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Promoting Cooperation in Scientific Research
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ORGANIZING AND STEERING COMMITTEES
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My Abdelmajid Kassem, Professor, Chair
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O Nacer Belaloui, Research Scientist, USDA-ARS, USA
Abdelmalek El Meskaoui, Professor, Morocco
Abdelhamid El Mousadik, Professor, University Ibn Zohr, Morocco
Stella Kantartzi, Assistant Professor, Southern Illinois University, USA
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
MEETING PROGRAM
Monday March 18, 2012
Session I. Plant Breeding and Biotech ...................................................... 10
Session II. Agricultural Practices and Soil Management ........................... 12
Session III. Animal Sciences ..................................................................... 13
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Session IV. Plant Microbe Interactions ...................................................... 15
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Session VI. Plant Genome Sciences .......................................................... 20

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Session VII. Food, Nutrition, Dietetics, and Neutraceuticals ..................... 22
Session VIII. Agriculture and Regional Stability ....................................... 22
Session IX. Private and Public US–Morocco Collaboration
Network and Open Discussion ................................................................ 23
Abstracts .................................................................................................. 25
Conference Attendees .............................................................................. 60
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MONDAY, MARCH 18, 2013
8:30-8:45 Welcome and Opening Remarks
My Abdelmajid Kassem, Fayetteville State University, USA
Khalid Meksem, Southern Illinois University, USA
8:45-10:10 I. Plant Breeding and Biotechnology Session
Chair: Gunter Kahl, University of Frankfurt (GenXPro, Frankfurt),
Germany
8:45-9:10 A Decade of Soybean Breeding for Disease and Pest Resistances
Silvia R. Cianzio, Professor Dept. of Agronomy; Agronomy Hall,
Iowa State University; Ames, Iowa, USA

9:15-9:40 Pleiotropic Resistances in Soybean
David Lightfoot, Professor; Plant Genomics Core Facility, Department
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9:45-10:10 Effect of Explants Density and Size on the in vitro Proliferation of
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Globe Artichoke (Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus L.).
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Rachida El Boullani, University of Ibn Zohr, Faculty of Sciences,
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Valorization, Agadir, Morocco
10:15-11:00 Coffee Break & Poster Session (Odd Numbers)
11:00-12:30 II. Agricultural Practices and Soil Management Session
Chair: Alan Walter, Professor, Southern Illinois University, USA.
11:05-11:30 Agro-physiological characterization of Common Bean (Phaseolus
vulgaris) Rhizobia Symbiosis Tolerance to Osmotic Stress
Cherki Ghoulam, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University
Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Morocco

11:35-12:00 Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Responses to Irrigation Water Salinity
Abdelaziz Hirich, Agronomic and Veterinary Medicine Hassan II
Institute, Complex of Horticulture Agadir, Morocco
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MONDAY, MARCH 18, 2013
12:05-12 :30 Irrigation Management for Vegetables Grown in Dry and Semi-dry
Climates
Alan Walter, Professor, Southern Illinois University, USA
12:30-2:00 Lunch (Provided)
2:00-3:30 III. Animal Sciences Session
Chair: Abdelhai Guerouali, Agronomic and Veterinary Institute Hassan
II, Rabat, Morocco

2:05-2:30 Continuous Culture Fermenter System as a Model to Study
Fermentation and Nutrients Metabolism in Ruminant Animals
Amer Abughazaleh, Southern Illinois University, USA

2:35-3:00 Effect of Pigments with Different Origins on Pigmentation and
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Performance of Broilers
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3:05-3:30 The Effect of Feed Additives Rich in Lipids on Methane Production
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Abdelhai Guerouali, Department of Animal physiology, Hassan II
Agronomic and veterinary Institute, Rabat, Morocco.
3:30-4:15 Coffee Break & Poster Session (Odd Numbers)
4:15-6:10 IV. Plant Microbe Interactions Session
Chair: Khalid Meksem, Southern Illinois University, USA

