8 am - 12 pm Hilton Hotel, Executive Boardroom
APS Financial Advisory Committee

8 am - 5 pm Marriott Hotel, Sundance Room
MSA Council

8 am - 5 pm  · Tour of Utah Agriculture Field Trip

Sponsored by the APS Pacific Division. The APS Pacific Division is sponsoring a tour of some of the agricultural areas surrounding Salt Lake City. The trip will include a visit to fruit orchards, a foliage plant greenhouse operation, and a vegetable farm. The tour will leave from the Salt Palace Convention Center at 8:00 a.m. on Friday, August 24th and will return at approximately 5:00 p.m. This field trip is open to all meeting registrants, but there is a limit of 90 people. The cost is $25.00, which includes a box lunch and refreshments. To register, contact Melodie Putnam at tel. 541-737-3472 or putnamm@bcc.orst.edu.

9 am - 4 pm Salt Palace, Room 150G
APS Short Course: Catching Up on Mycology: What Modern Plant Scientists Should Know About Fungi

There have been many exciting changes in mycology in recent years. The very concept of what belongs in the Kingdom Fungi has changed. Along with those changes have been changes in level of classification-elevation of most classes to phylum status and the cascade of changes underneath that. Most “annoying” to plant scientists have been changes in the accepted names of some familiar fungal pathogens. This lecture/discussion workshop will help you to catch up on what’s happened in mycology since you were in school. We’ll also discuss what students need to know about mycology by the time their degree is awarded. Presenter: Tom Volk, professor of biology, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Limited to 90 people. Ticket $129. See #3 on the registration form.

9 am - 4 pm Hilton Hotel, Salon I
APS Publications Board

12 - 1 pm Hilton Hotel, Salon III
APS Executive Committee Lunch

1 - 4 pm Hilton Hotel, Executive Boardroom
APS Executive Committee

1 - 4 pm Hilton Hotel, Seminar Theater
Workshop: Web Page Design for APS Service
By invitation only. Sponsor: Office of Electronic Communications. Presiding: Darin Eastburn, University of Illinois, Urbana, and Carolee Bull, USDA-ARS, Salinas CA

3 - 7 pm Hilton Hotel, Salon II
APS Councilors Forum

10 - 6 pm Hall A Registration Open 3 - 5 pm Ken Knight Board Room Sign-up Meeting Room Open

7:30 - 4 pm Off site
Forest Pathology Field Trip

Participants will experience the Logan Canyon, which is approximately 1.5 hours outside of Salt Lake. It’s a National Scenic Byway and is the site of a proposed National Scenic Waterway. Logan Canyon is also home to many forest diseases, including lodgepole pine dwarf mistletoe, annosus root disease, numerous rusts, aspen cankers and decays, and tomentosus root disease in Engelmann spruce. Endemic populations of mountain pine beetle and spruce beetle may also be encountered. Our return will take us by beautiful Bear Lake.

Participants should be at the main lobby doors of the Salt Palace (on West Temple Street) by 7:15 am. The bus departs promptly at 7:30 am. This field trip is open to all meeting registrants. Ticket $30, includes lunch and refreshments. See #4 on the registration form.

