2026 Joint Conference
NAAIC, Trifolium, & Grass Breeders
July 14-16, 2026 · Stillwater, Minnesota

Poster Session

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AASAFS Funded
CCheckoff Funded

Poster size - 36" by 36" (91cm tall by 91cm wide)
Poster Abstracts

P1. Genetic Diversity & Population Structure Analysis of the Global Germplasm Collection of Medicago lupulina Adebanjo, Potter, Irish, Brummer

P2. Exploring the Alfalfa Proteome for Optimizing Amino Acid Nutrition Arther, Panke-Buisse || Poster

P3. Alfalfa-Nut Tree Intercropping for Enhancing System Productivity & Sustainability in California Begna, Thao, Hale, Culumber, Bali, Leinfelder-Miles, Gao, Putnam, Wang

P4. Traffic-Related Plant Damage, Not Soil Compaction, Influences Alfalfa Biomass Responses Under Simulated Conditions Bizzuti, Kohmann, Luck, Arriaga || Poster

P5. Manure Application Strategies for Alfalfa & Improved Soil Health Bush, Gamble, Wilson

P6. Optimizing Salinity Screening Protocol in Alfalfa & Digitizing Root Phenotyping Using Deep Neural Network Das, Choton, Pierce, Ray, Miller, Bari

P7. Mapping & Validation of Resistance to Aphanomyces euteiches in Alfalfa Damon, Wagner, Valletta, Tarnowski, Rushford || Poster

P8. Intermediate Wheat Grass Forage Quality Across the United States Heuschele, Miner, Gamble, Jungers, Duff, Franco, Bjorneberg, Ashworth, Saporito, Kleinman

P9. Variation in Soluble & Crude Protein Across Diverse Alfalfa Germplasm & Implications for Crop Improvement Klingenberg, Heuschele

P10. Alfalfa Integration Into Pollinator Seed Mixes for Forage Production & Biodiversity in North Dakota Muleya, Berti, Gartenberg, Lindell, Grijalba, Morocho

P11. Evaluating Stress Tolerance & Productivity of Non-Dormant Alfalfa Germplasm Pools Nalle, Irish, Brummer

P12. Enhancing Leaf Biomass in Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) by Overexpressing Growth-Regulating Factor (GRF) & GRF-Interacting Factor (GIF) Perez, Debernardi, Brummer

P13. Pollinator-Driven Nonrandom Mating Impacts in Red Clover Polycross Progeny Prost, Kohmann, Riday || Poster

P14. Genetic Variation for Agronomic Performance within a Collection of Russian Timothy Accessions Robins

P15. Augmenting Association Analysis in Alfalfa Biomass Yield & Forage Quality by Multivariate Model & Machine Learning Sajjad, Kaur, Bailey, Pierce, Ray, Bari || Poster

P16. Limited Impact of One-Time Dairy Manure Applications on Soil Microbial Communities in Corn-Alfalfa Rotations Schlatter, Castle, Wilson, Gamble || Poster

P17. Integrating Cover Crops With & Without Allelopathic Properties in Forage Production Systems of the Upper Midwest Van De Loo, Franco, Werle, Kaur, Kohmann, Kissing Kucek, Bizzuti

P18. Alfalfa Genetic Gain for Forage Yield Using Single-Cross Hybrid Progeny Testing Wagner, Damon || Poster

P19. QTL Mapping of Plant Architectural Traits in Diploid Alfalfa Xiao, King, Brummer || Poster

Lightning Poster Abstracts

LP1. Understanding the Impact of Weed Diversity & Biomass on Alfalfa Forage Yield, Forage Nutritive Value, Animal Performance, & Production EconomicsA Sharma Koirala, Adjesiwor, Beiermann, Westra, Lancaster, Lawrence, Min, Kniss, Jabbour, Chahine, Hatzenbuehler || Poster

LP2. Harnessing Alfalfa as a Functional Feed to Combat Fescue Toxicosis & Heat Stress in CattleA Smith, Davis, Ely, Trotta, Harmon, Lehmkuhler, Dillard, Weinert-Nelson, May || Poster

LP3. Unlocking Forage Yield & Stand Persistence Potential of Alfalfa in Low pH SoilsA Missaoui, Wright-Presley

LP4. The Rebellion of the Queen: Alfalfa as the Optimum Forage for Climate-Smart Dairy SystemsA Neff, Wang, Ferreira || Poster

LP5. Alfalfa IS for Beef CattleA Tucker, Mullenix, da Silva, Justice, Stewart, Smith, Secor, Aguerre || Poster

LP6. Herbicide Options for Weed Burndown in AlfalfaC Sharma Koirala, Adjesiwor, Creech, Barney || Poster

LP7. Alfalfa Value-Added Characteristics: Screening Cultivars for Beneficial Biochemical CompoundsC Heuschele, Xu

LP8. Improving Alfalfa Weevil Management in the Central High Plains: Resistance Screening, Overwinter Survival, & Population MonitoringC Lai, Nkhoma, Cavanaugh, Collins, Hodgson, Paula-Moraes, Seiter, Tilmon || Poster

LP9. A Multi-State Effort to Evaluate if Alfalfa Can Eliminate Herbicide Resistant Amaranthus Weed Seed Production & Reduce the Seedbank to Near ZeroC Renz, Kezar, Wallace, Beck, Marsalis || Poster

LP10. Alfalfa Disease Survey & Fungicide Seed Treatment Trials in the DakotasC Webster