4:15-4:40 Plant Parasitic Nematodes Communities Associated with Olive
Trees in Morocco
Nadine Ali, IRD, UMR CBGP, Montferrier sur Lez, France
4:45-5:10 Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis Provides Key Ecological
Services to Strengthen Plant Performance and Improve Agricultural
Production
Ahmed Qaddoury, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University
Cadi Ayyad, Marrakesh, Morocco.
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MONDAY, MARCH 18, 2013
5:15-5:40 Use of Natural Plant Extracts as a Biopesticide Against Olive
Psyllid (Euphyllura olivina Costa) in Morocco
Ghizlane Echchgadda and Abderahim Maammar, National School of
Agriculture, Meknes, Morocco
5:45-6:10 The Arabidopsis thaliana PSS1 Gene Confers Nonhost Resistance
Against two Soybean Pathogens, Phytophthora sojae and Fusarium
virguliforme.
Madan K. Bhattacharyya, Agronomy Department, Iowa State
University, Ames, Iowa, USA
6:15-7:30 V. Education Session & Scientific Cooperation
Chair: My Abdelmajid Kassem, Fayetteville State University, USA
6:15-6:30 Honorary Guest: Dr. Lahcen Daoudi, Minister, Ministry of Higher
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James Miller, Executive Director, MACECE, Rabat, Morocco
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7:05-7:30 Challenges and Rewards as a Developing Professional in the
United States: Reflections from a Moroccan Postdoctoral Fellow in
a US University
Saadia Bihmidine, University of Missouri, USA
7:30-8:00 Open Discussion
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TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2013
8:30-8:45 Announcements and Updates
Khalid Meksem, Southern Illinois University, USA
My Abdelmajid Kassem, Fayetteville State University, USA

8:45-10:10 VI. Plant Genome Sciences Session
Chair: Klaus Theres, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research,
Germany

8:45-9:10 Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) for Seed Isoflavones Contents in the
PI438489B by ‘Hamilton’ Recombinant Inbred Line (RIL) Population
of Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]
My Abdelmajid Kassem, Plant Genomics and Biotechnology Lab,
Department of Biological Sciences, Fayetteville State University,
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9:15-9:40 Shoot Architecture and Leaf Dissection in Tomato Are Regulated
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Mechanism of Plant Resistance to Pathogens.
Khalid Meksem, Southern Illinois University, USA
10:15-11:00 Coffee Break & Poster Session (Even Numbers)
11:00-12:30 Plenary Sessions
11:00-11:30 Quo Vadis, Genetics? (An Attempt to Portray its Future)
Gunter Kahl, Professor, University of Frankfurt (GenXPro, Frankfurt),
Germany
11:33-12:00 Expanding Horizons in Agriculture
Karen S. Midden, Department of Plant, Soil, and Agricultural Systems,
Southern Illinois University, USA
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TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2013
12:05-12:30 The National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) of Morocco:
Infrastructure and Mission
Mohamed Badraoui, Professor and Director Institut National de la
Recherche Agronomique; Direction générale; Rabat; Morocco
12:30-2:00 Lunch (Provided)
2:00-3:00 VII. Food, Nutrition, Dietetics, and Neutraceuticals Session
Chair: Abdelmalek El Meskaoui, National Institute of Medicinal and
Aromatic Plants, SMBA University, Fez, Morocco

2:05-2:30 Medicinal Value of Food and Dietary Supplements in Cardiovascu-
lar Diseases
Badiaa Lyoussi, Physiology-Pahrmacology & Environmental Health
Laboratory, University Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdallah, Fez, Morocco
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3:00-4:00 Coffee Break and Poster Session (Even Numbers)
4:00-5:00 VIII. Agriculture and Regional Stability Session
Chair: Mohammed Benhammou, Centre Marocain des Études
Stratégiques (CMES), Rabat, Morocco

4:05-4:30 Agriculture and Regional Stability in Africa
Mohammed Benhammou, CMES, Morocco
4:35-5:00 Agriculture Development Strategies for Insecure Areas: Lessons
from Afghanistan.
John Groninger, Southern Illinois University, USA
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TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2013
5:05-6:30 IX. Private and Public US–Morocco Collaboration
Network and Open Discussion
Khalid Meksem, Southern Illinois University, USA

5:05-5:15 Morocco-France-USA Collaboration
Abdelhafid Bendahmane, INRA, URGV, France
5:15-5:45 Small Fruit Berry Crops: Promising New Crops for Morocco
Mark Gaskell, University of California, USA (Fulbright Scholar)

5:45-6:15 Promoting research, education and outreach between the INRA of
Morocco and the USA
Mohamed Badraoui, Professor and Director Institut National de la
Recherche Agronomique; Direction générale; Rabat; Morocco
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8:00-10:00 Dinner, Awards, and Banquet
Sponsored By the Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Cooperation
Honorary Guest: Dr. Saad Eddine El-Othmani, Minister
Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Cooperation
8:00-10:00 Dinner, Awards, and Banquet
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2013
8:00-6:00 Rabat Visit / Tour
THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2013
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