Annual/Termination Reports:

[11/21/2000] [12/15/2004] [09/08/2005] [08/17/2006] [07/20/2007]

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Participants

Donna Fare (USDA, McMinnville, Tennessee, dfare@blomand.net);
Michael Arnold (Texas, ma arnold@tamu.edu);
Richard Beeson (Florida, rcb@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu);
Edward Bush (Louisiana, ebush@agctr.lsu.edu);
Winston Dunwell (Kentucky, wdunwell@ca.uky.edu);
Patricia Knight (Mississippi);
John Ruter (Georgia, ruter@tifton.cpes.peachnet.edu);
Ken Tilt (Alabama, ktilt@acesag.auburn.edu);
William Klingeman (Tennessee, wklingema@utk.edu);
Gary Knox (Florida, gwk@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu);
Jon Lindstrom (Arkansas, tranell@comp.uark.edu);
Allen Owings (Louisiana, aowings@agctr.lsu.edu);
Dewayne Ingram (SERA IEG 27 Administrator).;

Others present:

Tom Yeager (Florida, thy@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu)

Graduate students Richard Olsen (Georgia) and Shani File (Mississippi) also participated.

Project or Activity Leadership: Officers elected for 2000 2001 were Michael Arnold (Texas A&M University, ma arnold@tamu.edu) Chair, Gary Knox (University of Florida, gwk@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu) Secretary, and William Klingeman (University of Tennessee, wklingem@utk.edu) Executive Committee Member.

Brief Summary of Minutes

Richard Beeson provided a tour of the new research station in Apopka, Florida, and arranged for a tour of the Harry P. Leu Gardens in Orlando, Florida. Winston Dunwell led the group in a review and discussion of a manuscript currently in submission to HortTechnology on the history of the group and its activities. On line plant data collection materials were discussed for the group homepage http://www.ag.auburn.edu/landscape/SERAhomepage.html. Data collection forms were revised. Sponsors agreed to provide a distributor list with future distributions for inclusion on the website. A uniform coding system for plant trial entries was agreed upon. It was agreed that plant sponsors for testing would be responsible for annual reports on their plants, provision of images for the web page, and writing a summary article for the Proceedings of the Southern Nursery Research Conference at the conclusion of the evaluation period for each taxon. It was agreed to place minutes of the meetings on the website. Aimee Coker, from Flowerwood Nursery in Bushnell, Florida, provided an overview of their Encore Plants program.

Accomplishments

Nineteen taxa have been distributed among the participants of SERA IEG 27 for landscape evaluation. The number of years for which evaluation data will be collected ranges from 3 to 10 years. The first set of plants from which terminal data will be taken is scheduled for ??2002. However, preliminary data are already shaping local decisions related to landscape plant recommendations.

Publications

Plant Evaluation Program: SERA/IEG { 27: Nursery Crops and Landscape Systems. 2000<br /> <br>W. C. Dunwell, D. Fare, M. Arnold, K. Tilt, G. Knox, W. Witte, P. Knight, M. Pooler, W. Klingeman, A. Niemiera, J. Ruter, T. Yeager, T. Ranney, R. Beeson, J. Lindstrom, E. Bush, A. Owings, and M. Schnelle. HortTechnology (In press).<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> <br>Arnold, M.A., R.D. Lineberger, T.D. Davis, S.W. George, W.A. Mackay, G.D. Grant, J.M. Parsons, and L.A. Stein. 2000. Integrating plant trials into teaching and student research programs. HortTechnology (Submitted).<br /> <br>

Impact Statements

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Participants

Official Representatives present were: Tom Ranney (NC) Allen Owings & Ed Bush (LSU), Donna Fare & Cecil Pounders (U.S.D.A.), Patricia Knight (MSU), Ken Tilt (Auburn), Win Dunwell (UK), Jon Lindstrom (UA), Greg Eaton (VT), Michelle Scheiber (UF), John Ruter (UGA)and & Dewayne Ingram (Administrative Advisor) Guests: Ann Gray (LSU). States not represented: Texas, Oklahoma, and South Carolina.

