Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

Minutes for S1011 Meeting November 18-19, 2004 Attendees: Tom Mueller, Jean Cobb, Elizabeth Watson, Wondi Mersie, José Dumas, Joe Massey, John Mattice, Clarence Watson, Melissa Riley Tom Mueller is serving as the chair of the group and leader of discussions. Melissa Riley served as the recorder of minutes. Initial discussions were on editing the paper to be submitted to Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry. The draft of the paper was projected onto screen so all members could make their suggestions. Once agreement was obtained the changes were made. Some final changes were made after the meeting such as changes in the numbering of references, changes in the format of tables, and checking that all trademark symbols were incorporated. (Paper was submitted on January 10, 2005) Clarence Watson, administrative advisor for the group discussed some of the changes in the reporting of the work associated with the Multi-State projects. Information in now incorporated on the NIMMS site which will serve as the repository of information, including the minutes. Last years minutes need to be sent to Clarence so that he can put them into the NIMMS system. Current minutes also need to be sent. Discussion was made on the use of the old S271 server and it was decided that this server has outlived its usefulness and will be discontinued. A discussion was conducted into the possibility of looking for outside additional funding for the current project. Currently only one member of the project is receiving any money for the supplies needed to conduct this project. Due to the lack of money for the actual conduct of the research for this project, the group decided that we needed to look for possible small grants to fund the research of the group. Potential sources of additional funding for the research to be pursued by the group should be sent to Tom Mueller. There was a discussion of the possible site for the meeting of the group next year (2005). Virginia Tech offered to host the meeting next year and this site was accepted unanimously by the group. The meeting will be moved to sometime in June or the first of July. Scott Senseman will be going on sabbatical probably mid-July. Jean Cobb will work with on the final date  everyone should send dates that will not work to Jean as soon as possible and she will establish a date for the meeting. The work to be conducted for the next year with the project was discussed. One of the major problems that we need to address before we can look at the field extraction is the effect of higher temperature on the pesticides that are adsorbed to the disk materials (Empore and Speedisk) that may occur during the shipment of disk during summer conditions. Previous research has been conducted on room temperature and less than room temperature but there is no research reported on higher temperatures. John Mattice agreed to send out the first draft of the protocol for the next year protocol. Various other details of this part of the project will be decided later. State Reports were the next part of the group meeting: Mississippi  Joe Massey  looking at runoff on turf, attempting to get better runoff data  EPA wanting more large plots to better represent what happening Also looking at the effect of mowing heights of grass and the effect on pesticide runoff Research uses a rainfall simulator to produce 1 inch/hour  testing 2,4,D, chlorpyrifos, flutalonil and getting 20-25% runoff  for analysis injecting 500 ul of water on HPLC column Virginia Tech  Jean Cobb  the laboratory is primarily a service center with excellent relationships with the vet school, looking at box turtle liver and crab hemolymph for pesticides, running 100 salamander tails for OCs, DDE and DDTs John Hess will be retiring in July  likely replacement as department head will be more molecular in focus William & Mary, Univ. of Virginia and Virginia Tech are discussing the possibility of becoming charter universities  possibly the whole experimental service will be dissolved. Puerto Rico  José Dumas  monitoring interstitial water in Jobos Bay in Salinas. Also working with carbonatic soils where it is important to determine sorption and desorption constants of some commonly used pesticides, also looking at the saline absorption ratios, surveying wells and interstitial water close to solid waste facilities for nutrients and heavy metals. Texas A&M  Scott Senseman  working