[FLPERMACULTURE] Fwd: Cornell Seed Conference program

[Michael Burns]

> From: "Tony Del Plato" <tonydelplato at gmail.com>
> Date: November 18, 2006 10:57:33 AM EST
> To: postingsustainabletompkins 
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> Subject: [SustainableTompkins] Cornell Seed Conference program
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> TC Sustainers:
> Monsanto rep to talk about gmo/organic coexistence. It'll be 
> interesting to
> hear what he has to say.
> Tony Del Plato
>
> 68th Cornell Seed Conference
> Thursday, 30 November 2006
> New York State Agriculture Experiment Station
> Jordan Hall
> Geneva, New York
>
>
> 8:15 AM  - 10:00 AM     REGISTRATION--Jordan Hall
>                           Registration Fee  $20  (includes lunch and 
> break)
> Anyone attending a significant portion of the program (more than one 
> or two
> talks) will be expected to pay the $20 registration fee, which helps to
> cover the costs of this conference.
>
> 8:15 - 9:45 AM  Annual Meeting-- New York State Seed Association
>
> 9:45 - 10:20    Annual Meeting-- New York Seed Improvement 
> Cooperative, Inc.
>
> General Session
> 10:30   Opening: Doug Eldred, Session Chair, President, NYSSA
>
> 10:35   CUAES - The Other Agricultural Experiment Station at Cornell
> University,
>                  Michael Hoffmann, Director, CUAES
>
> 11:00   Marker-Assisted Selection for Scab and Pre-harvest Sprouting
> Resistance in Wheat
>                  Mark Sorrells, Dept. Plant Breeding and Genetics, 
> Cornell
> University
>
> 11:30   Biofuels Research:  The Race to the Pumps!
>                  Corinne Rutzke, Executive Director, Northeast Sun 
> Grant
> Initiative, Cornell University
>
> 12:00   Biotech Crops and Organic: Co-existence, Adventitious 
> Presence, and
> Liability
>                  Kimberly Morin, Regional Director, Monsanto State
> Government Affairs
>
> Lunch and Awards
>
> 12:30   Lunch
>
> 1:00    NYSSA Awards
>
> Seed Treatment and Pest Management Session
>
> 1:15    Opening:  Kyle Arvin, Session Chair
>                  Director, New York State Seed Testing Laboratory, 
> Geneva
>
> 1:20    Syngenta Seed Treatments and Positioning
>                  Jeff Zelna, Technical Support Rep, Syngenta Crop 
> Protection
>
> 1:50    Distribution and Impact of Brown Root Rot, An Emerging Disease 
> of
> Alfalfa in the                          Northeast
>                  Michael Wunsch, Dept. Plant Pathology, Cornell 
> University
>
> 2:20    Cruiser/Poncho Seed Treatments in Corn: Silver Bullet or a 
> Disaster
> in Waiting?
>                  Elson Shields, Dept. Entomology, Cornell University
>
> 2:50    Pesticide Information Update
>                  Will Smith, Pest Management Education Program, Cornell
> University
> 3:20    Discussion and Concluding Remarks: Kyle Arvin
> Tour of New York State Seed Testing Laboratory
> Hosted by Director Kyle Arvin, the tour will take place immediately 
> after
> the end of the afternoon session for all those interested
>
> Credits for DEC Recertification Categories 1A, 4, 10, 21 and Core 
> Applied
> For.
>
> Continuing Education Credits for Certified Crop Advisors (CCA's) 
> Applied
> For.
>
> -- 
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> on its
> shoes.
>   - Mark Twain
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