8 am - 11:30 am Ken Knight Board Room
APSnet Education Center Senior Editors

8 am - 12 pm 150B
APS Foundation

8 am - 3 pm 150A
SON Executive Board

8 am - 5 pm 254A
APS Council

8 am - 5 pm Off site
MSA Foray

The MSA foray, led by Ardeen Watts, is in the Uinta Mountains, the only mountain range in the U.S. that runs east and west. Two hundred thirty-seven thousand acres of the tract are designated as the High Uintas Primitive Area, a federal preserve occupying parts of Ashley and Wasatch National Forest. We will enter at Kamas, Utah, at an elevation of 6,500 ft. Five plant zones are represented: the Arctic, on the grassy moss- and lichen-covered treeless peaks above 11,000 ft; the Hudsonian, marked by Engelmann spruce and alpine fir, usually from 9,000 to 11,000 ft.; the Canadian, with white balsam, blue spruce, and aspen as low as 7,000 ft.; the transition between 6,000 and 7,000 ft., represented by scrub oak and yellow pine; and the Upper Sonoran, with its juniper and sage below 6,000 ft. The pine, spruce, and fir are varied with quaking aspen, pinon pine, mountain ash, hickory, juniper, and scrub oak. A great portion of the region is occupied by grassy parks, open meadows, and heavily forested slopes, above which the barren peaks rise boldly.

Participants should be at the main lobby doors of the Salt Palace (on West Temple Street) by 7:45 am. The bus departs promptly at 8 am. This field trip is open to all meeting registrants. Ticket $35, includes box lunch and beverages. See #5 on the registration form.

11:30 - 1:30 pm Ken Knight Board Room
APS Meetings Board

12 - 1:30 pm 150B
APS Office of International Programs Board and Executive Committee

12 - 4 pm 151E
APS Press Editorial Board

12 - 4 pm 151G
APS Leadership Workshop
By invitation only

12 - 5 pm 253A
APS Placement Services Registration

12:30 - 4:30 pm 251E
Diseases of Plants Workshop: Diagnosis of Vegetable Diseases

Sponsor(s): APS Diagnostics Committee
Presiding: L. du Toit, Washington State University, Mount Vernon, and S.T. Koike, University of California, Salinas

12:30 Introduction. L.J. DU TOIT. Washington State University, Mount Vernon

Presentations on diagnosing diseases of specific groups of vegetables

12:35 Brassica diseases. S. KOIKE. University of California, Salinas

1:10 Tomato and pepper diseases. R. McMILLAN. University of Florida, Homestead

1:45 Diseases of Allium and Umbelliferous vegetables. L. DU TOIT (1) (Alliaceae) and M. DAVIS (2) (Umbelliferae). (1) Washington State University, Mount Vernon, and (2) University of California, Davis

2:20 Diseases of vegetable cucurbits. D. HOPKINS. University of Florida, Apopka

2:55 Bean diseases. H. SCHWARTZ. Colorado State University, Fort Collins

3:30 Diseases of leafy vegetables. S. KOIKE (1) (lettuce) and J. CORRELL (2) (spinach). (1) University of California, Salinas, and (2) University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

4:05 Vegetable seed health testing. D. MADDOX. STA Laboratories, Longmont CO

1 - 4 pm Ballroom A
Professionalism/Outreach/Service
Town Meeting-Ask The Plant Doctor About Your Ornamental Plants

Sponsor(s): Office of Public Affairs and Education and Extension. Presiding: M. Ellis, Ohio State University, Wooster

1:00 Registration and welcome. M. ELLIS. Ohio State University, Wooster

1:30 What is a plant doctor? M. ELLIS. Ohio State University, Wooster

1:50 Diagnosing plant health problems. P. SELLERS. Purdue University, West Lafayette IN

2:10 Principles of plant health management for ornamental plants. M. DAUGHTREY. Cornell University, Riverhead NY

2:30 Diseases of ornamental plants in Utah. S.V. THOMSON. Utah State University, Logan

2:50 Open forum: Ask the plant doctor

1 - 5 pm 151B
Postharvest Pathology Discussion Group

1:30- 2:30 pm Ken Knight Board Room
APS Section Chairs

1:30 - 5 pm 150B
APS Office of International Programs Open Board Meeting

3 - 4 pm 251E
APS Committee Chairs Program Planning Orientation

3 - 4 pm
SON Committee Meetings

Biological Control 150D

Computers 150E

Ecology 150F

Entomophilic 151A

Education 151C

Extension 151D

Financial Advisory 151F

N.A. Cobb Foundation 250A

Honors and Awards 250B

Industry 250C

4 - 5 pm
SON Committee Meetings

JON Online 250C

Long Range Planning 150D

Meeting Site Selection TBA

Membership 151D

Plant Resistance 151A

Program 2002 250A

Public Awareness 250D

Regulatory 151C

Systematic Resources 151F

4 - 5 pm 151G
First Timers Orientation
All first-time meeting attendees are welcome to join us to discover how to take advantage of the wealth of meeting activities. You are encouraged to bring questions. Be sure to check box #7 on the registration form if this is your first meeting so that we can plan on your attendance.

