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Prairie Grains is the
official publication of
the Minnesota
Association of
Wheat Growers,
North Dakota Grain
Growers Association,
South Dakota Wheat,
Inc., and the
Minnesota Barley
Growers Association.

"The Research Reporting Session will be an excellent way for growers and others in the wheat industry to learn more about current wheat research projects, many of which are producer-funded," says Bruce Hamnes, chairman of the Minnesota Wheat Research and Promotion Council, which administers the Minnesota wheat checkoff..

RESEARCH REPORTING SESSION AGENDA

9:30 a.m. Welcome, Tom Anderson, Chair, Small Grains Research & Communications Committee

9:35 a.m. Dr. John Wiersma, Northwest Experiment Station Crookston (invited) -- "General Support of Wheat Research Programs"

10:05 a.m. Dr. George Nelson, West Central Experiment Station Morris (invited) -- "General Support of Wheat Research Programs"

11:05 a.m. Dr. Albert L. Sims, Dept. of Soil, Water & Climate, University of Minnesota -- "Combining Effective Fertilization with Planting of HRS Wheat"

11:35 a.m. Dr. James Anderson, Dept of Agronomy & Plant Genetics, University of MN -- "Wheat Breeding & Genetics"

12:05 p.m. LUNCH

1:00 p.m. Dr. Marcia McMullen, Dept of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University -- "Evaluation of Fungicide Application Techniques to Improve Deposition of Fungicides to Grain Heads for Chemical Control of Fusarium Head Blight"

1:30 p.m. Dr. Jackie Rudd, Plant Science Dept., South Dakota State University -- "Accelerated Breeding for Resistance to Scab"

2:00 p.m. Dr. Ian MacRae, Northwest Experiment Station Crookston -- "Improving Aphid Monitoring in Small Grains"

2:30 p.m. Dr. Ruth Dill-Mackey, Northwest Experiment Station Crookston -- "Residue Management Effects on Wheat Foliar and Head Diseases"

3:00 p.m. John Lukach, Director, NDSU Langdon Research Center -- "Optimization of Standard Boom Sprayer Parameters for Uniform Application of Fungicide to Wheat Heads"

3:30 p.m. Adjourn