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Research Project: OPTIMIZING THE BIOLOGY OF THE ANIMAL-PLANT INTERFACE FOR IMPROVED SUSTAINABILITY OF FORAGE-BASED ANIMAL ENTERPRISES

Location: Lexington, Kentucky

Title: Tennessee Report (Annual Report to SERA-IEG8 Tall Fescue Toxicosis/Endophyte Workshop)

Authors
item Norman, Rebeka - UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
item Lane, C - UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
item Fisher, A - UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
item Campbell, B - UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
item Schrick, F - UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
item Waller, J - UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
item Block, S - ADM
item Kojima, C - UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
item Spiers, D - UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
item Klotz, James
item Strickland, James
item Bates, G - UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
item Riggins, J - UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
item Hopkins, F - UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
item Edwards, J - UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
item Prado, T - UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE

Submitted to: SERA-IEG 8
Publication Type: Other
Publication Acceptance Date: October 19, 2008
Publication Date: October 19, 2008
Citation: Norman, R., Lane, C.D., Fisher, A.E., Campbell, B.T., Schrick, F.N., Waller, J.C., Block, S.S., Kojima, C.J., Spiers, D.E., Klotz, J.L., Strickland, J.R., Bates, G.E., Riggins, J.C., Hopkins, F.M., Edwards, J.L., Prado, T. 2008. Tennessee Report (Annual Report to SERA-IEG8 Tall Fescue Toxicosis/Endophyte Workshop). SERA-IEG 8. Meeting Report pgs 110-121.

Interpretive Summary: A number of updates on research projects conducted within Tennessee concerning tall fescue (Lolium arundinacium) and its symbiotic endophyte (Neotyphodium coenophialum) were presented at the annual SERA-IEG 8 workshop including one with Forage-Animal Production Research Unit scientist collaborations. The project with FAPRU scientific involvement had the goal of defining a genetic marker for resistance to fescue toxicosis in beef cattle. Initial genetic screens of a subset of cattle on endophyte-infected tall fescue indicated that a specific SNP residing in the genome of cattle appeared to be correlated with rough hair coats (a sign of fescue toxicosis. Further, research is required before full validation of this SNP is accomplished. For additional detail, the entire meeting report can be viewed at the following website http://animalscience.ag.utk.edu/SERA-IEG8/default.htm

Technical Abstract: A number of updates on research projects conducted within Tennessee concerning tall fescue (Lolium arundinacium) and its symbiotic endophyte (Neotyphodium coenophialum) were presented at the annual SERA-IEG 8 workshop including one with Forage-Animal Production Research Unit scientist collaborations. The project with FAPRU scientific involvement had the goal of defining a genetic marker for resistance to fescue toxicosis in beef cattle. Initial genetic screens of a subset of cattle on endophyte-infected tall fescue indicated that a specific SNP residing in the genome of cattle appeared to be correlated with rough hair coats (a sign of fescue toxicosis. Further, research is required before full validation of this SNP is accomplished. For additional detail, the entire meeting report can be viewed at the following website http://animalscience.ag.utk.edu/SERA-IEG8/default.htm

   

 
Project Team
Aiken, Glen
Flythe, Michael
Klotz, James
Strickland, James
 
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