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Molecular Lab for MAS

Foss 6500 NIR for protein

Planting Equipment

Combine

New Tractor and Headrow Planter

CBS Gel Electrophoresis System

Falling Number

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UICF Grace, a hard white winter wheat was released in 2009 and an invention disclosure was filed. President issued an invention award to Dr. Chen.

Dr. Chen obtained a Dr. Richard C. Heimsch Outstanding Research Award in 2011. This is the only research award presented by Gamma Sigma Delta Award Committee offered by the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences to research faculty.

Director of research collaboration Cathy Wilson from Idaho Wheat Commission visited the wheat breeder in Aberdeen in Dec.2011. The plot combine was invested by IWC in 2011.

A trade team from Taiwan visited Dr. Chen in July 2012 to discuss their interest in buying Idaho hard white wheat

Dr. Chen with a retired wheat breeder from CIMMYT

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Ping Li, visiting Ph.D student working on QTL mapping of coleoptile and root traits

Junli Zhang, PhD student working on mapping of yield and yield related traits

Fengzhi Wang, visiting scholar, 2009

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• Brian Bowman, PhD student working on association mapping of water and nitrogen use efficiency
• Santosh Nayak, MS student working on QTL mapping of resistance to stripe rust
• Tyler, college student worked in summer 2009
• Celina, college student worked in summer in 2010 – 2011
• Curtis, college student worked in summer 2009 – current
• Additional MS assistantship is available but requires America citizenship

Quality analysis done market classes

Quality Lab Team

Whole Grain Analysis

Alkaline noodle dough

Quadromat Senior Mill – flour analysis

Bread Baking

Mixing Strength

Cookie Baking Test

Different baking products

UI Lab Protocols | pdf

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Variety improvement using EMS-mutagenesis | pdf

Variety improvement via wheat by maize hybridization | pptx

Variety improvement via marker-assisted selection

VMarker-assisted breeding for resistance to fusarium head blight | pdf

Development of herbicide resistant wheat cultivars

QTL mapping for genes related to stress tolerances

• Biotic stress tolerances
  • Diseases | pdf
  • Insects
• Abiotic stress tolerances
  • Agronomic performance and yield under drought | pdf
  • Grain yield and physiological traits under drought | pdf
  • QTL for coleoptile and root traits | pdf

Triticeae CAP

• TCAP: Improving barley & wheat germplasm for changing environments | pdf
• TCAP newsletter August 2012 | pdf

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• Treasure
• Centennial
• Whitebird
• Pomerelle
• Alturas
• Jubilee
• UI Pettit
• UI Cataldo | pdf
• UI Stone | pdf

Hard White Spring

• Lochsa
• Lolo
• Idaho 377s
• IDO694
• IDO1203S

Hard Red Spring

• Iona
• Jefferson
• Jerome
• UI Winchester | pd
• IDO862

Hard White Winter

• Gary
• UI Darwin
• UICF Grace
• UI Silver
• IDO1209

Hard Red Winter

• Bonneville
• DW
• Boundary
• Juniper
• Moreland
• UI SRG | pdf
• IDO1103

Soft White Winter

• Lambert
• Brundage
• Simon
• Brundage96
• Bitterroot
• Bruneau
• UICF Lambert
• UICF Brundage
• Idaho 587
• IDO1108

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Our objectives are to develop an accelerated and internationally recognized wheat breeding and genetics program with emphasis on the development of spring and winter wheat cultivars with high agronomic adaptability to irrigated agriculture in the state of Idaho, with biotic and abiotic resistances, and with desirable end-use quality to meet the needs of the foreign and domestic wheat industry. The research program will focus on applied genetics and genomics that can accelerate variety release under national and international collaborations. The specific objectives are: 1) To develop desired wheat varieties and germplasm using an integrated breeding system combining traditional and mutant breeding methods with doubled haploid production and molecular marker-assisted selection; 2) To identify QTL/markers associated with grain yield, desirable end-use quality, resistance to stripe rust, dwarf bunt, snow mold, fusarium head blight, and late maturity alpha amylase; 3) To identify QTL/markers associated with improved water and nitrogen use efficiency in both wheat and barley materials from National Small Grain Collection; 4) To teach and provide training and supervision for graduate and under graduate students.

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Registration for the free tours that are open to the public will begin at 8 a.m. with the tour starting at 8:30. A sponsored lunch at noon will conclude the tours. Attendees will received 3 ISDA pesticide applicator recertification credits at each location.

The Aberdeen tour will focus on weed control in potatoes with a variety of herbicides and methods. Controlling the nightshades, sticky and hairy, will also be discussed at Aberdeen in relation to eradicating the pale cyst nematode and controlling potato virus Y.

The Aberdeen tour will also include research updates on potato variety herbicide safety and glyphosate carryover in seed potatoes.

The Aberdeen Research and Extension Center is located at 1693 South 2700 West.

Last year, the Aberdeen Research and Extension Center celebrated its centennial. This is a big year for the University of Idaho and its contributions to teaching, research and extension.

July 2 marks the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln signing the federal Morrill Act, which founded the land-grant university system. As Idaho’s member of the original land-grant system, the University of Idaho was established in 1889, a year before statehood.

This year is also the 125th anniversary of the Hatch Act, which created state agricultural experiment stations. The Idaho Agricultural Experiment Station began operations 120 years ago a few months before the University of Idaho’s first classes began in 1892.

More information about the Aberdeen tour is available from Pam Hutchinson, (208) 397-4181, phutch@uidaho.edu.

Contact Katherine O’Brien for more information about this research.

Contact Pamela J. S. Hutchinson for more information about this research.

Contact Stephen Love for more information about this research.

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• Evaluate and report cereal cultivar performance at various locations in South Central and Southeastern Idaho.
• Evaluate and report management trials involving production and marketing of cereals.
• Provide training and support to cereal producers, agri-business personnel, and County Extension educators.
• Provide support to state and private breeding programs.
• Evaluate efficacy of new products and cereals management techniques.
• Investigate cereal disease problems and generate new disease management techniques.

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Contact Juan Manuel Alvarez for more information about this research.