| Disease: Asian Rust |
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2010 Asian Soybean Rust Short Course
August 26-27, 2010
North Florida Research and Education Center, Quincy, FL
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| North Florida Research and Education Center, part of the University of Florida, is the headquarters of active research on soybean rust-resistant soybean varieties, fungicide trials, and soybean rust epidemiology. |
This popular course provides agricultural specialists and consultants an opportunity for hands-on identification of rust as it appears in the field. Course instructors will cover scouting techniques and demonstrate the most effective methods of finding signs of the rust pathogen in the field. There will be opportunity to review on-going field trials as well.
Registration
Registration is free, but advance registration is required.To register, please send the following information to Carrie Harmon at clharmon@ufl.edu
First and last name, State, Occupation, Work phone number, address, and mobile phone number in case of emergencies.
Travel and Accomodations
Tallahassee Airport is just 30 minutes east. Two hotels are within a two-minute drive: Hampton Inn and Holiday Inn Express, both on Spooner Rd., just across I-10 from the center.
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| The Soybean Rust Short Course offers an unusual opportunity to see how rust develops in the field. |
Agenda (subject to minor revision)
Wednesday, August 25, 6:00 pm
All participants are invited to join us for a little Southern hospitality!
Catfish dinner at the NFREC at 6:00 pm.
Thursday, August 26
7:50 Registration at the NFREC
8:10 Welcome remarks from Nick Comerford, Director of the NFREC, UF
8:20 Remarks from David Wright, NCSRP
8:30 Introductions
8:50 Overview of work on soybean rust at the NFREC – Jim Marois, NFREC, UF
9:10 Role of PIPE and NPDN – Carrie Harmon, SPDN, UF
9:35 Spore trapping studies
10:00 Break
10:15 Fungicide control strategies
10:40 Effect of major weather events on distribution of rust
11:05 International soybean rust perspectives
11:40 Lunch (provided by Sonny’s BBQ)
12:30 Split into 3 groups and rotate through
microscope studies, a field trip to research plots, and a field trip to kudzu plots
Friday, August 27
8:30 Epidemiology of soybean rust
8:45 Alternative control of soybean rust
9:00 Soybean rust control in organic systems
9:15 Hands-on: using the ELISA system – Carrie Harmon, UF
10:00 Break
10:15 Kudzu susceptibility – Phil Harmon, UF
10:30 Progress in genetics
11:00 Other states’ soybean rust perspective
11:20 Wrap up and discussion
12:00 Box Lunch and Adjourn