5 - 6:30 pm
APS Committee Meetings

APS Press: Biological and Cultural Tests
Editorial Board 150D

Awards and Honors 151E

Biotechnology Impact Assessment 250F

Cultural Diversity 150F

Extension 151A

Graduate Student 151C

Nematology 150E

Office of Industry Relations: Industry 151D

Placement 151F

Postharvest Pathology 151B

Private Practice 250A

Regulatory Plant Pathology 250B

Teaching 250C

Women in Plant Pathology 250D

Youth Programs 250E

6:30 - 8 pm
APS Committee Meetings

APS Press: Fungicide and Nematicide Tests
Editorial Board 151E

APS Press: Phytopathological Classics 150D

Biological Control 150E

Chemical Control 150F

Collections and Germplasm 151A

Diagnostics 151B

Diseases of Ornamental Plants 151C

Epidemiology 151D

Forest Pathology 151F

Genetics 250A

Mycotoxicology 250B

OPAE Communications 250C

Seed Pathology 250D

Tropical Plant Pathology 250E

Virology 250F

8 - 9:30 pm
APS Committee Meetings

APS Press: Illustrations of Plant Pathogens and Diseases 150D

APS Press: Standardization of Common

Names for Plant Diseases 150E

Bacteriology 150F

Biochemistry, Physiology and
Molecular Biology 151A

Environmental Quality and Plant Health 151B

Host Resistance 151C

Integrated Pest Management 151D

Mycology 151F

Office of Industry Relations: Sustaining Associates 250A

Pathogen Resistance 250B

Phyllosphere Microbiology 250C

Plant Disease Losses 250D

Plant Pathogen and Disease Detection 250E

Soil Microbiology and Root Diseases 250F

Turfgrass Pathology 151E

7 - 10 pm 251E
MSA Workshop

Anyone interested in fungal evolution and phylogeny is urged to attend. This includes all researchers, especially students and postdocs. Meredith Blackwell, Joseph W. Spatafora, John W. Taylor, coordinators.

6:30 - 8:30 am 254C
APS Division Officers Breakfast
By invitation only

7 - 9 am Hall A
Session A Poster authors set up

7 - 9:30 am 250D
APS Department Heads Breakfast

7:30 - 9 am 151F
APS Sustaining Associates Breakfast
By invitation only

7:30 - 9:30 151DE
APS Small Fruit Diseases Workers Meeting and Breakfast

8 - 9:30 am 151AB
Plant Disease Senior Editors

8 - 9:30 am Ken Knight Board Room
Phytopathology Senior Editors

8 - 2 pm 150G
MSA Foray II

8:30 - 9:30 am 254C
APS Committee Web Page Guidelines Meeting

9 - 9:30 am 151AB
Plant Disease Associate Editors

9 - 9:30 am Ken Knight Board Room
Phytopathology Associate Editors

9 am - 6 pm Hall A
Session A Posters available for viewing
CLICK HERE FOR LISTING OF SESSION A POSTERS

9:30 am - 12 pm Ballrooms E-H
Welcome and Joint Plenary
Intersociety Cooperation and Collaborations

9:30 Welcome and introduction. S.A. SLACK, The Ohio State University, Wooster/Columbus

9:35 Funding outlook and priorities: an NSF perspective. M. CLUTTER, National Science Foundation, Washington DC

