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SCC033: Cooperative Variety Testing Programs

Annual/Termination Reports (SAES-422): [03/11/2011] [03/08/2012] [04/22/2013]

Date of Annual Report: 03/11/2011

Report Information:
  • Annual Meeting Dates: 02/08/11 to 02/10/11
  • Period the Report Covers: 10/2009 to 09/2010

    • Participants:
    Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting:
    SCC-33 Meeting
    February 8-10, 2011
    Holiday Inn Emerald Beach
    Corpus Christi, TX

    Tuesday, February 8

    Evening reception hosted by the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture

    Wednesday, February 9

    Registration - conducted by SCC-33 treasurer Debra Ahrent, University of Arkansas

    The meeting began with Welcome and Announcements, by Clarence Watson, Oklahoma State University who gave an overview of SCC-33 and the current status of Multistate Hatch program as well as future scenarios for funding levels. Mike Hughes, Pioneer Hi-Bred International and Don Dombek, University of Arkansas, 2011 co-chairs welcomed the group and initiated personal introduction from the meeting attendees.

    There were 24 meeting attendees (listed above). Gene Olson, University of Kentucky, presented Forage Variety Testing in Kentucky. Gene gave a detailed presentation on his forage variety testing program covering techniques, equipment and methods for his forage and grazing trials. Bill Bruening, University of Kentucky, discussed Evaluation for Wheat Varieties for Forage and Straw Yield Potential. Bill discussed the justification and methodology for conducting these specialized small grain variety tests.

    Daryl Bowman, North Carolina State University, presented Forage Variety Testing in Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia and conducted an open discussion on the status state forage testing. It was decided to write a white paper advocating the need for forage variety testing by land-grant institutions. Daryl Bowman would spear head this effort with assistance from Don Dombek.

    Daryl followed up the forage discussion with a presentations and discussions on Reporting Data Relative to Significance Levels and Horizontal vs. Vertical Blocking of Trials.

    Eugene Lacefield, University of Kentucky, led a group discussion entitled Spatial Analyses, and primarily discussed how do you know when a test gets too big in size and what to do about this issue.

    Kim Hurst and Michael Emerson, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, gave a presentation on Soybean Cultivar Disease Screening in Arkansas. They gave a program overview and discussed the techniques used for disease screening for the Arkansas soybean variety trials.

    Josh Still, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, presented the results from the 2011 Survey of Variety Testing Procedures in the Southern Region. Discussion of posting the detailed results and how to include additional state programs followed. It was agreed that the survey questions will be edited and resubmitted for a later survey with the help of Bill Bruening (small grains) and John Creech (cotton).

    Mike Hughes, Pioneer Hybrid International, gave an overview of Pioneer and discussed its research structure and its use and participation in state variety testing programs.

    Bill Bruening, gave an update on the SCC-33 website (http://www.uky.edu/Ag/wheatvarietytest/SCC-33.htm) and discussed the new page, its content and why it was moved from Mississippi State.

    Reception and dinner provided by Pioneer Hi-Bred International

    Thursday, February 10

    Continental breakfast and refreshments provided by Syngenta.

    Daryl Bowman, Bill Bruening and Don Dombek discussed Traditional vs. Intensive Management of Wheat. Intensive management was defined by crop input applications. The pros and cons were discussed as well as justification for or against intensive management.

    Don Boquet, LSU Ag Center presented Green Plant Malady: Factors Contributing to Green Soybean Plants at Maturity. Don discussed the many factors that may play a role in green plant complex. He discussed the interaction between the plant symptoms and varieties, disease, insects, environment and planting date.

    Rick Mascagni, LSU Ag Center discussed Corn Fertility and fertilizer application techniques and his research findings.

    James Thomas of Worldwide Soytechnologies received the 2011 Outstanding Service Award for his sustained contributions to variety testing and the SCC-33 organization. Monty Malone accepted the award on his behalf.

    The Business Meeting was called to order by Don Dombek. Bruening motioned that last year's meeting minutes be accepted as posted on the website. The motion passed. Rick Mascagni, LSU was elected public 2012 co-chair. Marty Hale was elected industry co-chair. Marty was not present to accept or decline the position. In the event that Marty cannot serve as the industry rep, and alternative co-chair will be determined. Debra Ahrent presented the SCC-33 treasurers report. Future meeting sites were briefly discussed. It was also decided that SCC-33 would promote the 2012 meeting as an all inclusive meeting to include all variety testing programs in the country. The plan is to conduct a National Variety Testing Meeting in 2012, to foster new ideas, better meeting attendance and discussion.

