Presentations

IPREFER team members were “out on the road” sharing project information with stakeholders and other interested parties from 2019-2025.

As IPREFER was funded by USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture – Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grant program (Grant No. 2019-69012-29851), any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in these presentations are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

2025

• Forcella, Frank. (2025, July 31). Floral canopies as ecosystems. UMN Horticulture Education Day, UMN West Central Research & Outreach Center, Morris, MN, United States.
  
• Rhykerd, Robert, Perry, William, Heller, Nicholas, Phippen, Winthrop, Wesley, Tad & Yang, Liancheng. (2025, May 22). Evaluating Cover Crops for N and P Efficiency, C Sequestration, and Economic Impact on Illinois Crop Rotations [Field Day presentation]. Agriculture Field Lab, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL, United States.
• Rhykerd, Robert, Perry, William, Heller, Nicholas, Phippen, Winthrop, Wesley, Tad, Yang, Liancheng. (2025, April 18). Assessing Diverse Cover Crops for N and P Efficiency, C Sequestration, and Economic Impact on Illinois Crop Rotations [Field Day presentation]. Illinois State University Research Farm, Lexington, IL, United States.
• Hasan, Md M., Lubna, Tuba Y., Perry, William, Heller, Nicholas, Sedbrook, John, Wesley, Tad Rhykerd, Robert & Yang, Liancheng. (2025, February 13). Impact of Selected Winter Cover Crops on Soil Porewater N and P Content [Meeting presentation]. Illinois Nutrient Research and Education Council, Champaign, IL, United States.
• Lubna, Tuba Y., Yang, Liancheng & Rhykerd Robert L. (2025, February 13). Converting Cover Crop Biomass to Biogas and Volatile Fatty Acid [Meeting presentation]. Illinois Nutrient Research and Education Council, Champaign, IL, United States.
• Mackey, Keion, Heller, Nicholas, Rhykerd, Robert, Perry, William, Sedbrook, John, Phippen, Winthrop & Wesley, Tad. (2025, February 13). Impact of Winter Cover Crops on Soil Fertility [Meeting presentation]. Illinois Nutrient Research and Education Council, Champaign, IL, United States.
• Phippen, Winthrop, Perry, William, Heller, Nicholas, Wesley, Tad, Yang, Liancheng & Rhykerd, Robert. (2025, February 13). Impact of Pennycress and Other Cover Crops on Selected Ecosystem Services [Meeting presentation]. Illinois Nutrient Research and Education Council, Champaign, IL, United States. (See video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rkalKla8WQ).
• Stockmaster, Ashley, Heller, Nicholas, Perry, William, Sedbrook, John, Phippen, Winthrop, Wesley, Tad & Rhykerd, Robert. (2025, February 13). Effect of Selected Cover Crops on Soybean Yield and Seed Quality [Meeting presentation]. Illinois Nutrient Research and Education Council, Champaign, IL, United States.

