Meeting Agendas
AGENDA
Joint Meeting of Western Wheat Workers, Wheat CAP,
WERA-97, and NCERA-184
UC Davis on May 12-13, 2008
Monday, May 12 ( Ballroom B, ARC, UC Davis Campus)
8:00 a.m. Registration
8:30 a.m. Welcome Address by UCD CA&ES Dean (or designate)
9:00 a.m.-Noon Technical Program – Six, ½ hour speakers (with discussion)
Climate change – Impact on Agriculture in Western U.S. (Richard Snyder)
Wheat heat and drought tolerance (Luther Talbert)
Biotechnological tools to improve stress tolerance in crops (Eduardo Blumwald)
Coffee Break
Diseases – Status of stripe rust (Ravi Singh)
Diseases – Update on stem rust/Ug99 (Yue Jin)
Wheat TILLING populations: A powerful tool for gene validation and translational genomics (Jorge Dubcovsky)
Noon – Lunch
1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. State Reports
4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m. WERA-97 Business meeting
Welcome, self-introductions
Impact Statement revision/approval
Selection of sub-committee to draft new Petition
Discussion regarding, and selection of, 2009 and 2010 meeting locations
Other items
Monday, May 12 (Genomics Center, UC Davis Campus)
4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Tour for Western Wheat Workers & Wheat CAP
Monday, May 12 (Hallmark Inn Meeting Room, Davis)
4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m. NCERA-184 Business meeting
Registration
Impact Statement revision/approval
Selection of sub-committee to draft new Petition
Discussion regarding, and selection of 2009 and 2010 Meeting locations
Other items
Monday, May 12 ( Putah Creek Lodge, UC Davis Campus)
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. – Social and BBQ just across the bridge, shown below.
Tuesday, May 13 (2005 PES Bldg, UC Davis Campus)
8:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Wheat CAP meeting
Reports from CA, ID, MT, OR and WA (Wheat CAP Co-PIs)
SNP Screening wheat germplasm (Luther Talbert)
Wheat CAP renewal research ideas (Jorge Dubcovsky)
Wheat CAP renewal education & outreach ideas (Jamie Sherman)
10:30 a.m.-Noon Western Wheat Workers Business meeting
Tuesday, May 13 (Hallmark Inn Meeting Room, Davis)
8:00 a.m.-Noon NCERA-184 Technical Session and Discussions
Preparing and planning for TTKSK (Ug99) stem rust: Update on stem rust (Yue Jin)
Enhanced monitoring and uniform fungicide testing (discussion led by Erick De Wolf and Pierce Paul)
Foliar and seed treatment fungicides: Value of early applications of foliar fungicides (anyone?)
New products being registered – Caramba, etc.
Foliar fungicide and seed treatment efficacy table
Powdery mildew and foliar disease nursery update (discussion led by Christina Cowger and Gary Bergstrom)
Update on wheat virus survey in the Great Plains (Mary Burrows)
Multiplexed PCR for detection of common wheat viruses (Joe Anderson)
Integrated management of head scab (Marcia McMullen and Char Hollingsworth)
Post-anthesis wetness and DON accumulation in wheat (Ruth Dill-Macky and Christina Cowger)
Tuesday, May 13 (Field Trip)
Noon: Pick-up at Hallmark Inn and PES Building
Noon-4:00 p.m. Box lunches will be provided.
UC Agronomy Farm – Dubcovsky and Jackson plots – 1 hour
UC Agronomy Farm – Qualset BYD – ½ hour
Resource Seeds, Inc. – 1 hour
CWC Lab – 1 hour
4:00 p.m. – Return to Hallmark Inn