Complete minutes are available at the SERA-IEG-27 Web site
http://www.ag.auburn.edu/landscape/SERAhomepage.html

Brief Summary of Minutes

Complete minutes are available at:

http://www.ag.auburn.edu/landscape/SERAhomepage.html

Accomplishments

SERA-IEG-27 Web site<br /> http://www.ag.auburn.edu/landscape/SERAhomepage.html<br /> <br /> Most recent publication of results and accomplishments<br /> http://www.sna.org/research/04proceedings/

Publications

SERA-IEG-27 Regional Plant Evaluations. 2004. Jon Lindstum, et. al. Southern Nursery Association Resesarch Conference Proceedings. 49:566-568.<br />

Impact Statements

1. The number of taxa entered into the evaluation system is approaching 50. The evaluatoin of several of the taxa will be complete in the following three years. In 2004, a Southern Nursery Asociation Research Conference Proceeding (Vol. 49: 566-568) article summarizes the results and dessiminates the information to the nusery and landscape industry.

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Participants

The 2005 meeting of the SERA-IEG 27 was held June 8-10, 2005 in Quincy, Florida. Official representatives present were: John Ruter (UGA), Ken Tilt (AU), Jon Lindstrom (UA), Gary Knox (UF), Winston Dunwell (UK), Ed Bush (LSU), Allen Owings (LSU), Patricia Knight (MSU), William Klingeman (UT), Mike Arnold (TAMU), Greg Eaton (VT), Anthony LeBude (NCSU), Dewayne Ingram (Administrative Advisor, UK), and James Green (CSREES). Guests: Cecil Pounders (USDA-ARS), Wayne McLaurin (MSU), Alex Bolques (FAMU). States not represented: Oklahoma, South Carolina, US National Arboretum.

Minutes attached and posted on the website... http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/SERAhomepage.html

Brief Summary of Minutes

Members reviewed the status of the SERA-IEG 27 program, plants in review, and the web page http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hf/landscape/SERAhomepage.html. Project leaders need to review the website and indicate who received plants and make changes if necessary. Good pictures and descriptions are needed. Evaluators need to indicate if they have plants and are continuing evaluation. Current findings will be published in the proceedings of the Southern Nursery Associate Research Conference and the Southern Region of the International Plant Propagators Society. Objectives for the new project must be decided. A draft will be available at the next meeting. New plants adopted for evaluation included: Ceanothus x delilianus >Gloire de Versailles, Pinus ayacahuite, and Viburnum luzonicum.

Officers elected for 2005-2006 were Patricia Knight-Chair, Mike Scheiber-Secretary, and Greg Eaton-Executive Committee. Ken Tilt is still serving as Chair of the Plant Evaluation Committee. Mississippi is scheduled to host the 2006 meeting in Poplarville. The 2007 meeting will be in Kentucky, and the 2008 meeting is tentatively scheduled for Virginia.

Complete minutes are available at the SERA-27 website:
http://www.ag.auburn.edu/landscape/SERAhomepage.html

Accomplishments

SERA-27 website (http://www.ag.auburn.edu/landscape/SERAhomepage.html)<br /> contains the lastest information on the plants which have been evaluated and are currently under evaluation.<br /> <br /> 2004 results have been published in the Proceedings of the 2004 Southern Nursery Association Research Conference 49:566-568.<br />

Publications

Lindstrom, et al. 2004. SERA-IEG-27 Regional Plant Evaluation. Proceeding of the Southern Nursery Association Research Conference 49:566-568.

Impact Statements

1. The number of taxa entered into this regional plant evaluation system exceeds 50. The evaluation of several of the taxa will be completed in two years. In 2004, a Southern Nursery Association Research Conference Proceedings (Vol 49:566-568) article summarized the results and disseminated the information to the nursery/landscape industry. A report will be published annually in the proceedings of that conference, available on-line at http://sna.org/research/.

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Participants

Gary Knox (Extension, UF); Winston Dunwell (Extension, UK); Ed Bush (Research, LSU); Allen Owings (Extension, LSU); Patricia Knight (Research, MSU); William Klingeman (Research, UT); Cecil Pounders (USDA-ARS); Michele Scheiber (Research, UF); Dewayne Ingram (Administrative Advisor, UK); Jerzy Nowak (Administrative Advisor, VT); Guest - Wayne McLaurin (MSU); Guest - Christine Coker (MSU).