2024

• Phippen, Winthrop B. (2024, December 9). Pennycress as a sustainable aviation fuel source [Invited featured webinar speaker]. Innovation in NIR for Forage Analysis 2024.
• Mackey, Keion, Heller, Nicholas, Rhykerd, Robert, Perry, William & Sedbrook, John. (2024, November 13). Winter cover crops impact soil fertility [Poster abstract]. ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, United States. https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2024am/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/158171.
• Stockmaster, Ashley, Heller, Nicholas, Perry, William, Sedbrook, John, Phippen, Winthrop, Wesley, Tad & Rhykerd, Robert. (2024, November 13). Effect of selected winter cover crops on soybean yield and seed quality [Abstract]. ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, United States. https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2024am/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/158178.
• Lubna, Tuba Y., Hasan, Md M., Gorsage, Abbie, Rhykerd, Robert, Heller, Nicholas, & Yang, Liancheng (2024, November 12). Converting cover crop biomass to biogas and volatile fatty acids [Abstract]. ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, United States. https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2024am/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/161225.
• Hasan, M. M., Perry, W., Heller, N., Sedbrook, John & Rhykerd, Robert. (2024, November 11). Impact of selected cover crops on soil porewater N and P content [Abstract]. ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, United States. https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2024am/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/161294.
• Meyer, Ryan, Hafner, Alex, Wang, Jack, Heller, Nicholas & Perry, William. (2021, October 29). Potential of pennycress as a cover crop: reduction of soil and porewater nutrients [Meeting presentation]. Illinois Innovation Network, Sustainability Research Conference. School of Department of Agricultural Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal IL, United States.
• Hagaman, Matthew. (2024, October 2). Plants v. Profits: Learning about soil health through an innovative board game [Poster presentation]. 2024 NC-AAAE Poster Session Proceedings. 2024 AAAE National Conference, Manhattan, KS, United States.
• Hagaman, Matthew & Shaheen, Natalie. (2024, October 2). Collaborating on an accessible cover crop curriculum [Poster abstract]. 2024 NC-AAAE Poster Session Proceedings. 2024 AAAE National Conference, Manhattan, KS, United States. https://aaae.agedweb.org/Proceedings.asp?EventID=97.
• Phippen, Mary & Phippen, Winthrop. (2024, September 2-4). Creation of pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) calibrations for near-infrared spectroscopy analyses [Poster presentation]. 35th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Industrial Crops, Lisbon, Portugal.
• Phippen, Winthrop & Sedbrook, John. (2024, September 2-4). Commercialization of pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) as a sustainable aviation fuel source [Oral presentation]. 35th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Industrial Crops, Lisbon, Portugal.
• Chopra, Ratan, et al. (2024, July 29). CoverCress, Inc. update [Meeting presentation]. IPREFER Year 5 Annual Meeting, Normal, IL, United States.
• De Jong, Abigail A., Wesley, Tad L., Phippen, Mary E. & Phippen, Winthrop B. (2024, July 31). Pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) evaluation of pennycress response to varying spring application rates of nitrogen [Poster presentation]. USDA-CAP-IPREFER 5th Annual Meeting, Normal, IL, United States.
• Forcella Frank, Sheik, Elinor, & Ellarson, Riley. (2024, July 30). Insects as potential pollinators of pennycress [Meeting presentation]. IPREFER Year 5 Annual Meeting, Normal, IL, United States.
• Gregory, William, Gjesvold, E. Serena, Korth, Sarah, Zhang, Julia X. (2024, July 29). Multi-location comparison of pod size and seed in advanced pennycress breeding lines [Poster presentation]. IPREFER Year 5 Annual Meeting, Normal, IL, United States. Normal, IL, United States.
• Heller, Nicholas, Lindsey, Alexander, Bernards, Mark, Phippen, Winthrop B., Mohammed, Yesuf, Wells, Samantha, Hard, Alexander, Gesch, Russ, Dangol, Rashmi & Wohrley, Bethany. (2024, July 31). Black-seeded and golden pennycress after silage and grain corn [Poster presentation]. USDA-CAP-IPREFER 5th Annual Meeting, Normal, IL, United States.
• Kocic, Mila I., Phippen, Mary E., Wesley, Tad L. & Phippen, Winthrop B. (2024, July 31). Impact of sulfur fertilization on sinigrin levels in pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) [Poster presentation]. USDA-CAP-IPREFER 5th Annual Meeting, Normal, IL, United States.
• Knowles, Marley & Heller, Nicholas. (2024, July 30). SCN and pennycress [Poster presentation]. IPREFER Year 5 Annual Meeting, Normal, IL, United States.
• Kwiecien, Gabrielle, Child, Macy, Rai, Krishan, & Chopra, Ratan. (2024, Jul 29-31). Variability of Germination and Vigor of CoverCress® Under Differing Conditions of pH, Light Duration, and Plant Density [Poster presentation]. IPREFER Yr. 5 Annual Meeting, Normal, IL, United States. https://www.iprefercap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/G-Kwiecien-Revised-Poster.pdf.
• Mandell, Dara E., & Bernards, Mark L. (2024, Jul 29-31). Golden Pennycress Response to the Desiccants Diquat and Saflufenacil [Poster presentation]. IPREFER Yr. 5 Annual Meeting, Normal, IL, United States. https://www.iprefercap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Dara-Mandell.pdf.
• Mohammed, Yesuf A., & Gesch, Russ. (2024, July 30). Seeding date affected golden pennycress seed yield [Poster presentation]. IPREFER Year 5 Annual Meeting, Normal, IL, United States.
• Nobal, Jnnea C., Phippen, Mary E., Wesley, Tad L. & Phippen, Winthrop B. (2024, July 31). Optimizing plant density for maximum seed yield in golden pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) [Poster presentation]. USDA-CAP-IPREFER 5th Annual Meeting, Normal, IL, United States.
• Padilla, Andrea, Wesley, Tad L., Bernards, Mark L. & Phippen, Winthrop B. (2024, July 31). Maturity group considerations for soybean and pennycress crop rotation [Poster presentation]. USDA-CAP-IPREFER 5th Annual Meeting, Normal, IL, United States.
• Sheik, Ellinor, Bernards, Mark, L., Zavada, Michael, & Forcella, Frank. (2024. Jul 29-31). Pollen Loads on Insects Caught Amongst Flowering Pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) [Poster presentation]. IPREFER Yr. 5 Annual Meeting, Normal, IL, United States. https://www.iprefercap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Sheik-2024-Poster.pdf.