10:15 Electronic journals: Issues and implications for professional societies. J.D. MACDONALD, University of California, Davis

10:55 A perspective of the future: Mycological Society of America. O.K. MILLER, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg

11:15 A perspective of the future: Society of Nematologists. R.I. BOLLA, Saint Louis University, St. Louis MO

11:35 A perspective of the future: American Phytopathological Society. S.A. SLACK, The Ohio State University, Wooster/Columbus

10 am - 12 pm 151C
APS Plant Health Progress Editorial Board

12 - 1 pm 250D
APS Foundation Luncheon
By invitation only

12 - 1 pm 254C
APS Journals Senior Editors

12 - 2 pm 150G
APS Deciduous Tree Fruit Workers Meeting and Lunch

12 - 5 pm 253A
APS Placement Services

12:30 - 1:30 pm Ballrooms E-H
MSA Presidential Address
The Gomphidiaceae Revisited, Mycorrhizal Associations with the Pinaceae

Sponsor(s): MSA. Presiding: T. Baroni, State University of New York, Cortland, NY

1:00 Introduction. T. BARONI. State University of New York, Cortland, NY

1:05 The Gomphidiaceae Revisited, Mycorrhizal Associations with the Pinaceae. O.K. MILLER. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg VA

12:30 - 4:30 pm Ken Knight Board Room
APS Office of Electronic Communications

1 - 6 pm
Sessions and Oral Presentations
CLICK HERE FOR SUNDAY SESSION INFORMATION

2 - 4 pm 151F
APS Turfgrass Pathology Working Group

3 - 6 pm Hall A
Exhibits and APS Press Book Sale Open

4 - 6 pm Hall A
Authors present at posters
CLICK HERE FOR LISTING OF SESSION A POSTERS

5 - 6 pm 250D
APS Reception for Awards and Honors Recipients
By invitation only

6 pm Ballroom E-H
APS Awards & Honors Ceremony

7 pm Ballroom A-D
Opening Reception. Don’t miss this “kick-off” event where you’ll catch up with everyone you want to see. Stay a while and then go out for dinner in one of Salt Lake’s great restaurants. Snacks and beverages will be served.

7 am - 5 pm Hall A Registration Open 7 am - 5 pm 150C Speaker Ready Room 7 am - 6 pm 254A Sign-up Meeting Room Open

6:30 - 8 am 151G
APS Extension Plant Pathologists Breakfast. Everyone is invited. Ticket $14, includes breakfast. See #10 on the registration form.

7 - 8 am 254BC
APS Graduate Student Breakfast. The APS Industry Committee sponsors a continental breakfast for graduate students. This provides an excellent opportunity for students to visit with representatives from many companies and explore the variety of job opportunities available in the industry. See #11 on the registration form.

7 - 8:45 am Ballroom E-H
MSA Business Meeting and Breakfast. One of the breakfasts that you can choose, hear the latest about MSA activities and developments. MSA members will want to stay for the business meeting which follows. See #1 on the registration form.

7 - 10 am 150A
APS Public Policy Board

8 am - 12:30 pm
Sessions and Oral Presentations
CLICK HERE FOR MONDAY SESSION INFORMATION

8 am - 4 pm Hall A
Session A Posters available for viewing
CLICK HERE FOR LISTING OF SESSION A POSTERS

9 - 10 am Ballroom B
MSA Karling Lecture

9 am - 12 pm 253A
APS Placement Services

10 am - 5 pm Hall A
Exhibits and APS Press Book Sale Open

12 - 1 pm 150B
APS Past Presidents’ Luncheon
By invitation only

12 - 2 pm Ken Knight Board Room
Journal of Nematology Meeting
By invitation only

1 - 5:30 pm
Sessions and Oral Presentations
CLICK HERE FOR MONDAY SESSION INFORMATION

