[SustainableTompkins] Cornell Seed Conference program

[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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