• Weber, Rachel, Codjoe, Jenny, Rai, Krishnan, & Chopra, Ratan (2024. Jul 29-31). Method development to assess gRNA efficiency and ability to impact gene expression via protoplast transformation [Poster presentation]. IPREFER Yr. 5 Annual Meeting, Normal, IL, United States. https://www.iprefercap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Rachel-Weber-Poster.pdf.
• Wesley, Tad, L. Phippen, Mary E. & Winthrop, Phippen B. (2024, July 31). Pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) seed persistence in the field after 2 years [Poster presentation]. USDA-CAP- IPREFER 5th Annual Meeting, Normal, IL, United States.
• Gautam, Liza. (2024 June 22-26). Reducing seed glucosinolate content and increasing seed size and oil content in the oilseed plant, pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) [Oral and poster presentation]. ASPB Plant Biology 2024 International Meeting, Honolulu, HI, United States.
• Phippen, Winthrop B. (2024, May 23). Western Illinois University Pennycress Field Day. 15th Annual Pennycress Field Day [In-person field day lecture and tour]. Macomb, IL, United States.
• Brakke, Mary & Hauger Aaron. (2024, June 25). Developing cross-disciplinary competency through collaborative research [Meeting presentation]. North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture 2024 Annual Conference. Wooster, OH. United States. https://julnet.swoogo.com/nacta24/session/2264624/developing-cross-disciplinary-competency-through-collaborative-research.
• Zhang, Julia X. (2024, June 12) Breeding field pennycress as an oilseed winter cover crop [Oral presentation]. Cover Crop Breeding & Systems Annual Meeting, St. Paul, MN, United States.
• Zhang, Julia X. (2024, May 24). Pennycress breeding and trait introgression [Oral presentation]. 2024 Forever Green Initiative Research Updates & Discussion Meeting, St. Paul, MN, United States.
• Zhang, Julia X. (2024, April 30). Domesticating winter pennycress as a cash cover crop [Meeting presentation]. Hermal Group Meeting, St. Paul, MN, United States.
• Phippen, Winthrop B. (2024, April 14). Year 5 CAP Projects [Panel iscussion, invited panelist]. Sustainable Agricultural Systems Project Directors Meeting, Madison, WI, United States.
• Gautam, Liza, Jaikumar, Nikhil, Assato, Carol Kiam, Lima, Arjuman, Bayliss, Ryan, Marlino, Maggie, Darcy, Amanda, Volmar, Abby, Phippen, Winthrop & Sedbrook, John. (2024, April 5). Characterizing and interrogating drought resilience in Thlaspi arvense (pennycress) [Graduate student poster presentation]. Illinois State University Phi Sigma Research Symposium. Normal, IL, United States.
• Gautam, Liza, Jaikumar, Nikhil, Assato, Carol Kiam, Lima, Arjuman, Bayliss, Ryan, Marlino, Maggie, Darcy, Amanda, Volmar, Abby, Phippen, Winthrop & Sedbrook, John. (2024, April 5). Characterizing and interrogating drought resilience in Thlaspi arvense (pennycress) [Graduate student poster presentation]. Illinois State University Phi Sigma Research Symposium. Normal, IL, United States.
• Lima, Arjuman, Gautam, Liza, Lu, Xin, Liu, Sarah, Lu, Fachuang, Lu, Xu, Ralph, John & Sedbrook, John. (2024, April 5). Employing CRISPR genome editing to improve seed meal quality in the oilseed plant pennycress [Graduate student poster presentation]. Illinois State University Phi Sigma Research Symposium. Normal, IL, United States.
• Sedbrook, John. (2024, April 2) Understanding and Improving Abiotic Stress Resilience in Pennycress, an Emerging Oilseed Cash Cover Crop. [Session Presentation]. DOE GSP Annual Meeting, North Bethesda, MD, United States.
• Gautam, Liza, Jaikumar, Nikhil, Assato, Carol Kiam, Lima, Arjuman, Bayliss, Ryan, Marlino, Maggie, Darcy, Amanda, Volmar, Abby, Phippen, Winthrop & Sedbrook, John. (2024, March 16-17). Characterizing and interrogating drought resilience in Thlaspi arvense (pennycress) [Graduate student poster presentation]. ASPB Midwest Meeting, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States.
• Lima, Arjuman, Gautam, Liza, Lu, Xin, Liu, Sarah, Lu, Fachuang, Lu, Xu, Ralph, John & Sedbrook, John. (2024, March 16-17). Employing CRISPR genome editing to improve seed meal quality in the oilseed plant pennycress [Graduate student poster presentation]. ASPB Midwest Meeting, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States.
• Mackey, K., Heller, Nicholas, Rhykerd, Rob, Perry, William, Sedbrook, John, Phippen, Winthrop & Wesley, Tad. (2024, February 15). Impact of winter cover crops on soil fertility [Conference presentation]. Illinois Nutrient Research & Education Council’s Investment Insight Live Meeting, iHotel, Champaign, IL, United States.
• Roberts, Lucas, Naeve, Seth, Wells, Samantha & Lorenz, Aaron. (2024, February 12-14). Next-Gen oilseed systems: Exploring soybean traits for relay-cropping into pennycress [Workshop presentation]. 2024 Soybean Breeders Workshop ‐ Entomology & Breeding Innovation, St Louis, MO, United States.
• Bernards Mark L. & Ramon G. Leon. (2024, January 22-24). Current weed management tools, challenges, and opportunities for the new winter oilseed crops camelina, carinata, and pennycress [Meeting abstract]. Weed Science Society of America 64th Annual Meeting, Abstract #331, San Antonio, TX, United States.
• Zhang, Julia X. (2024, January 19). Breeding winter pennycress for the low input cropping system [Oral presentation]. Symposium on Winter Oilseed Cropping Systems. Forever Green Initiative and the Water Resource Center, St. Paul, MN, United States.
• Zhang, Julia & Mohammed, Yesuf A. (2024, January 19). Symposium on nitrogen management and environmental impact in winter oilseed cropping systems [Meeting presentation]. Forever Green Initiative & University of Minnesota Water Resources Center, Minneapolis, MN, United States.
• Rhykerd, Rob. (2024, January 16). Developing pennycress into the oilseed cash cover crop named CoverCress [Oral presentation]. Illinois Fertilizer & Chemical Association (IFCA) Winter Convention, Peoria, IL, United States.
• Gautam, Liza, Jarvis, Brice, Dalton Williams, Ryan Bayliss, Spencer O’Flaherty, Darcy, Amanda, Autumn Salmon, Shengjung Liu & Sedbrook, John. (2024, January 13-17). Decreasing seed glucosinolate content in oilseed plant, pennycress (Thlaspi arvense) [Poster presentation]. Plant & Animal Genome (PAG) Conference, San Diego, CA, United States.
• Sedbrook, John. (2024, January 13). Domestication of pennycress as a winter oilseed crop and its commercialization as CoverCress™ [Conference presentation]. Plant and Animal Genome (PAG) Conference, San Diego, CA, United States.
• Phillips, Nadia, Korth, Sarah, Zhang, Julia X. (2024, January 12-17). Inheritance of four domestication genes in five elite pennycress breeding lines [Poster presentation]. International Plant & Animal Genome Conference/PAG 31, San Diego, CA, United States.