1 - 3 pm 150B
SON N.A. Cobb Foundation
By invitation only

1:30 - 3 pm 250D
APS Affiliates Meeting

2 - 4 pm Ken Knight Board Room
APS-APHIS Virus Working Group

2 - 5 pm 253A
APS Placement Services

3:30 - 5 pm 254BC
deBary Bowl Preliminary Rounds

4 - 6 pm Hall A
Authors take down posters in Session A

5:30 - 6:30 pm 150G
ARS Reception

6 - 7 pm Ken Knight Board Room
APS-ATCC Advisory Committee Meeting

6 - 8 pm
APS University Alumni Socials

Cornell & Pennsylvania State Universities 251DE

Illinois, Ohio & Purdue Universities 251AB

Michigan State University 250C

North Carolina State University 250EF

Old West Trails 250D

Texas A&M University 250A

University of Arkansas 250B

University of Florida 251F

6 - 8 pm 151G
APS Women in Plant Pathology Social. Everyone is invited! Ticket $20, Student/Post-doc $7, hors d’oeuvres and beverage included. See #12 on the registration form.

6:30 - 8:30 pm 151A
Washington State University & University of Idaho Alumni Social.

7 - 9 pm Hall A
Authors set up posters in Session B

7:30 - 8:30 pm 254BC
deBary Bowl Final Rounds

7:30 - 9 pm 151BC
MSA Reception for Committees

8 - 9 pm 150G
Karnal Bunt Discussion

7 am - 5 pm Hall A Registration Open 7 am - 5 pm 150C Speaker Ready Room There is no sign-up meeting room today.

7 - 9 am Ballroom E-H
APS Breakfast and Business Meeting
Breakfast will be served from 7 - 7:45 a.m. to all those who have tickets. Tables are reserved at the front of the room for travel award winners and current and former APS Foundation members. Otherwise, seating is open, but look for signs directing you to tables with specific topics of interest.The business meeting will be a full update about the new endeavors and other business of APS. Breakfast table topics include:

8 am - 1 pm
Workshop: Statistical Epidemiology

The goals of the workshop are to acquaint participants with properties of time series and their statistical analysis. It will include the use of time series analysis for descriptive purposes, particularly for identifying patterns - trends, stationarity, autocorrelation, cyclic behavior - in time series data. The use of time series analysis for predictive purposes, particularly for modeling with Box-Jenkins models, will be demonstrated. More specialized topics, such as time series intervention analysis and spectral analysis, will be discussed briefly. Handouts, sample data sets, and demonstration programs will be made available via the worldwide web in July. Participants will need to bring their own computers with SAS/ETS software installed.

This is the second in a series of workshops entitled “Statistical Epidemiology,” structured to keep epidemiologists abreast of latest developments in the area of theoretical and statistical epidemiology. They are intended to be hands-on so that participants gain both an understanding of the theory underlying the workshop topic as well as the ability to apply the novel technique to their own research. This workshop is limited to 30 participants, on a first-come, first-served basis. See #13 on the registration form.

9 am - 12 pm Ken Knight Board Room
APS Office of Industry Relations

9 am - 12 pm 253A
APS Placement Services

9 am - 12:30 pm
Sessions and Oral Presentations
CLICK HERE FOR TUESDAY SESSION INFORMATION

9 am - 5 pm Hall A
Posters in Session B available for viewing
CLICK HERE FOR LISTING OF SESSION B POSTERS

10 am - 4 pm Hall A
Exhibits Open

10 am - 5 pm Hall A
APS Press Book Sale Open

12 - 1:30 pm Ken Knight Board Room
Phytopathology News Advisory Board

12 - 2 pm Hall A
Authors present at posters in Session B
CLICK HERE FOR LISTING OF SESSION B POSTERS

1:30 - 4 pm Ken Knight Board Room
APS Office of Public Affairs and Education Open Meeting

1:30 - 7:30 pm
Sessions and Oral Presentations
CLICK HERE FOR TUESDAY SESSION INFORMATION

