Illinois Univ.		Genetics Of F. virguliforme
				Glen Hartman, USDA-ARS, Urbana		Improved Culture Filtrate Assay Screening
				Marty Chilvers, Mi State Univ.		Improved Diagnostic Assays For SDS
				Silvia Cianzio, Iowa State Univ.		Update On SDS Resistance

SESSION IV: Soybean Nematodes (Chair: Prakash Arelli, USDA-ARS, Jackson)

				Brian Diers, Univ. Illinois		Breeding For SCN Resistance In The Midwest
				Grover Shannon, Univ. Missouri		Breeding For SCN Resistance In The South
				Floyd Hancock, Monsanto Co.		Breeding For SCN Resistance: Private Sector
				Zenglu Li, Univ. Of Georgia		Root Knot Nematodes
				Bob Robbins, Univ. Of Arkansas		Reniform Nematode, A Southern Problem

Wednesday, February 13

8:05		8:35		Ben Fallen, Univ. Tennessee		Selective Genotyping For MAS Strategies For Soybean Yield Improvement
8:50		9:10		From The Floor		Retirements & Announcements
9:10		9:20		Committee Member		Soybean Germplasm Committee Report
9:20		9:30		Committee Member		Soybean Genetics Committee Report
9:30		9:45		David Grant, USDA-ARS, Ames		SoyBase Update