2023

• Bernards Mark L. (2023, December 12). Developing weed management strategies for the new winter oilseed crops pennycress (Thlaspi arvense) and camelina (Camelina sativa). North Central Weed Science Society Proceedings, 78:160, Minneapolis, MN, United States.
• Sedbrook, John. (2023, November 3). Rapidly domesticating pennycress into the oilseed cash cover crop [Meeting presentation]. CoverCress Invited seminar, Bayer Crop Sciences, Chesterfield, MO, United States.
• Heller, Nicholas, Lindsey, Alexander J., Mohammed, Yesuf A., Wells, Samantha, Hard, Alexander, Bernards, Mark L., Bethany Bedeker & Gesch, Russ. (2023, November 1). Golden pennycress vs. black-seeded pennycress: Establishment and yield following corn [Conference abstract]. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, United States. https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2023am/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/149843.
• Mohammed, Yesuf A., Gesch, Russ, Wells, Samantha, Heller, Nicholas, Lindsey, Alexander J. Hard, Alexander & Bethany Bedeker. (2023, November 1). Economics of integrating pennycress in the corn-soybean rotation [Conference abstract]. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, United States. https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2023am/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/149376.
• Zhang, Julia X., Korth, Sarah, Marks, M. David, Wyse, Donald L. & Anderson, James A. (2023, November 1). Temperature range permissive for vernalization in winter pennycress (Thlaspi arvense) [Poster presentation]. ASA, CSSA, SSSA Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, United States. https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2023am/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/152467.
• Rhykerd, Rob, Heller, Nicholas & Perry, Bill. (2023, November 1). Cover crops increase soil organic matter [Abstract]. ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting. St. Louis, MO, United States. https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2023am/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/152068. Poster available at https://www.iprefercap.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Cover-Crops-Increase-Soil-Organic-Matter.pdf.
• Dangol, Rashmi & Heller, Nicholas. (2023, October 31). Evaluating pennycress in four cropping systems [Abstract]. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, United States. https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2023am/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/149810.
• Roberts, Lucas M., Wells, Samantha, Gesch, Russ, Naeve, Seth L. & Lorenz, Aaron J. (2023, October 31). Breeding soybean for intercropping with pennycress: Genetic variation of target traits [Abstract]. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO. https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2023am/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/149796.
• Wesley Tad L., Phippen, Mary E., Perry, William L., Wood, Tommy L. & Phippen, Winthrop. (2023, October 31). Effect of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer application on greenhouse grown field pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) [Poster abstract]. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, United States. https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2023am/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/152131.
• Brandhorst, Joseph R.D., Wesley, Tad L. & Phippen, Winthrop B. (2023, August 27-30). Evaluating germination rates for short- and long-term storage methods of pennycress seed. [Poster presentation]. Program & Abstracts: Building Sustainable Bioeconomies with Industrial Crops and Products.Anderson, J.V., D. Samarappuli, and M. Berti. (eds.)]. 34th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Industrial Crops (AAIC). Conference, Corvallis, OR, United States.
• Phippen, Mary E., Berhow, M. A., Brownstein, K.J., Wesley, Tad L. & Phippen, Winthrop B. (2023, August 27-30). Screening of seeds and roots from wild pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) populations using blood glucose meter and test strips [Poster presentation]. Program & Abstracts: Building Sustainable Bioeconomies with Industrial Crops and Products.Anderson, J.V., D. Samarappuli, and M. Berti. (eds.)]. 34th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Industrial Crops (AAIC). Conference, Corvallis, OR, United States
• Brandhorst, Joseph R.D., Wesley, Tad L. & Phippen, Winthrop B. (2023, August 1). Evaluating germination rates for short- and long-term storage methods of pennycress seed [Poster presentation]. USDA CAP IPREFER 4th Annual Meeting, St. Paul, MN, United States.
• Castillo, Stephanie, Brandhorst, Joseph R.D., Wesley, Tad L., Phippen, Mary E. & Phippen, Winthrop B. (2023, August 1). Pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) seed glucosinolate levels are impacted by growing location [Poster presentation]. 2023 USDA CAP IPREFER 4th Annual Meeting, St. Paul, MN, United States.
• Gautam, Liza, O’Flaherty, S., Bayliss, R., Phippen, Mary, Phippen, Winthrop B. & Sedbrook, John. (2023, August 1). Pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) seed size mutants affect oil accumulation differently [Poster presentation]. USDA CAP IPREFER 4th Annual Meeting, St. Paul, MN, United States.
• Mahr, Caleb M., Brandhorst, Joseph R.D., Wesley, Tad L. & Phippen, Winthrop B. (2023, August 1). Effects of nitrogen and sulfur on golden pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L. [Undergraduate Internship poster presentation]. USDA CAP IPREFER 4th Annual Meeting, St. Paul, MN, United States.
• Phippen, Mary E. & Phippen, Winthrop B. (2023, Aug. 1) Analytical chemistry research on field pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) [Poster presentation]. USDA-CAP- IPREFER 4th Annual Meeting, St. Paul, MN, United States.
• Phippen, Winthrop B., Phippen, Mary E. & Wesley, Tad L. (2023, August 1). Field pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) [Poster presentation]. USDA-CAP IPREFER 4th Annual Meeting, St. Paul, MN, United States.
• Torrey, Audrianna, Brandhorst, Joseph R.D., Wesley, Tad L, Phippen, Mary E. & Phippen, Winthrop B. (2023, August 1). Effects of added nitrogen on golden pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.). [Undergraduate Internship poster presentation]. USDA CAP IPREFER 4th Annual Meeting, St. Paul, MN, United States.
• Wesley, Tad L. & Phippen, Winthrop B. (2023, August 1). Pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) seed persistence in the field after 1 year [Poster presentation]. USDA CAP IPREFER 4th Annual Meeting, St. Paul, MN, United States.