2 - 3:30 pm 150AB
APS Pacific Division Business Meeting

2 - 4 pm 250D
APS 2002 Annual Meeting Program Planning

2 - 5 pm 253A
APS Placement Service

4 - 5:30 pm 251E
SON Business Meeting

5:30 - 6:15 pm 251E
SON Mentor Awards Ceremony
(Recognizing John Webster)

5:30 - 6:15 pm 251E
Forum: Funding for Genomics of Plant Associated Microbes, sponsored by the APS Public Policy Board

6 - 8 pm 254BC
APS Graduate Student Social

6 - 10 pm Off site
Industry Extension Social

Mountain men and pioneers… miners and saloon girls… Spanish explorers… They’re all part of the cast of “Utah,” which is improvisational theater at its best. Amidst hay bales and daisies, this show will be performed at the Gallivan Plaza, an open air spot in the heart of the city, where there’ll be lots of laughter, energy and great music. The Western menu will include several more items, but think along the lines of western fried spuds, barbequed ribs and chicken, and corn on the cob. These delectable offerings will only be a part of your enjoyment. A DJ will provide music throughout the evening, so plan to kick up your heels a bit! Ticket $25, student $15. See #14 on the registration form.

6:30 - 9:30 pm 151G
SON Reception and Banquet

Don’t miss this annual event. Enjoy a relaxing evening with colleagues and friends after a full day of sessions. Ticket $45, SON Student Member $20. See #16 on the registration form.

6:30 - 9:30 pm 251A-C
MSA Social and Auction

This is an excellent chance for you to renew old friendships in a relaxed atmosphere with refreshments. You will not want to miss the world’s only auction with a decidedly mycological theme. All attendees are welcome. Ticket $25. See #15 on the registration form.

8 - 10 pm 151A-C
Cultural Diversity Social

As an organization that deals with diverse groups of people, we need to know how to attract, hire and retain the best people, learn how to treat prospective candidates in a manner that is consistent with their needs and values, educate others and ourselves about the issues of racial and sexual harassment, and discover how to use our collective strengths in the most effective manner. The evening will begin at 8 pm with an interactive presentation, entitled “Building a Diverse Workforce for the Global Millennium,” followed by a roundtable discussion. The purpose of this event is to enhance communication, exchange opportunity, and mentor culturally diverse people within the societies. Dessert will be served following the presentation. Ticket $10. See #17 on the registration form.

8 am - 12 pm Hall A Registration Open 8 am - 2 pm 150C Speaker Ready Room 7 am - 2 pm 254A Sign-up Meeting Room Open

7 - 10 am Ken Knight Board Room
APS Foundation

7:30 - 10:30 am 252B
Office of International Programs Board
Visitors welcome after 8 am

8 am - 12 pm Wyndham Hotel, Executive Board Room
SON Executive Board Meeting

8 am - 12 pm
Sessions and Oral Presentations
CLICK HERE FOR WEDNESDAY SESSION INFORMATION

8 am - 12 pm Hall A
Posters in Session B available for viewing
CLICK HERE FOR LISTING OF SESSION B POSTERS

8 am - 1 pm Hilton Hotel, Topaz Room
APS Council
Open to all APS members

8 am - 2 pm Hall A
APS Press Book Sale

9 - 11 am 150A
APS Diagnostics Working Group

Sponsor: APS Diagnostics Committee. Presiding: Karen Rane, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

An informal discussion of current diagnostic problems, useful techniques, publications, new diseases, diagnostic clinic operations, and other topics related to plant disease diagnostics.

9 am - 12 pm 253A
Placement Services

3 pm - 5 pm Hall A
Authors take down posters in Session B

1 - 2 pm Hilton Hotel, Topaz Room
APS Council Orientation

1 - 2:30 pm 150A
APS Biological Control Working Group

1 - 5 pm
Sessions and Oral Presentations
CLICK HERE FOR WEDNESDAY SESSION INFORMATION