Schedule of Events for Thursday, July 24th
8:30 am Refreshments & Registration for Pesticide Application Credits
9:00 am Welcome – Hans Schneider, MSU/MAES EARC Superintendent & Glenn Duff, Interim Dean & Director, MSU College of Agriculture/Agricultural Experiment Station or Barry Jacobsen, MSU Interim Dept. Head of Research Centers Dr. Jeff Bader, MSU Extension Director, DRC & Extension
9:15 am Tour Begins
9:30 am Roshan Acharya MS, MSU Graduate Student, MSU Spring Wheat Stay-Green Characteristic Study. Spring Wheat (Stay-Green Study) planted May 9
9:45 am Dr. Luther Talbert, MSU Bozeman Spring Wheat Breeder, MSU Spring Wheat breeding program. Spring Wheat planted May 8
10:00 am Dr. Joyce Eckhoff, MSU/MAES EARC Agronomist, Durum breeding for Montana. Durm planted May 13
10:15 am Duane Peters, Sidney Sugars, Inc. Agronomist, Sugarbeet Varieties. Sugarbeet planted April 25
10:30 am Dr. Bart Stevens, USDA-ARS Agronomist, Sugarbeet phosphorus study. Sugarbeet planted May 13
10:45 am Dr. Mary Burrows, MSU Plant Pathologist, Wheat, Barley & Pea (pulse crop) Diseases. Barley planted April 26. Peas planted May 12
11:00 am Dr. Hans Schneider, MSU/MAEWS EARC Plant Pathologist, Integrated Control of Beet Cyst Nematodes. Sugarbeet planted May 9
11:15 am Dr. TheCan Caesar, USDA-ARS Soil Microbiologist, USDA-ARS Soil Microbiology Research
11:30 am Dr. Hans Schneider, MSU/MAES EARC Plant Pathologist, Integrated Control of Rhizoctonia Solani. Sugarbeet planted May 22
11:45 am Sherry Turner MS, MSU/MAES EARC Research Associate, Integrated Control of Ascochyta Blight of Chick Pea. Chick Peas planted May 22
12:00 pm Dr. Jerry Bergman, NDSU-WREC Director, Safflower Varieties & Management. Safflower planted May 22
12:15 pm Tim Fine, MSU Extension Richland County, Sidney Community Garden
12:30 pm Sponsored Luncheon
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