• Zhang, Julia X. & Anderson, James A. (2023, August 1). Pennycress breeding methods [Poster presentation]. USDA-CAP IPREFER 4th Annual Meeting, St. Paul, MN, United States.
• Zhang, Julia X. & Marks, M.David. (2023, August 1). University of Minnesota pennycress breeding [Meeting presentation]. USDA-CAP IPREFER 4th Annual Meeting, St. Paul, MN, United States.
• Gautam, Liza. (2023, July 29). Improving pennycress seed glucosinolate, seed size, and seed oil domestication traits [Symposium Presentation & Poster Presentation]. Early Career and Innovative Start-ups Symposium. Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Meeting, Seattle, WA, United States.
• Gautam, Liza. (2023, July 29). Pennycress (Thlaspi arvense) Seed size mutants affect oil accumulation differently [Symposium presentation]. Early Career and Innovative Start-ups Symposium. Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Meeting, Seattle, WA, United States.
• Sedbrook, John. (2023, July 29). Agricultural biotechnology innovations leading change around the globe. Example: domesticated pennycress [Symposium Oral Presentation. Early Career and Innovative Start-ups Symposium. Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Meeting, Seattle, WA, United States.
• Mohammed, Yesuf A., & Gesch, Russ. (2023, June 8). Challenges and opportunities to integrate pennycress in the corn-soybean rotation. USDA-ARS Swan Lake Farm Field Day, 65 Year Anniversary. Morris, MN, United States.
• Meyer, Ryan T., Heller, Nicholas J. & Perry, William L. (2023, June 3-7). Potential of the novel winter cash crop pennycress to reduce nutrient loss from subsurface drainage in agriculture. [Conference presentation]. Annual Meeting, Society for Freshwater Science, Brisbane, Australia.
• Marks, M.David. (2023, May 15). Pennycress domestication and breeding [Presentation]. MN Clean Water Council, Forever Green Initiative Meeting & Field Day, St. Paul, MN, United States.
• Sedbrook, John. (2023, May 15). Developing field pennycress into the new oilseed cash cover crop named CoverCress [Meeting presentation]. American Oil Chemists Society (AOCS) Meeting & Expo, Denver, CO, United States.
• Gautam, Liza. (2023, April 23). Improving pennycress seed glucosinolate, sed size, and seed oil domestication traits [Conference presentation]. American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) Midwest Meeting, Ames, IA, United States.
• Phippen, Winthrop. (2023, April 21). Pennycress [Field Day presentation]. Illinois State University Cover Crops Field Day. ISU Research Plots, Lexington, IL, United States.
• Sedbrook, John C. (2023, April 18). Understanding and improving abiotic stress resilience in pennycress, an emerging oilseed cash cover crop [Conference presentation]. DOE GSP Annual PI Meeting, Bethesda, MD, United States.
• Phippen, Winthrop. (2023, April 12). Domesticated pennycress; a new, climate-smart renewable fuel feedstock [Invited presentation]. USDA Personnel at Clean Fuels Alliance America.
• Zhang, Julia, X. (2023, April 5). Winter pennycress breeding [Invited presentation]. MN Senate Agriculture, Broadband, & Rural Development Committee and MN House Agriculture Finance & Policy Committee. Forever Green Initiative Tour, St. Paul, MN, United States.
• Lindsey, Alex, Koirala, Nasib, Barker, D., Gesch, Russ, Mohammed, Yesuf, Heller, Nicholas, Hard, Alex, Wells, Samantha, Phippen, Winthrop & Tas, Pamela. (2023, March 28). Seed pelleting did not improve fall establishment of oilseed pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) [Poster]. ICR23 – Innovations in Climate Resilience: Battelle Conference, Columbus, OH, United States.
• Bayliss, R. (Undergraduate Student). (2023, March 24). Decreasing glucosinolate content in oilseed plant pennycress (Thlaspi arvense) [Symposium poster presentation]. Illinois State University Phi Sigma Research Symposium, Normal, IL, United States.
• Jaikumar, Nikhil. (2023, March 24). Resilience under heat stress in natural variants and CRISPR gene-edited high oleic acid lines of the oilseed plant pennycress (Thlaspi arvense) [Symposium poster presentation]. Illinois State University Phi Sigma Research Symposium, Normal, IL, United States. Mar. 24, 2023.
• Kiam Assato, Carol K. (2023, March 24). Interrogating drought resilience in the winter oilseed crop pennycress [Symposium poster presentation]. Illinois State University Phi Sigma Research Symposium, Normal, IL, United States.
• O’Flaherty. (2023, March 24). Pennycress (Thlaspi arvense) seed size mutants affect oil accumulation differently [Symposium poster presentation]. Illinois State University Phi Sigma Research Symposium, Normal, IL, United States.
• Roberts, Lucas. (2023, March 24). Summary: Three years of the IPREFER SELECT experiment [Meetng presentation]. UMN Forever Green Initiative, St. Paul, MN, United States.
• Gautam, Liza. (2023, March 24). Improving pennycress seed glucosinolate, seed size, and seed oil domestication traits [Symposium presentation]. Illinois State University Phi Sigma Research Symposium, Normal, IL, United States.
• Roberts, Lucas. (2023, March 16). IPREFER SELECT EXPERIMENT [Research poster]. University of Minnesota’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Natural Resource Sciences Research Symposium, St. Paul, MN, United States.
• Sedbrook, John C. (2023, March 15). Rapidly domesticating pennycress into an oilseed cash cover crop by leveraging decades of plant research [Online presentation]. Seminar, USDA AG2PI Virtual Field Day,
• Phippen, Winthrop. (2023, February 24). Pennycress-development and opportunities [Invited presentation]. Agtech Connect.
• Gautam, Liza. ( 2023, February 1). Pennycress (Thlaspi arvense) seed size mutants affect seed oil accumulation differently [Conference Poster]. Gordon Research Conference on Plant Lipids, Galveston, TX, United States.
• Sedbrook, John C. (2023, February 1). Progress toward commercialization of the new oilseed crop, domesticated pennycress (aka CoverCress) [Poster]. Gordon Research Conference on Plant Lipids, Galveston, TX, United States
• Roberts, Lucas, Wells, Samantha, Gesch, Russ W., Naeve, Seth & Lorenz Aaron J. (2023, January 8-12). Characterization and genetic variation for soybean traits relevant to a soybean-winter oilseed intercropping system [Poster]. Plant and Animal Genome Conference, San Diego, CA, United States. https://pag.confex.com/pag/xxix/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/44275.
• Phippen, Winthrop B. (2023, January 5). Pennycress – helping to solve soil health and water quality problems [Invited presentation]. COG Area Rotary Club, Rockford, IL, United States.

