The following posters were presented at the Regional Technical Advisory Committee meetings, the Plant Germplasm Operations Committee meetings, and at various other meetings attended by our curators and staff.  They are made available here in pdf format. They open in their own window.

General Station Information Station Mission and Activities Station History Timeline The NCRPIS: Providing Diverse Plant Genetic Resources for Worldwide Research and Development         (This poster was presented at the 2009 AOSA Annual Meeting, Fort Collins, CO)

Curatorial Related Amaranth Echinacea Germplasm Enhancement of Maize Maize Medicinals New Crops NC7 Woody Ornamental Trials Oilseeds Omega-3 Crops Ornamentals Vegetables

Station Support Information Plant Pathology Entomology / Pollinators Seed Germination and Viability

Special Topics GRIN-Global: An International Project to Develop a Global Plant Genebank and Information Management System  (Note: large file) Peter D. Cyr, Brock E. Weaver, Mark J. Millard, Candice A. Gardner, Mark A. Bohning, Gorm Emberland, Quinn P. Sinnott, Gary R. Kinard, Tito Franco, Michael Mackay, Luigi Guarino, Joseph D. Postman, Kim E. Hummer, Tomas Ayala-Silva, Peter K. Bretting. 2009. GRIN-Global: An International Project to Develop a Global Plant Genebank and Information Management System. Poster presented at the 51st Annual Maize Genetics Conference. St. Charles, IL, Mar 12-15, 2009. Evaluation of Wild HelianthusSpecies for Resistance to Sclerotinia Stalk Rot Block, C.C. Gulya, T.J. and Marek, L.F. 2009. Evaluation of wild Helianthusspecies for resistance to Sclerotinia stalk rot. Poster presented at the 7th Annual Sclerotinia Initiative Meeting. Bloomington, MN, Jan 21-23, 2009. Assembling germplasm collections of Nuttall’s povertyweed (Monolepis nuttalliana(Schult.) Greene) and other spinach (Spinacia oleraceaL.) allies. David M. Brenner, Grace Kostel, Mark P. Widrlechner, Candice A. Gardner. 2009. Assembling germplasm collections of Nuttall’s povertyweed (Monolepis nuttalliana(Schult.) Greene) and other spinach (Spinacia oleraceaL.) allies. Hortscience 44:1156-1157. (abstract) Poster presentation at the American Society for Horticultural Science annual meeting July 25-28, 2009 in St Louis, MO. Winter Sweetclover to Improve Sustainable Switchgrass Biomass Production Brenner, D. and K. Moore. 2008. Winter Sweetclover to Improve Sustainable Switchgrass Biomass Production. Poster presented to the ASA-CSSA-SSSA 2008 Annual Meetings. Houston, TX. Nov 5-9, 2008. Reducing Photoperiod Response of Tropical Maize Germplasm for use in Midwestern Maize Introgression. Gardner, C., M. Blanco, F. Engstrom, and A. Smelser. 2007. Reducing Photoperiod Response of Tropical Maize Germplasm for use in Midwestern Maize Introgression. Poster presented to the ASA-CSSA-SSSA | 2007 International Annual Meetings. New Orleans, LA. Nov 4-8, 2007. Predicting the Risk of Naturalization for Non-native Woody Plants in the Chicago Region   Kordecki, K., M. Widrlechner, and P. Bristol. 2006. Predicting the risk of naturalization for non-native woody plants in the Chicago Region. Poster presented to the Second USDA-ARS Floral and Nursery Crops Researchers Workshop, Portland, OR, Jun 12-15, 2006.