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2011 NNGA Annual Meeting Schedule
Speaker and Topic Listing (as of 5/31/11)
Sunday, July 17, 2011
| 10:00 a.m. |
NNGA Board Meeting
(Agenda on separate page) |
University Inn Room 508 |
| 1:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m. |
Registration |
Eccles Conference Center Registration Booth |
| 8:00 a.m. -5:00 p.m. |
Exhibitor/Auction display setup |
ECC 208 |
| 5:15 p.m. & 5:45 p.m. |
Bus loading |
University Inn |
| 6:00 p.m. |
Opening Social
Entertainment:
The Stringtown Band - folk music |
American West Heritage Center |
| 6:30 p.m. |
Dutch Oven Dinner – Local Fare with a Local Flair |
AWHC Pavilion |
| 7:30 p.m. |
Show and Tell |
AWHC Livery Stable |
Monday, July 18, 2011
| 7:30 a.m. |
Bus Pickup - Optional CAP Tour |
University Inn |
| 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. |
Optional CAP Tour – Salt Lake Temple Square, Weber Canyon, Trapper’s Loop Road, Snow Basin Ski Resort/2002 Olympic site. Gondola ride to Mt. Ogden Peak |
Salt Lake City, Ogden, Park City |
| 7:00-11:00 a.m. |
Registration |
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Eccles Conference Center |
| 7:00 a.m. -5:00 p.m. |
Exhibits & Auction display open |
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ECC 208 |
| 8:00 a.m. |
Welcome and Introduction |
Tim Ford, Conference Chair |
Auditorium |
| 8:15 a.m. |
A Horticultural History of Utah |
Dr. Brent Black, Extension Fruit Specialist – Utah State University |
Auditorium |
| 8:45 a.m. |
The History of Chestnut Breeding in the U.S. |
Dr. Sandra Anagnostakis, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station |
Auditorium |
| 9:30 a.m. |
NNGA Business Meeting
Call to Order
2010 Business Meeting Minutes/Corrections/ApprovalRecess until Banquet (7/19) |
Secretary’s Report
Treasurer’s Report
Meeting Site Committee Report
Nominating Committee Report
Nominations from the Floor
Election of Nominating Committee Members
Membership Enhancement Report
Dues Increase |
Auditorium |
| 10:00 a.m. |
Break |
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Lobby |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Fixed Nitrogen Sources for Nut Tree Establishment |
Dr. Jerry VanSambeek, Research Plant Physiologist – University of Missouri |
Auditorium |
| 11:00 a.m. |
The Edible Acorn: Cultivation and Processing the Nut of the Oak Tree |
Ken Asmus, Oikos Tree Crops |
Auditorium |
| 11:40 a.m. |
Remembering Dr. Walter P. Cottam: Utah’s First Ecologist Tackles the Oaks |
Dr. Ty Harrison, Emeritus Professor of Biology, Westminster College |
Auditorium |
| 12:00 noon |
Lunch Break – on your own |
Taggart Student Center |
Marketplace Cafe |
| 12:00 noon -5:00 p.m. |
Poster Session - Germplasm collection in Middle and Central Asia |
Dr. David Zaurov, Rutgers University and IPPFBE |
Lobby |
| 1:10 p.m. |
NNGA Library: Treasures and Resources |
Jerry Henkin, NNGA Librarian |
Auditorium |
| 1:30 p.m. |
Tree Shelter Evaluation on the Performance of Young Pecan Seedlings |
Dr. Charles Rohla, Assistant Professor/Pecan Specialist, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation |
Auditorium |
| 2:00 p.m. |
Low Cost Harvest Equipment for Chestnuts |
Dr. Michele Warmund, Professor of Horticulture & Fruit Extension Specialist, University of Missouri |
Auditorium |
| 2:30 p.m. |
An Update on Hazelnut Research at Rutgers |
Dr. Thomas Molnar, Assistant Professor, Plant Biology & Pathology Department, Rutgers University |
Auditorium |
| 3:00 p.m. |
Break |
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Lobby |
| 3:30 p.m. |
Synonomies, homonymies and hybrids in butternut and chestnut cultivars |
Dr. Jeanne Romero-Severson, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame |
Auditorium |
| 4:00 p.m. |
Tree Crops and Pasture in Organic Farming |
Dr. Joseph Heckman, Professor of Soil Science, Rutgers University |
Auditorium |
| 4:30 p.m. |
Northern Pecans-Observations and Uncertainties |
Wes Rice, author, and owner - PecanQuest LLC |
Auditorium |
| 5:00 p.m. |
Dinner – on your own |
Taggart Student Center |
Marketplace Cafe |
| 6:00 p.m. |
19th Annual Research Fund Auction |
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ECC 208 |
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
| 8:15 a.m. |
Bus Pickup - Optional CAP Tour |
University Inn |
| 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. |
Optional CAP Tour – Cache Valley Food Tour |
Local Cache Valley locations |
| 7:00 a.m. -5:00 p.m. |