Brief Summary of Minutes

The 2006 meeting of the SERA-IEG 27 was held June 14-17, 2006 in Poplarville, Mississippi. Members reviewed the status of the SERA-IEG 27 program and passed a motion to continue the project. The plant evaluation committee was reorganized, evaluation forms modified, and responsibility for data collection was shifted from evaluator to distributor. It was decided that invasiveness should be examined and weediness should be utilized as an indicator. Current findings will continue to be published in the proceedings of the Southern Nursery Associate Research Conference and plans to publish in HortTechnology were discussed. No new plants were adopted for evaluation.

Officers elected for 2005-2006 were Michele Scheiber-Chair, Allen Owings-Secretary, and Jim Robbins-Executive Committee. Ed Bush was elected as Chair of the Plant Evaluation Committee. Kentucky is scheduled to host the 2007 meeting in Lexington. The 2008 meeting will be in Virginia, and the 2009 meeting is tentatively scheduled for Arkansas

Accomplishments

SERA-27 website(http://www.ag.auburn.edu/landscape/SERAhomepage.html)is being updated with the lastest information on the plants which have been evaluated and those currently under evaluation. A progress report will be published in the Southern Nursery Association Research Conference Proceedings in 2007.

Publications

None in 2005-2006.

Impact Statements

1. The number of taxa entered into this regional plant evaluation system exceeds 50. The evaluation of several of the taxa will be completed in 2007.

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Participants

Winston Dunwell (Extension, University of Kentucky), Ed Bush (Research, Louisiana State University), Allen Owings (Extension, Louisiana State University), Eugene Blythe (Research, Mississippi State University), Bill Klingeman (Research, UT), Donna Fare (USDA-ARS), Alex Niemiera (Research, Virginia Tech University) and Dewayne Ingram (Administrative Advisor, University of Kentucky). Guests attending were Rumen Conev (Virginia Tech University) and Jeremy Griffith (University of Kentucky).

Brief Summary of Minutes

The 2007 meeting of the SERA-IEG 27 was held June 13-15 in Lexington, Kentucky. Official representatives present were: Dewayne Ingram (Administrative Advisor, University of Kentucky), Winston Dunwell (Extension, University of Kentucky), Ed Bush (Research, Louisiana State University), Allen Owings (Extension, Louisiana State University), Eugene Blythe (Research, Mississippi State University), Bill Klingeman (Research, UT), Donna Fare (USDA-ARS), and Alex Niemiera (Research, Virginia Tech University). Guests attending were Rumen Conev (Virginia Tech University) and Jeremy Griffith (University of Kentucky). States not represented were Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Texas.

The groups continuation should be approved for a five year renewal at the meeting of the southern region directors in August. The plant evaluations were reviewed and plans were made to publish a listing of 43 taxa evaluated by the group in the Southern Nursery Association Research Conference Proceedings in 2008. Two new plants - Betsy Ross lilac (Syringa) and Duet beautyberry (Callicarpa dichomata) were approved for evaluation and a group of Taxodium selections from Texas were approved for evaluation.

Officers elected for 2007-2008 were Allen Owings  Chair, Jim Robbins  Secretary, Alex Niemiera  Executive Committee. Ed Bush continues as Chair of the Plant Evaluation Committee. Virginia will host the 2008 meeting. Arkansas will host the 2009 meeting.

Accomplishments

The group decided to pursue publishing in the Southern Nursery Association Proceedings in 2008 an article on the 43 taxa current being evaluated by the group along with a contact person for each plant and a listing of states where each plant is currently being evaluated or has been evaluated. <br /> <br /> Potential plant evaluations for the group to consider during the next few years were discussed. Mike Arnold has bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) selections for evaluation. Donna Fare proposed the Betsy Ross lilac (Syringa) from USDA-NA and the Duet beautyberry (Callicarpa dichomata) from USDA-NA. These three taxa were approved for evaluation by group members.<br />

Publications

Impact Statements

1. Bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) selections and Betsy Ross lilac (Syringa) from USDA-NA and the Duet beautyberry (Callicarpa dichomata) from USDA-NA were approved for evaluation.

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