2014 Annual Meeting
2014 Annual Meeting
Centennial Campus of North Carolina State University
Venture IV, Suite 415
Raleigh, NC 27695
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Meeting Agenda
9-10am- Registrations and Refreshments
10-10:10- Opening Remarks
10:10-10:40- Tom Melton, Deputy Director, NCCES and Agriculture and Natural Resources Program Leader ‘The Future of Extension at NC State”
10:40 – 11:30- Peng Tian, PhD Student UGA “ Characterization of host resistance and Asian soybean rust (ASR) pathogen variability for durable resistance”.
11:30 – 11:40 – Break
11:40 – 12:10 – Lina Quesada-Ocampo, Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist, “Improving detection and control of cucurbit downy mildew through research and extension.”
12:10 – 12:50 – Catered Lunch
12:50 – 1:30 – Business Meeting- new and old business; election of officers; 2014 travel awardee; industry updates
1:30 – 2:00 – Alyssa Koehler, PhD Student NCSU, “Diversity and Population Structure of Rhizoctonia species in the urban landscape.”
2:00 – 2:30 – Joseph Roberts, PhD Student NCSU, “Bacterial Fright: A Case Study in Extension and Research Coexistence.”
2:30 – 3:00 – Liliana Cano, Post-Doctoral Scholar NCSU, “Genome analyses of filamentous plant pathogens.”