2022

• Phippen, Winthrop. (2022, December 14). Developing pennycress into an oilseed cash cover crop named CoverCress [Invited speaker]. Illinois Cover Crop On-Farm Network (Midwest region-wide extension agent and producer training on cover crops).
• Sedbrook, John. (2022, December 9). Developing pennycress into the oilseed cash cover crop named CoverCress [Seminar presentation]. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden.
• Bernards, Mark. L. & Heaton, Brent S. (2022, December 1). Fitting pennycress grown as a cash cover crop into a corn and soybean rotation – herbicide considerations. North Central Weed Science Society Proceedings 77:192. St. Louis, MO, United States.
• Duarte, Claudia J., Heaton, Brent S. & Bernards, Mark L. (2022, December 1 ). Golden pennycress response to simulated carryover of Group 14 soybean herbicides. North Central Weed Science Society Proceedings 77:76. St. Louis, MO, United States.
• Sedbrook, John. (2022, December 1). Progress towards the domestication of pennycress in the US Midwest [Online seminar]. USDA ARS, Peoria, IL, United States.
• Bayliss, R. & O’Flaherty, S. (2022, November 22). Genetically improving seed glucosinolate content and seed size in domesticated pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) [Undergraduate presentation]. Integrative Plant Biology and Bioenergy (IPBB) Symposium, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, United States.
• Bernards, Mark. L. (2022, November 9). Golden pennycress (Thlaspi arvense) response to simulated herbicide carryover [Meeting presentation]. ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, United States. https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2022am/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/146085.
• Wesley, Tad L., & Phippen, Winthrop. (2022, November 9). Use of gibberellic acid to improve fall stand establishment of oil seed pennycress as a cash cover crop [Poster abstract]. ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, United States. https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2022am/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/142977.
• Heller, Nicholas, Lindsey, Alex, Bernards, Mark L., Phippen, Winthrop B., Mohammed, Yesuf, Wells, Samantha S., Hard, Alexander, Gesch, Russell, Dangol, Rashmi & Wohrley, Bethany. (2022, November 8). Black-seeded and golden pennycress after silage and grain corn [Meeting presentation]. ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, United States. https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2022am/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/143379.
• Mohammed, Yesuf, Gesch, Russell W., Wells, Samantha S., Heller, Nicholas, Lindsey, Alex & Phippen, Winthrop B. (2022, November 8). Corn hybrid evaluation to facilitate early pennycress establishment and enhance soybean double cropping in the midwest [Meeting presentation]. ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, United States. https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2022am/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/143563.
• Carlock, Hannah, G., Bernards, Mark L., Wesley, Tad L. & Phippen, Winthrop B. (2022, November 7). Intercropping soybean and corn into golden pennycress (Thlaspi arvense) [Meeting presentation]. ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, United States. https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2022am/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/144173.
• Sedbrook, John. (2022, November 3). Developing pennycress (Thlaspi arvense) into an oilseed cash cover crop named CoverCress [Seminar presentation]. BloNo Interfaith Green Team Speaker Series/Seminar and question/answer session. Normal, IL, United States.
• Sedbrook, John. (2022, October 26). Developing pennycress into an oilseed cash cover crop named CoverCress [Meeting presentation]. University of Nebraska-Lincoln Center for Plant Science Innovation. Lincoln, NE, United States.
• Gesch, Russ W., Mohammed, Yesuf A. & Matthees, Heather L. (2022, October 12). Relay-Cropping Pennycress And Soybean: Selecting Interseeding Date And Soybean Maturity Integrating technology with industrial crops and their products for a sustainable bioeconomy [Conference presentation]. 33rd Annual Meeting, Association for the Advancement of Industrial Crops (AAIC). Bozeman, MT, United States.
• Mohammed, Yesuf, Gesch, Russel, Wells, Samantha, Heller, Nicholas, Lindsey, Alexander, Hard, Alexander, Morales, Ethan; Wohrley, Bethany. (2022, October 9). Does corn hybrid selection preceding pennycress planting affect seed yield and quality in the US Corn Belt? [Oral presentation]. Association for the Advancement of Industrial Crops 33rd Annual Meeting. Bozeman, MT, United States. https://aaic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/2022-Annual-Meeting-of-the-AAIC-Program-FINAL-Nov-23.pdf.
• Phippen, Mary & Phippen, Winthrop. (2022, October 9-12). Development of a rapid assay for total glucosinolate content in Pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) seed by measurement of enzymatically released glucose using a blood glucose meter and test strips [Poster presentation] Integrating technology with industrial crops and their products for a sustainable bioeconomy. 33rd Annual Meeting, Association for the Advancement of Industrial Crops (AAIC). Program and Abstracts. Bozeman, MT, United States.
• Phippen, Winthrop, Sedbrook, John & Marks, M.David. (2022, October 9-12). Advancements in breeding pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) as a sustainable feed and fuel source [Program and Abstracts, Bajwa, D.S. and M.T. Berti Eds. 2022]. Integrating technology with industrial crops and their products for a sustainable bioeconomy. 33rd Annual Meeting, Association for the Advancement of Industrial Crops (AAIC). Bozeman, MT, United States.
• Roberts, Lucas. (2022, October). Battle of the oilseeds: allelopathy tolerance in a soybean pennycress intercropping system [Poster]. World Food Prize Graduate Student Poster Competition, Des Moines, IA, United States.
• Phippen, Win. (2022, September 21). New cash cover crop for sustainable aviation fuel [Seminar presentation]. Illinois State University Energy for a Sustainable Future Seminar Series (a campus-wide and nationally posted virtual seminar). Invited inaugural speaker. Illinois State University, Normal, IL, United States.
• Phippen, Winthrop. (2022, October 24). Open house demonstration: Pennycress and the IPREFER project. School of Agriculture, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL, United States.
• Phippen, Winthrop. (2022, September 17). Open house demonstration: Pennycress and the IPREFER project. School of Agriculture, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL, United States.
• Brandhorst, Joseph, Wesley, Tad L., Phippen, Mary E. Phippen & Phippen, Winthrop. (2022, August 2). Multi-state analysis of elite pennycress varieties [Poster]. USDA-CAP-IPREFER 3rd Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, United States.
