Fred Musser MSU fmusser@entomology.msstate.edu;
Jack Bacheler NCSU jack_bacheler@ncsu.edu;
Jack Reed MSU jreed@entomology.msstate.edu;
James Harper NCSU james_harper@ncsu.edu;
Jeff Gore MSU jgore@drec.msstate.edu;
Jeremy Greene Clemson greene4@clemson.edu;
John Adamczyk USDA-ARS john.adamczyk@ars.usda.gov;
Kelly Tindall U Missouri tindallk@missouri.edu;
Pat OLeary Cotton Inc. poleary@cottoninc.com;
Phillip Roberts U Georgia proberts@uga.edu;
Roger Leonard LSU AgCenter rleonard@agcenter.lsu.edu;
Ron Smith Auburn U smithrh@auburn.edu;
Ryan Jackson USDA-ARS rjackson@ars.usda.gov;
Shoil Greenberg USDA-ARS shoil.greenberg@ars.usda.gov;
Scott Akin U Arkansas CES akin@uamont.edu;
Tina Gray Teague ASU-UAAES tteague@astate.edu;
March 4, 2008, 11:30 AM at the Wyndham Jacksonville Riverwalk Hotel in Jacksonville, FL in conjunction with the Southeastern Branch Meeting of the Entomological Society of America.
Prior to the business meeting, a symposium was held entitled Managing Cotton Insects- Hot Topics in IPM. Twelve papers were presented covering at-plant decisions, insecticide resistance, Bt technology, plant bug management and stink bug management. Many of the talks presented data gathered from ongoing multi-state research projects.
Jeremy Greene, chair of SERA-IEG 23, moderated the symposium and presided over the business meeting.
In attendance at the business meeting were 16 scientists representing 9 universities, Cotton Inc. and USDA-ARS.
James Harper, on behalf of the experiment station and extension directors, thanked the group for organizing the symposium and encouraged the group to continue this level of collaboration. He also encouraged us to keep the web site up to date as it is used by numerous administrators.
Old Business
Jeremy Greene encouraged more use of the web site as it is there for our benefit.
The focus areas proposed at the last meeting were mentioned. While collaborative work is being done on these areas (Beltwide research on pyrethroid resistance, armyworm symposium organized for the southeastern branch meeting), no one suggested a role for this group in these areas at this time.
New Business
Jeremy Greene announced that in an email election held prior to the meeting, Jeff Gore was selected as the new secretary/chair elect for the group. Fred Musser becomes the chair for the next meeting.
The time and place for the next meeting was discussed. After much discussion, Phillip Roberts moved to meet with the Cotton Management Seminar (Oct/Nov) on even years and at the southeastern branch or the southwestern branch meeting of ESA (Feb/Mar) on even years. This was seconded by Jeff Gore and approved. Therefore our next meeting will be held in conjunction with the Cotton Management Seminar scheduled for Memphis, TN in October or November, 2008.
The meeting was adjourned at 12:00 PM.
Attendance sheets were passed around for everyone to sign. Attendees are listed below.
Sincerely,
Fred Musser
Secretary/ Chair-elect