Exhibits & Auction display open |
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ECC 208 |
| 8:00 a.m.-12:00 noon |
Poster Session - Germplasm collection in Middle and Central Asia |
Dr. David Zaurov, Rutgers University and IPPFBE |
Lobby |
| 8:00 a.m. |
To Be Announced |
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Auditorium |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Characterization of American hazelnut accessions and Corylus Americana x Corylus avellana hybrids using microsatellite markers |
Dr. Shawn Mehlenbacher, Professor of Horticulture, Oregon State University |
Auditorium |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Using genetic fingerprints to establish a paternal relationship in a Michigan chestnut orchard |
Dr. Dennis Fulbright and Carmen Medina-Mora, Department of Plant Pathology, Michigan State University |
Auditorium |
| 9:30 a.m. |
Challenges Experienced in a Commercial Acorn Tortilla Chip Venture |
Howard Manning, President of Harvesting Howard, LLC |
Auditorium |
| 10:00 a.m. |
Break |
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Lobby |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Pinenuts: History, Research and Current Knowledge |
Alan Peterson - grower and pine tree enthusiast |
Auditorium |
| 10:50 a.m. |
A strategy for using a marker or set of markers to find resistance to TCD |
Dr. Jeanne Romero-Severson, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame |
Auditorium |
| 11:20 a.m. |
A comparative analysis of research and germplasm in Juglans regia in both Iran and the United States, a history, state of the current art and future needs |
Dr. Kourosh Vahdati, Department of Horticulture, College of Abouraihan, University of Tehran |
Auditorium |
| 11:50 a.m. |
Lunch – on your own |
Taggart Student Center |
Marketplace Cafe |
| 1:00 p.m. |
Thousand Cankers Disease- a Threat to the Walnut Industry |
Dr. Ned Tisserat, Plant Pathology Professor and Extension Specialist, Colorado State University |
Auditorium |
| 1:45 p.m. |
Describing and Detecting Populations of the Walnut Twig Beetle: The Hyperactive Vector of Thousand Cankers Disease |
Dr. Steve Seybold, Research Entomologist, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station; Faculty Affiliate, Department of Entomology, UC-Davis |
Auditorium |
| 2:35 p.m. |
Susceptibility of Juglans sp. to Butternut Canker Disease |
Dr. Sandra Anagnostakis, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station |
Auditorium |
| 3:05 p.m. |
Break |
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Lobby |
| 3:30 p.m. |
Black Walnut Ambers - Searching for the Cause of Kernel Necrosis |
Dr. Michele Warmund, Professor of Horticulture & Fruit Extension Specialist – University of Missouri |
Auditorium |
| 4:00 p.m. |
IPPFBE History, Current Research and Future |
Tim Ford, President and Director of Plant Breeding at IPPFBE |
Auditorium |
| 4:45 p.m. |
Wrap Up |
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Auditorium |
| 5:00 p.m. |
Cocktail Reception |
Aggie Hospitality Suite |
University Inn Room 402 |
| 6:00 p.m. |
Group Photo |
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University Inn - Lawn |
| 6:30 p.m. |
Annual Banquet
Auction results – announcements
Research Grant Committee Report
Awards
Annual NNGA Elections
Roster of States and Countries |
Brian Peterson on PianoKeynote Speaker: Lee DeHaan – Land Institute:
Prairie Ecosystems and the Succession to Trees |
The Sky Room Top floor: Taggart Student Center |
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
| 7:30 a.m. |
Bus Pickup - Optional NNGA Field Trip |
University Inn |
| 8:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. |
Optional NNGA Field Trip: IPPFBE Research Tour: Richmond Utah, Dayton Idaho, Thatcher Utah |
Points North: |
| 5:30 p.m. |
Dinner – on your own |
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Thursday, July 21, 2011
| 7:30 a.m. |
Bus Pickup - Optional NNGA Field Trip |
University Inn |
| 8:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. |
Optional NNGA Field Trip: Utah Botanical Center, Red Butte Garden and Arboretum, and Cottam’s Grove. Presentation: Chronology of Research pertinent to the relic hybrid oak (Quercus pauciloba RYDB) - Rudy Drobnick – student/colleague of Dr. Walter Cottam and discoverer of the first hybrid oaks southwest of Salt Lake City |
Points South |
| 5:30 p.m. |
Dinner – on your own |
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