• Exposito-Alonso, Moises, Rhee, Sue, Marks, David, Chopra, Ratan, Nusinow, Dmitri, Topp, Christopher, Jacobson, Daniel, Handakumbura, P. & Phippen, Winthrop Sanguinet, Karen, Gschwend, Andrea & Sedbrook, John. (2022, August 2). Interrogating pennycress natural and induced variation to improve abiotic stress tolerance and oilseed bioenergy crop resilience [Poster]. USDA- CAP-IPREFER 3rd Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, United States.
• Forcella, Frank, Gesch, Russ, Hard, Alexander, Hoerning, Cody, Mohammed, Yesuf, Perry, Bill, Phippen, Winthrop, Peterson, M. & Portman, Z. (2022, August 2). Ecosystem services of pennycress production: pollinators [Poster]. USDA-CAP-IPREFER 3rd Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, United States.
• Gautam, Liza, Phippen, Winthrop & Sedbrook, John. (2022, August 2). Engineering larger seed size to domesticate pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) [Poster]. USDA-CAP-IPREFER 3rd Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, United States.
• Kelly, J., Wesley, Tad L. & Phippen, Winthrop. (2022, August 2). Effect of gibberellic acid treatment on wild and golden pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) [Poster]. USDA-CAP-IPREFER 3rd Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, United States.
• Marchiafava, Danny, Mahmud, Shahriar, Jarvis, Brice, Phippen, Winthrop & Sedbrook, John. (2022, August 2). Suppression of acetyl CO-A carboxylase regulatory gens BADC1, BADC2, and BADC3 using CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing to increase oil production in Thlaspi arvense) pennycress [Poster]. USDA-CAP-IPREFER 3rd Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, United States. Aug. 2, 2022.
• Phippen, Winthrop & Wesley, Tad L. (2022, August 2). Advances in pennycress breeding in a southern breeding program at WIU [Poster]. USDA-CAP- IPREFER 3rd Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, United States.
• Meyer, Ryan, Perry, William L., & Heller, Nicholas J. (2022, May 17). Potential of the novel winter Cash crop pennycress to reduce nutrient loss from subsurface drainage in agriculture [Conference presentation]. Society for Freshwater Science, Grand Rapids, MI, United States.
• Wood, Tommy, Wesley, Tad L. & Phippen, Winthrop. (2022, April 20). Effect of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer application on field pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) [Poster]. Western Illinois University Undergraduate Research Day, Macomb, IL, United States.
• Phippen, Winthrop. (2022, April 19) .Best principles and practices to manage a large grant [Invited Speaker & Panelist]. USDA-NIFA Project Directors Meeting, Kansas City, MO, United States.
• Esfahanian, Maliheh, Jarvis, Brice, Chopra, Ratan, Messmer, Mark, Gautam, Liza, Ott, Matthew, Williams, Dalton, Johnson, E. McGuinn, Michala, Lyons, J., Kliebenstein, D., Jaikumar, Nikhil, Ulmasov, Timothy, Phippen, Winthrop, Marks M.David & Sedbrook, John. (2022, April 19). Developing pennycress into the oilseed cash cover crop named CoverCress™ [Poster]. USDA-NIFA Project Directors Meeting, Kansas City, MO, United States.
• Phippen, Winthrop & Kinzel, Anne. (2022, April 19). Integrate pennycress research enabling farm and energy resilience – IPREFER [Poster]. USDA-NIFA Project Directors Meeting, Kansas City, MO, United States.
• Phippen, Win. (2022, April 19). Best Principles and Practices to Manage a Large Grant [Invited Speaker and Panelist]. USDA-NIFA Project Directors Meeting, Kansas City, MO, United States.
• Sedbrook, John. (2022, April 19). Using agricultural biotechnology to rapidly domesticate pennycress and the opportunity that this cover crop and oilseed crop has to mitigate climate change [Meeting presentation]. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation High-Level Policy Dialogue on Agricultural Biotechnology. Agriculture & Food Systems Institute, Malaysia.
• Sedbrook, John. (2022, April 13). Developing pennycress into an oilseed cash cover crop named CoverCress. Illinois State University Community Partners Breakfast hosted by ISU President Kinzy. Bone Student Center, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, United States.
• Meyer, Ryan, Hafner, Alex & Perry, William. (2022, February). Viability of winter cash crop pennycress to reduce nitrate-nitrogen export from tile-drained systems [Symposium presentation]. Illinois State University Research Symposium, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, United States.
• Bernards, Mark & Heaton, Brent S. ( April, 2022). Thalspi Arvense response to corn herbicide carryover in the field and greenhouse [Poster]. Western Illinois University.
• Roberts, Lucas. (2022, March 21). Research Seminar: Battle of the oilseeds: characterization and genetic variation for soybean traits relevant to a soybean-pennycress intercropping system [Seminar presentation]. University of Minnesota’s Applied Plant Sciences Seminar Series.
• Forcella Frank. (2022, March 17). Weeds: A love/hate relationship [Invited lecture in recognition of receiving an honorary doctorate [Doctor Honoris Causa]. University of Lleida. University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain.
• Sedbrook, John. (2022, March 2). Developing pennycress into an oilseed cash cover crop named Covercress [Meeting presentation]. Donald Danforth Center Seminar Series, St. Louis, MO, United States.
• CoverCress, Inc. (2022, March). Biofuels Digest’s ABLC 2022 Conference [Invited speaker]. Agriculture and Feedstocks program.
• CoverCress, Inc. (2022, March). Bank of America’s Global Ag & Materials Conference [Panel presentation]. Renewable Fuels Panel.
• Sedbrook, John. (2022, February 2). Developing pennycress (Thlaspi arvense) into an oilseed cash cover crop named CoverCress [Meeting presentation]. Daybreak Rotary Club, Bloomington/Normal, IL, United States.
• CoverCress, Inc. (2022, February). St. Louis Agribusiness Club Speaker’s Panel. St. Louis, MO, United States.
• Meyer, Ryan. (2022, February). Effects of pennycress on subsurface drainage nutrient losses from replicated plots [Seminar presentation]. Illinois State University Integrative Biology Seminar Series, Normal, IL, United States.
• Meyer, Ryan, Hafner, Alex & Perry, Bill. (2022, February). Rise of the stinkweed: pennycress as a cash cover crop? [Symposium presentation]. Illinois State University Phi Sigma Biological Honors Society Research Symposium, Normal, IL, United States.
• Gautam, Liza B., Hafner, Alex, Sloman, K., Bayliss, R., & Sedbrook, John C. (2022, January 8). Generating and characterizing larger seed size mutants in the oilseed plant pennycress (Thlaspi arvense) [Conference presentation]. Plant and Animal Genome Conference (Virtual).
• Roberts, Lucas. (2022, January 8). Characterization and genetic variation for soybean traits relevant to a soybean-winter oilseed intercropping system [Conference presentation]. Plant and Animal Genome Conference (Virtual).

