2009 Soybean Rust Preliminary Program

Revised 7.29.09

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

1:00 – 8:00 p.m.	Registration
3:00 – 6:00 p.m.	Opening General Session
3:00 p.m.	Welcome, Anne Dorrance, Ohio State University
3:15 p.m.	Status of soybean rust the midsouthern United States – Tom Allen, Mississippi State University
3:45 p.m.	Status of soybean rust in Brazil - Dr. Francisco Xavier Ribeiro do Vale (Chico), Federal University of Viçosa
4:15 p.m.	Integration of foliar fungicides into soybean rust management programs in the United States - Ed Sikora, Auburn University
4:45 p.m.	Light penetration into the soybean canopy and its influence on soybean rust infection - Jim Marois, University of Florida
5:15 p.m.	Changes in 2010 sentinel plot system - Don Hershman, University of Kentucky
5:45 p.m.	Discussion
5:00 – 6:30 p.m.	Poster set-up and sponsor set-up
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.	Dinner Break (on your own)
8:00 – 10:00 p.m.	Dessert Reception with Poster Viewing and Sponsorship tables

Thursday, December 10, 2009

7:30 – 3:00 p.m.	Registration
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.	General Session - Major Achievements in Rust Research
8:00 a.m.	Welcome and Introduction, David Wright, Iowa Soybean Association
8:10 a.m.	Special Guest Speaker
8:40 a.m.	Latent infection, fungicide efficacy and the need for predictive models - Ray Schneider, Louisiana State University
9:00 a.m.	Evaluating the wisdom of monitoring networks for invasive species: The case of soybean rust - Scott Isard, Pennsylvania State University; Les Szabo, USDA-ARS
9:40 a.m.	Cloning, mapping and identification of Rpp genes - Michelle Graham, USDA-ARS
10:10 – 10:30 a.m.	Break
10:30 a.m.	Genetic diversity in Kudzu - Phil Harmon, University of Florida
11:00 a.m.	Asian soybean rust: Stealth fighter and battering ram - Steve Whitham, Iowa State University
11:30 a.m.	Advances in monoclonal antibody development - Doug Luster, USDA-ARS
12:00 – 2:30 p.m.	Buffet Lunch with Poster Viewing and Sponsorship Displays
2:30 – 6:00 p.m.	General Session - Challenges to Managing Soybean Rust
2:30 p.m.	Challenges with single gene resistance - Chris Mundt, Oregon State University
3:00 p.m.	Use and deployment of Rpp genes - Chris Mundt
3:30 p.m.	Fungicide stewardship-experiences from Brazil - Claudia Godoy, EMBRAPA
4:00 p.m.	Rust phylogenetics - Cathy Aime, Louisiana State University
4:30 p.m.	Genetic diversity and phylogeny of Asian soybean rust isolates within the U.S. and abroad - Xuecheng Zhang, University of Missouri
5:00 p.m.	Identification and development of soybean rust-resistant germplasm - David Walker, USDA-ARS
5:30 p.m.	Discussion
3:00 – 7:00 p.m.	Poster and Sponsor take-down
6:00 p.m.	Dinner (on your own) and free evening
6:00 – 9:00 p.m.	Southern Soybean Research Program Board Meeting and Dinner

Friday, December 11, 2009

7:30 – 10:45 a.m.	Registration
8:00 a.m. – 12:10 p.m.	General Session
8:00 a.m.	Tales from the Kudzu patch - Ed Sikora, Auburn University
8:20 a.m.	Wheat rust/soybean rust similarities - Eric DeWolf, Kansas State University
8:40 a.m.	Strategic positioning of sentinel sentinel plots - Karen Garrett, Kansas State University
9:10 a.m.	Strategic positioning of sentinel plots - Scott Isard, Pennsylvania State University
9:30 a.m.	Evaluating the wisdom of monitoring networks for invasive species: The case of soybean rust – Stephen Aultman, University of Minnesota
9:50 a.m.	Break with question & answer time
10:30 a.m.	A model for predicting soybean rust induced yield loss - Saratha Kumudini, University of Kentucky
11:00 a.m.	Alternative methods to manage soybean rust - David Wright, University of Florida
11:30 a.m.	Question & answer time and discussion
12:00 p.m.	Closing remarks

Please Note: The sessions for this program are subject to change. The National Soybean Rust Symposium Technical Committee reserves the right to adjust sessions to best reflect current conditions up to the start of the meeting.