NSCG 09 Atlanta

2009 Conference
Saturday, January 31 and Sunday, February 1, 2009 in conjunction with the SAAS/SR-ASHS conference (2/1/09 to 2/3/09) in Atlanta, GA
Venue: The Westin Peachtree Plaza, 210 Peachtree St., N.W. Atlanta, GA. [Phone now for reservations: (404) 659-1400 • Fax: (404) 589-7424] Be sure to ask for the SAAS/SR-ASHS rates of $144/night.


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Plans are underway (but not yet finalized) for a pre-conference field trip on Friday, January 30, 2009. Jack Osman, Health Science Department at Towson University, Towson, Maryland is the incoming chair responsible for coordinating the conference. (email: or ; Phone: 717-993-3081) Mike Jackson, USDA-ARS, Charleston, SC is chair elect for 2010.


Quick Look:
Production (7); Pest Management (5); Postharvest/Food Science/Marketing (3); Special Session (PVTA for NSCG trials); Poster (2)

Tags:
Foundation seed  Plasticulture  Storage  Ethepon  Foliar nutrients  Storage root formation  Bayesian belief network
GIS/GPS  Insect damage  Weed control  White grub Meristem Culture Flavor Chemistry  Antioxidant  Anthocyanin  Crop rotation Sampling techniques
Plant variety transfer agreement

Call For Papers

5 Jan 09 (abstracts available-please click on link)

A. Production (Back to Top)
Moderator:

A1. "Sweet Potato Foundation Seed Survey: Yield Performance of Multiple Generations of Sweet Potato Foundation Seed in 2007 and 2008"

Tara. P. Smith¹, C.Clark², and D. Ferrin².
¹LSU AgCenter Sweet Potato Research Station, Chase, LA and ²LSU AgCenter Dept. of Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology, Baton Rouge, LA.

A2. "Field propagation of certified sweetpotato cuttings in early spring under plasticulture"

Ramón A. Arancibia

A3. "Sweetpotato storage trials: variety differences, storage conditions, and fertilizer effects"

Scott Stoddard*, UC Cooperative Extension, Merced, CA; Mikal Saltveit, Plant Physiologist - AES, UC Davis, Davis, CA.

A4. "The use of ethephon as a harvest aid to reduce sweetpotato skinning"

Jeffery L. Main, Mark W. Shankle and Trevor F. Garrett.

A5. The use of soil amendments and foliar nutrients to improve sweetpotato yield

Mark W. Shankle, Jeffery L. Main, and Trevor F. Garrett.

A6. Observations of adventitious root initiation and storage root formation under field conditions

Arthur Villordon¹, Don LaBonte², and Julio Solis^2
1LSU AgCenter Sweet Potato Research Station, Chase, LA 71324; ²LSU AgCenter School of Plant, Environmental, and Soil Sciences, 137 J.C. Miller Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803.

A7."Modeling and inference using a Bayesian belief network learned from empirical yield data"

Arthur Villordon
LSU AgCenter Sweet Potato Research Station Chase, LA 71324

B. Pest Management (Back to Top)
Moderator:

B8. "Using GIS/GPS techniques to evaluate soil insect and/or nematode pest control strategies in sweet potato"

Eugene Burris, D. Burns, T. Smith, C. Overstreet and M. C. Wolcott
LSU AgCenter Northeast Research Station; LSU AgCenter Sweet Potato Station; LSU AgCenter Department of Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology

B9. "Evaluation of crop rotations and nematicides for management of reniform nematode in sweetpotato"

Tara P. Smith¹, Abner M. Hammond², R. Story² and E. Burris^3
1LSU AgCenter Sweet Potato Research Station, Chase, LA; ²LSU AgCenter Dept. of Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology, Baton Rouge, LA; ³LSU AgCenter Northeast Research Station, St. Joseph, LA.

B10. "Effect of KIH-485 on weed control and sweetpotato yield"

Mark W. Shankle, Trevor F. Garrett, and Jeffery L. Main.

B11. "Developing Management Strategies for an Invasive White Grub Pest of Sweetpotato in North Carolina"

Mark R. Abney
Dept. of Entomology, North Carolina State University. Raleigh, NC. 27695

B12. "Effects of Meristem Culture on Yields of Heirloom Sweetpotatoes in the Field"

Jackson, D.M., K. Ling, and H.F. Harrison, Jr.
U.S. Vegetable Laboratory, 2700 Savannah Highway, Charleston, SC 29414

C. Postharvest Physiology, Food Science and Marketing:  (Back to Top)
Moderator:

C13. “Integrating flavor chemistry and plant breeding”

Stanley J. Kays
Department of Horticulture, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

C14."The Antioxidant and Anti-inflammatory Properties of Purple Sweet Potato Phenolics in the LPS-induced RAW 264.7 Model"

Sara D. Cohen, Caroline R. Summers, Ruth H. Watkins, Zhengyue Huang, Gabriel K. Harris
Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

C15.“LC-MS/MS Analysis of anthocyanin constituents in purple-fleshed sweetpotatoes”

Van-Den Truong¹, Neigel Deighton², Roger Thompson¹, Roger McFeeters¹, Ken Pecota², Craig Yencho^2
1USDA-ARS, SAA Food Science Research Unit, ²North Carolina State University

D. Special Session

Plant Variety Transfer Agreements: Is it time to institute a uniform PVTA for the sweetpotato collaborators group trials?
G. Craig Yencho, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University, Raleigh, NC


E. Poster
(please submit title to appropriate oral session moderator)

E16. "Three Year Crop Rotation Study of Sweet Potatoes in the Mississippi Delta"

Larry Adams and Craig Abel, USDA-ARS, SIMRU, Stoneville, MS.

E17. "Comparison of different sampling techniques for sweetpotato insects"

Tahir Rashid, Craig Abel & Larry Adams




Call For Papers (Reminder) (Back to Top)

Section Chairs: - Send paper/poster title to the appropriate section chair and Arthur Villordon, Please submit proposal titles by November 14, 2008. Abstracts of your presentation are due by December 10, 2008 in order to be included in the Collaborators Annual Progress Report. Abstracts should be sent by e-mail to the moderator of your session for review.

Production, Physiology, and Plant/Seed Production
Ramon Arancibia, MS,

Insect, Disease, and Weed Management
Tara Smith, LSU,

Post Harvest Physiology, Food Science, and Marketing
Den Truong, NCSU,

Breeding Genetics and Molecular Biology
Mike Jackson, SC, USDA-ARS-USVL,