2021

2020

• Koirala, Nasib. (2020, December 15). Assessment of seed pelleting effects on agronomic characteristics of oilseed pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.). [Symposium presentation]. 14^th Annual Horticulture & Crop Science Graduate Research Symposium. Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.
• Hoerning, Cody & Kathryn Bushley. (2020, October 30). Update on soybean cyst nematode association with pennycress and camelina [Invited presentation]. Forever Green Weekly Lab Meeting, Minneapolis MN, United States.
• Brakke, Mary & Darner, Rebekka. (2020, October 14-16). Using undergraduate research experience to enhance interdisciplinary competency in agricultural sciences [Poster Presentation]. Innovative/Learner-Centered Teaching, American Association of Agricultural Educators 2020 North Central Region/National Learner-Centered Teaching Conference.
• Heller, Nicholas. (2020, November 9). Grain corn to pennycress transitions – Cash cover crop in crop rotations [Poster]. ASA, CSSA and SSSA International Annual Meetings VIRTUAL, Phoenix, AZ, United States. https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2020am/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/125010.
• Sedbrook, John. (2020, October 12). ISU Ag Innovation briefing to legislatures and ag stakeholders. Creating economic opportunities in Illinois [Invited presentation]. Illinois State University Lexington Farm, Normal, IL, United States.
• Heller, Nicholas. 2020. Agronomic considerations for pennycress after corn [Symposium presentation]. Integrated Plant Biology & Bioenergy Symposium, Illinois State University.
• Heller, Nicholas. (2020, Fall). Intercropping corn and soybean in Illinois [Symposium presentation]. Integrated Plant Biology and Bioenergy Symposium, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, United States.
• Gesch, Russ W. (2020, September 8). Closing agronomic and breeding gaps for the commercialization of camelina and pennycress [Invited presentation], Assoc. for the Advancement of Industrial Crops (AAIC) Webinar Series.
• Hoerning, Cody & Chen, Senyu. (2020, Aug. 4). Minnesota State Brief on SCN-Pennycress Nematology Work [Invited presentation]. North Central Region Nematology Meeting.
• Williams, Dalton. (2020, March 25). Elucidating the roles of the HIGH ALOPHATIC GLUCOSINOLATE (HAG) genes in glucosinolate production in pennycress (Thlaspi arvense) [Seminar presentation]. Illinois State University Cell & Molecular Biology Seminar series, Normal, IL, United States..
• Hagaman Matthew & Rebekka Darner. (2020, March 7). Hands-on with cover crops & biofuels: How cover crops are changing education & agriculture [Conference presentation]. Bradley University STEM/STEAM Conference for K-12 Educators: Innovations in K-12 STEM Education & Green Chemistry. Peoria, IL, United States.
• Csonka, Steve. (2020, May 6). The state of sustainable aviation Fuel (SAF) [Meeting presentation]. http://caafi.org/resources/pdf/CAAFI_Webinar_State_of_SAF_05_06_2020.pdf
  
• Phippen, Winthrop. (2020, February 25-26). IPREFER: New USDA-NIFA CAP program overview [Meeting presentation]. Carinata 2020 and SPARC Annual Meeting, Tampa Bay, FL, United States.
• Gesch, Russ W. [ 2020, January 23]. Closing agronomic and breeding gaps for commercialization of pennycress and camelina [Invited presentation]. Cargill Foods Innovation Team, Plymouth, MN, United States.
• Tandukar, Zenith. [2020, January]. Understanding the genetic basis of natural variation in seed size and oil content in pennycress. Poster . Plant and Animal Genome Conference, San Diego, CA, United States.
• Tandukar, Zenith. (2020, January). Understanding the genetic basis of natural variation in seed size and oil content in pennycress. National Biodiesel Conference & Expo, Tampa, FL, United States.

2019

• Phippen, Winthrop. (2019, December 5). IPREFER: New Cash Crop for Aviation Fuel (IPREFER) [Invited presentation]. Commercial
Aviation
Alternative
Fuels
Initiative Meeting. http://caafi.org/resources/pdf/IPREFER_Phippen_12_05_2019.pdf.
• Handel, Cris. (2019, December 5). CoverCress Inc: adding farmer revenue by providing the 1st low carbon intensity cash cover crop on unused land over winter [Invited presentation]. http://caafi.org/resources/pdf/CoverCress_Handel_12_05_2019.pdf.
• Wells, Samantha S. (December 2019). New cash crop opportunities: pennycress and beyond [Invited presentation]. 32nd Annual Integrated Crop Management Conference, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States.
• Chopra, Ratan. (2019, November 10-13). Progress toward the identification and stacking of crucial domestication traits in pennycress [Conference presentation]. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting. San Antonio, TX, United States.
• Ott, Matthew, Frels, Katherine, Chopra, Ratan, Marks, M. David, Wells, Samantha (2019, November 13). Pennycress (Thlaspi arvense) Yield Peaks at Low Nitrogen Rate [Poster presentation]. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting. San Antonio, TX, United States. https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2019am/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/120812.
• Ott, Matthew, Frels, Katherine, Anderson, James A., Marks, M.David. (2019, November 11). Acceleration of flowering time and maturity in a pennycress (Thlaspi arvense) line and identification of the causative gene [Conference presentation]. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting. San Antonio, TX, United States. https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2019am/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/120726. (Recording available)
• Sedbrook, John. (2019, Nov. 12). Employing CRISPR Gene Editing and EMS Mutagenesis to Rapidly Domesticate Pennycress as an Oilseed-Producing Cash Cover Crop [Conference presentation]. ASA, CSSA & SSSA International Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, United States.
• Heller, Nicholas. (2019, November). Establishing the cash cover crop pennycress following grain corn [Conference presentation]. ASA, CSSA & SSSA International Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, United States.
• Frels, Katherine. (2019, November). New cash cover crops in the Forever Green Initiative [Conference presentation]. Green Lands Blue Waters Conference, Minneapolis, MN, United States.
• Heller, Nicholas. (2019, Fall). The Illinois maize long-term selection experiment – The forgotten selection line [Symposium presentation]. Integrated Plant Biology & Bioenergy Symposium, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, United States.
• Phippen, Winthrop B., Sedbrook, John, Marks, M.David & Wells, Samantha S. (2019, September 9). Program to Commercialize Pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) [Meeting presentation]. Advancement of Industrial Crops Annual Meeting, Tucson, Arizona, United States.
• Frels, Katherine. Chopra, Ratan, Dorn, Kevin M., Wyse, Donald L., Marks, M.David & Anderson, James A. (2019, September 9). Genetic diversity of field pennycress (Thlaspi arvense) reveals untapped variability and paths toward selection for domestication [Conference presentation]. Association for the Advancement of Industrial Crops Annual Conference, September 2019. Phoenix, Arizona, United States.
• Frels, Katherine. Chopra, Ratan, Tandukar, Zenith, Dorn, Kevin M., Wyse, Donald L., Marks, M.David & Anderson, James A. (2019, September 11). Unlocking Pennycress Potential: Rapid Domestication through Breeding and Bioinformatics at the University of Minnesota [Poster]. Association for the Advancement of Industrial Crops Annual Conference. Phoenix, Arizona, United States.