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Digital Poster Gallery
Scroll through the virtual gallery of this year's poster presentations! Posters will be available for viewing for a month following the symposium. Contact information for each presenter can be found at the bottom of the image.
Poster Topics
Posters are grouped broadly by topic. Please select a topic below to be automatically directed to the appropriate section.
Plant Breeding

1. Evaluating Cowpea Heat Tolerance

2. Improving Blueberry by Dissecting Fruit Texture

3. Internal White Tissue Disorder in Tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum): Genetic Mapping and Molecular Marker Development

4. Optimizing early season productivity by modelling production curves in a strawberry breeding program

5. Genomic Associations of Aroma Traits in Apple (Malus domestica)

6. Adoption of Different Omics to Adapt Alfalfa to Southeastern USA

7. More than meets the “Breeder’s Eye”: Near Infrared Spectroscopy for Phenomic Selection of Fruit Quality in University of Florida’s Strawberry Breeding Program

8. Genetic Variability among Alfalfa Families for Dry matter yield (DMY) and Forage Quality Parameters

9. Optimizing Sparse Testing Designs for Genomic Prediction in Potato Multi-Environment Trials

10. Assessment of genotype by environment interaction for forage accumulation in Bermudagrass across the Southeastern US

11. Whole-Genome Meta-Analysis Coupled with Haplotype Analysis Reveal New Genes and Functional Haplotypes Conferring Pre-Harvest Sprouting in Rice

12. Next-Generation Sequencing in an Elite Peanut Population Reveals a Major Seed Size QTL on Chromosome B06 and a Few Minor Shelling Quality Trait QTLs

13. Genetic Resistance to Meloidogyne enterolobii in the Cowpea UCR Minicore Collection

14. Path to Food Security: Investigating the Utility of Feral Populations for Brassica Crop Breeding

15. A Case for Heat-Tolerant Broccoli: Insights from Research and a Vision for Future Breeding

16. Modeling Broccoli Flowering Time Using Crop Growth Models Across Variable Planting Dates

17. Insights into Broccoli’s Heat Sensitivity Using Genomic Prediction Models of Flowering Time
Plant Pathology

18. Identification and Characterization of HLB-Tolerant Sweet Oranges: A Genetic Approach for Combatting Citrus Greening Disease

19. Development of crown rot-resistance peanut via EMS-induced mutagenesis

20. Characterization of native soil isolates for the inhibition of rice blast disease and promotion of plant growth.

21. Characterizing the Biochemical Activity and Role of a Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase in Magnaporthe oryzae

22. In vitro micrografting of babaco [Vasconcellea × heilbornii (Badillo)] on jigacho rootstock (Vasconcellea stipulata) as an alternative for plants resistant to Fusarium oxysporum

23. Genetic analysis of virulence traits of Clavibacter nebraskensis, the agent of bacterial leaf blight of maize.

24. Nanoscale Cus Foliar Application Enhances Fusarium Suppression In Tomatoes
Plant Genetics

25. Locus- and Tissue-Specific CHH Methylation Through RNA-Directed
DNA Methylation During Female Gametophyte Development in Rice

26. Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Profiling of the Octoploid Strawberry (F. × ananassa)

27. Identification of C-S lyases functioning in glucosinolate biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana

28. Heat Stress at Tricellular Stage in Maize Inhibits Pollen Dehiscence

29. Multi-Omics Insights into Postharvest Deterioration in Artichoke for Enhanced Shelf Life and Health Benefits

30. Enhancement of transcriptomic dataset visualization through open-source digital resources

31. Genetic Modification of Scutellaria via Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation

32. Scutellaria racemosa, a South American Skullcap for Affordable Therapeutic Applications

33. Optimizing Plant-Derived Extracellular Vesicles for Drug Delivery and Therapeutic Development
Plant Physiology

34. Optimizing Photosynthetic Performance in Citrus Leaves Under Variable Light Intensities

35. Manipulation of Strawberry Runner Production via Exogenous Application of Gibberellic Acid

36. Impact Microclimatic Influence on Sugarcane Phenology: Optimizing Planting and Harvesting Windows for enhanced Tillering and Ratooning in Florida

37. Optimizing Grain Crop Production with Organo-Mineral Fertilizers: A Sustainable Alternative to Conventional Fertilizer

38. Development of a Fruit Tree Model in DSSAT-CSM – Initial Results for TREEGRO

39. Ethyl Methane Sulfonate Affecting Germination Rate of Three Zinnia Varieties

40. Optimizing Nitrogen Management for Cotton Production in Florida: Insights from Physiological Responses, Field Studies, and Modeling Approaches

41. Weed Control, Biomass Production, and Injury of Bermudagrass (Cynodon* spp.) During Establishment in Response to Herbicide Type and Application Timing

42. Acclimation potential reduces pine tree mortality risk during hotter-drought stress

43. Crop Wild Relatives And The Role Of Herbaria In Future Food Crop Security

44. Leaf Morphology as an Indicator of Drought Tolerance in the ‘Mundo Novo’ and ‘Hybrid 035’ Varieties of Coffea arabica

45. Creating Accessible Identification Tools for Subtribe Cipuropsidinae (Bromeliaceae, Subfamily Tillandsioideae) Using Morphological Analysis
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