Molecular Breeding of Forage and Turf

Overview of Forage and Turf Biotechnology.- Molecular Improvement of Forages — from Genomics to GMOs.- Tolerance to Biotic Stress.- Molecular Breeding and Functional Genomics for Tolerance to Biotic Stress.- QTL Mapping of Gray Leaf Spot Resistance in Ryegrass, and Synteny-based Comparison with Rice Blast Resistance Genes in Rice.- Differential Gene Expression in Bermudagrass Associated with Resistance to a Fungal Pathogen.- Genetic Diversity and Pathogenicity of the Grass Pathogen Xanthomonas translucens pv. graminis.- Tolerance to Abiotic Stress.- Molecular Breeding and Functional Genomics for Tolerance to Abiotic Stress.- Application of AFLP and GISH Techniques for Identification of Festuca Chromosome Segments Conferring Winter Hardiness in a Lolium perenne × Festuca pratensis Population.- A Functional Genomics Approach for Identification of Heat Tolerance Genes in Tall Fescue.- Quantitative Trait Locus Mapping of Winter Hardiness Metabolites in Autotetraploid Alfalfa (M. sativa).- Flowering and Reproductive Development.- Molecular Genetics and Modification of Flowering and Reproductive Development.- Identification and Mapping of Self-incompatibility Related Genes in Lolium perenne.- Genomics of Plant-Symbiont Relation.- Functional Analysis of the Perennial Ryegrass — Epichloë Endophyte Interaction.- Gene Discovery and Microarray-Based Transcriptome Analysis in Grass Endophytes.- Genetic Diversity in the Perennial Ryegrass Fungal Endophyte Neotyphodium lolii.- Improvement for Animal, Human and Environmental Welfare.- Molecular Breeding for Animal, Human and Environmental Welfare.- Improving Forage Quality of Tall Fescue (Festuca arundinacea) by Genetic Manipulation of Lignin Biosynthesis.- Cloning of Red Clover and Alfalfa Polyphenol Oxidase Genes andExpression of Active Enzymes in Transgenic Alfalfa.- Development and Application of Molecular Technologies in Forage and Turf Improvement.- Molecular Marker-Based Genetic Analysis of Pasture and Turf Grasses.- EST-SSRs for Genetic Mapping in Alfalfa.- Controlling Transgene Escape in Genetically Modified Grasses.- Comparison of Transgene Expression Stability after Agrobacterium-mediated or Biolistic Gene Transfer into Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.).- Bioinformatics.- Bioinformatics: Bringing Data to a Usable Form for Breeders.- Data Integration and Target Selection for Medicago Genomics.- Population and Quantitative Genetics.- Population and Quantitative Genetic Aspects of Molecular Breeding.- AFLP-marker Analyses of Genetic Structure in Nordic Meadow Fescue (Festuca pratensis Huds.) — Tracing the Origin of Norwegian Cultivars and Local Populations.- Spatial Autocorrelation Analysis of Genetic Structure Within White Clover Populations.- Dissection of Heterosis in Alfalfa Hybrids.- Functional Genomics and Genome Sequencing of Medicago truncatula.- From Models to Crops: Integrated Medicago Genomics for Alfalfa Improvement.- Sequencing Gene Rich Regions of Medicago truncatula, a Model Legume.- Field Test, Risk Assessment and Biosafety.- Agricultural Biotechnology and Environmental Risks: A Program Perspective.- Field Evaluation of Transgenic White Clover with AMV Immunity and Development of Elite Transgenic Germplasm.- Field Evaluation and Risk Assessment of Transgenic Tall Fescue (Festuca arundinacea) Plants.- Intellectual Property Rights.- Protecting Plant Inventions.