with metolachlor and atrazine, also looking at clomazone use in rice and why it causes injury in some cases but not in others, using centrifugation  plant available water and therefore herbicides  use minimal amount of water Also looking at other compounds  imazapyr, 2,4 D, and paraquat Looking at the KD values and % total chlorophyll in plant, after 60% chlorophyll loss then plant cannot recover May be teaching a mode of action/environmental fate course in Brazil next year during a sabbatical leave there Virginia State University  Wondi Mersie  working with switchgrass  has small seeds and doesnt germinate very well  trying to look at soil types, moisture, planting depth USAID project  control methods for parthenium in Ethiopia, serious weeds with lots of crops  also taints milk and causes respiratory problems Arkansas  John Mattice  monitoring water of rivers in Arkansas and Missouri  all of the sampling is in rice production areas  funded by the rice board  trying to prevent future problems, looking for 10 compounds every 2 weeks from May through August, dont report any detections of < 2 ppb South Carolina  Melissa Riley  also primarily a service laboratory  measuring ergosterol as a bioindicator of fungi in plant samples, also looking at levels of carotene and lycopene in tomato and their response to different light conditions, running some samples from golf courses for herbicides and looking at fludioxinil levels on peach fruit at the end of the processing lines (used for the control of brown rot during shipment/storage after harvest), looking a stink bugs in cotton and the possible compounds detected by an electronic nose  to develop a cheaper more selective sensor for the detection of stink bug damage prior to visible symptoms, measuring glucosinolates in Brassica species and their possible use in weed suppression and disease suppression. Tennessee  Tom Mueller  using 2 mm HPLC column  less volume infected PhD students investigating a Roundup resistant plant  looking at shikimate pathway Hybrid Bermuda grass  looking at carbohydrate Poison ivy  research into control, best material to investigate  working with research dermatologist - looking at how long it lasts in mulch It was suggested he contact Antoine Boudoine at Virginia Tech on biological control options. Various action items and person responsible for action Task Person Target Date Prepare draft protocol for extractor Mattice 12/20/04 Submit meeting grant to Syngenta Mueller 1/05 Draft protocol for heating study Mattice 12/4/04 Finish paper and submit Riley 1/05 Solicit JT Baker for donation of disks Cobb 1/05 Bring letter of collaboration to June meeting Everyone 6/05 Draft boiler plate letter Mueller 3/05 Minutes Riley 12/04 Possible suggestions for reviewers for paper Jason Krautz  USDA-ARS Stoneville Don Wauchope  USDA-ARS Tifton Addresses of Members  November 2004 Tom Mueller tmueller@utk.edu Phone: 865-974-8805 252 Ellington Bldg. FAX: 865-974-5365 2431 Joe Johnson Drive Knoxville, TN 37996-4561 Jean Cobb jmcc@vt.edu Phone: 540-231-6443 Pesticide Residue Laboratory FAX: 540-231-9070 352 Litton Reaves Hall MC 0309 Virginia Tech Blacksvurg, VA 24061 Elizabeth Watson ewatson@vt.edu Phone: 540-231-6443 Pesticide Residue Laboratory FAX: 540-231-9070 352 Litton Reaves Hall MC 0309 Virginia Tech Blacksvurg, VA 24061 Wondi Mersie wmersie@vsu.edu Phone: 804-524-5819 P. O. Box 9061 FAX: ???? Petersburg, VA 23806 Joe Massey jmassey@pss.mmstate.edu Phone : 662-325-4725 117 Dorman Hall FAX: ????? MississippiState University Mississippi State, MS 39762 John Mattice jmattice@uark.edu Phone: 479-575-6791 Altheimer Lab FAX: 479-575-3957 1366 Altheimer Drive Fayetteville, AR 72704 José Dumas jose_dumas@cca.uprm.edu Phone:787-767-9705 x2131 University of Puerto Rico Agricultural Experiment Station Botanical Garden  South 1193 Guayacan Street San Juan, PR 00926-1118 Melissa Riley mbriley@clemson.edu Phone: 864-656-0580 120 Long Hall FAX: 864-656-0274 Entomology, Soils, and Plant Sciences Clemson University Clemson, SC 29634-0315 Clarence E. Watson cwatson@mafes.msstate.edu Phone:662-325-0868 Associate Director FAX: 662-325-3001 Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station 210 Bost Center Box 9740 Mississippi State, MS 39762 Scott A. Senseman s-senseman@tamu.edu Phone:979-845-5375 Associate Professor Fax: 979-845-0456 Texas A&M University Texas Agricultural Experiment Station 2474 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-2474