    Adjourn

    Accomplishments:
    During the current reporting period, SCC-33 sucessfully established a new web site (http://www.uky.edu/Ag/wheatvarietytest/SCC-33.htm)hosted by the University of Kentucky. The new site has been updated and additional archival information has been posted to the site.

    Impact Statements:
    Last Modified: 11-Mar-2011

    Date of Annual Report: 03/08/2012

    Report Information:
  • Annual Meeting Dates: 02/08/12 to 02/10/12
  • Period the Report Covers: 10/2011 to 09/2012

    • Participants:
    Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting:
    The 2012 Annual Meeting of SCC-33 and the University Crop Testing Alliance (UCTA) was March 8-10, at the Hilton New Orleans/St. Charles Ave., New Orleans, LA. Rick Mascsgni, Louisiana State University, and Marty Hale, Terral Seed Co., served as co-chairs for the meeting. Debra Ahrent of the University of Arkansas handled pre-registration and registration.

    An informal meet and greet reception was held from 6-8 pm on March 8, 2012 in the Grand Chapel Room at the Hilton. The event was well attended and facilitated early registration and provided an excellent opportunity to network with other attendees.

    Thursday Match 9, 2012 (Prytania Room)

    8:00 Welcome / Introductions, Rick Mascagni, LSU Ag Center

    8:30 Overview of SCC-33, History, function of multistate information exchange group - Clarence Watson, Univ. of Arkansas

    9:00 Overview of UCTA, History, function, goals - Darin Joos, Univ. of Illinois

    9:30 Rice Variety Testing in Arkansas - Chuck Wilson, Jr. and Karen Moldenhauer, Univ. of Arkansas

    10:00 Rice Variety Testing in Louisiana - Dustin Harrell, LSU AgCenter

    10:15 Break

    10:45 Overview of the Forage Testing Program at Mississippi State University - Joshua White and Rocky Lemus, Mississippi State Univ.

    11:10 Forage Variety Testing in North Carolina - Daryl Bowman, North Carolina State Univ.

    11:30 Glyphosate Tolerance Among Wheat Varieties - Bill Bruening, Univ. of Kentucky

    12:00pm Lunch

    1:30 The Future of Herbicide Tolerant Traits in Soybeans and Implications on Yield Testing Programs; Evaluating Multiple Trait and Herbicide Combinations - Cindy Arnevik, Monsanto

    2:00 Corn Testing - Different Versions of the Same Hybrid  How do we Handle This? - Panel Discussion: Steve Sick (Syngenta Seeds), Daryl Bowman (NCSU), and Rick Mascagni (LSU Ag Center)

    3:00 Break

    3:30 Effect of Plant Spacing on Corn Grain Yield - Daryl Bowman (NCSU) and Don Dombek (Univ. of Arkansas)

    4:00 Animal Control in Research Plots - Open discussion: Rick Mascagni (LSU Ag Center)

    4:30 Reporting Data - Harry Behl (Virginia Tech), Marcelo Carena (North Dakota State Univ.), Daryl Bowman, and Rick Mascagni

    5:30 Adjourn

    Friday 2/10/12 (Prytania Room):

    7-8:00am Beakfast

    8:00 Incomplete Block Design - Fred Allen, Univ. of Tennessee

    8:30 Proc Trend Analyses on Your PC - Daryl Bowman (NCSU)

    9:00 TFPlan - A New Version of a Randomization Software -Daryl Bowman (NCSU) 9:30 Dixon's Outlier Procedure - Daryl Bowman (NCSU)

    10:00 New Online National Variety Testing Survey - Josh Still (Univ. of Arkansas) and Jessica Cole (Univ. of Kentucky)

    10:30 SCC-33 Business meeting

    -- 2011 SCC-33 meeting minutes were approved.

    -- Awards: The 2009 SCC-33 Outstanding Service Award was presented to Bill Bruening, University of Kentucky. Bill has twice served as chair of SCC-33 and helped to organize meetngs, including the first joint meeting of SCC-33 and the University Crop Testing Alliance (UCTA) in 2010.;

    -- The Group thanked Rick Mascagni and Marty Hale for the excellent meeting ar rangements.

    -- Fred Allen, University of Tennessee, and Monte Malone, Bayer Crop Science, were elected as co-chairs for 2012-13.

    -- Fred and Monte will survey the group to determine the best meeting time and place for next year.

    10:45 Adjourn

    Accomplishments:

    Impact Statements:
    Last Modified: 08-Mar-2012

    Date of Annual Report: 04/22/2013

    Report Information:
  • Annual Meeting Dates: 02/05/13 to 02/07/13
  • Period the Report Covers: 10/2012 to 09/2013

    • Participants:
    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;
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    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

    Accomplishments:
    For further information available on SCC-33 website .

    Impact Statements:
    Last Modified: 22-May-2013
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