SAES-422 Multistate Research Activity Accomplishments Report

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Status: Approved

Basic Information

Project No. and Title: OLD SCC33 : Cooperative Variety Testing Programs
Period Covered: 10/01/2012 to 09/01/2013
Date of Report: 04/22/2013
Annual Meeting Dates: 02/05/2013 to 02/07/2013

Rheta Pryor rpryor@uark.edu; Joshua Still jas20@uark.edu; Richard Bond rbond@uark.edu; Darin Joos joos@illinois.edu; Clarence Watson cwatson1@uark.edu; Bob Uniatowski bobuni@udel.edu; Steve Sick steve.sick@nutechseed.com; Rick Mascagni hmascagni@agcenter.lsu.edu; Kathy Glass glasskm@auburn.edu; Anton Coy coy@uga.edu; Ronnie Schnell Ronnie.schnell@ag.tamu.edu; Fred Allen allenf@utk.edu; Bob Williams jwilli31@utk.edu; Monty Malone monty.malone@bayer.com;

Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

2013 SCC 33 Meeting Agenda;
Feb. 4-7, 2013 Hilton Ponce Golf and Casino Resort;
Ponce, Puerto Rico;;

Monday, Feb. 4, 2013

Meet and Greet/Registration in Hotel 5:00 - 7:00Monday

Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013 Hilton Ponce Hotel

8:00    Welcome & Introductions -- Monty Malone & Fred Allen, 2013 Co-Chairs

8:30    Clarence Watson, Arkansas AES(Admin. Advisor) -- SCC 33 Update

9:00    Bob Williams, University of Tennessee -- TN Standardized County Variety Testing Program

9:30    Steve Nichols, U.S. Agronomics, Bayer Crop Sciences -- OVT and Internal Variety Testing- a Bayer CropScience Perspective

10:00    Ronnie Schnell, Texas A&M -- Texas A&M AgriLife Research Crop Testing Program

10:30    Break

11:15    Rick Mascagni, Louisana State University -- Influence of Planting Date on Corn Yield Performance and Seed Quality for Seven Corn Hybrids Produced on Mississippi River Alluvial Soils

12:00    Lunch At the Hotel: Sponsored by SCC-33 & Bayer CropScience

1:30    Sylvia Cianzo, Iowa State University -- Overview of Iowa State's Soybean Breeding Program in PR

2:00    Fred Allen, University of Tennessee -- Choosing Corn and Soybean Varieties Best Suited for Irrigation in TN

2:30    Group Open Discussion -- How Do You Determine When to Split Out "New Trait Technologies" Into Separate Tests vs. Including Them With Other Technologies?

3:00    Break

3:30    Request from Larry Heatherly and Panel Discussion (Fred Allen and Monty Malone)-- Uniform Soybean Variety Names Across OVT Tests

4:30    Business Meeting

    New Chairs:

             Industry: Steve Sick

             University: Ronald Schnell

       Location -- Steve Sick and Ronnie Schnell will work together to identify the next meeting location as soon as possible

             The 2013 Industry Service Award was presented to Monty Malone

5:14    Adjourn

Wednesday, Feb.6, 2013: Tour of Bayer CropScience Continous Nursery-Sabana Grande, PR

8:30    Depart Hotel-Carpool or Caravan

9:00    Arrive at Sabana Grande Bayer CropScience Continuous Nursery

9:30    Victor Torres, Bayer CropScience Welcome & Station Overview Soybean Traits Introgression Manager

10:00    Field Tour of Site

12:00    Lunch-Grilling on the "Deck" Provided by Continuous Nursery Staff-Bayer CropScience

Thursday, Feb.7, 2013: Tours of Monsanto Multi-Season Program Site-Juana Diaz, PR

8:00    Depart Hotel-Carpool or Caravan

8:30    Arrive at Juana Diaz - Monsanto MultiSeason Program Site

9:00    Juan Santiago, Monsanto Safety and Site Presentation Site Manager

9:30    Field Tour of Site

12:00    Adjourn