Sunday, December 9, 2007: 8:30 AM-12:00 PM

Pacific Salon Two, Golden Pacific Ballroom, First Floor (Town & Country)

Symposium: The Seed Treatment Revolution

Organizer(s): Scott D. Stewart, sdstewart@utk.edu
Gus Lorenz, glorenz@uaex.edu
Phillip M. Roberts, proberts@uga.edu
8:30 AMIntroduction - current trends of seed treatment technologies (Scott Stewart, The University of Tennessee)
8:45 AM 0076The chemistry, development, and stewardship of insecticidal and nematicidal seed treatments
Michael R. Schwarz, mike.schwarz@bayercropscience.com
9:05 AM0077The role of nematicidal seed treatments in disease interactions
J. Ole Becker, obecker@ucr.edu
9:25 AM0078Evaluating cotton insecticide seed treatments in combination with Telone® II and other nematicides
Eugene Burris, eburris@agctr.lsu.edu, Charles Overstreet, coverstreet@agctr.lsu.edu
9:45 AM0079Assessment of insecticidal seed treatments for management of early season cotton insect pests
Phillip M. Roberts, proberts@uga.edu, J. Ruberson, ruberson@tifton.cpes.peachnet.edu, R. J. Ottens, ottens@uga.edu, J. D. Griffin, griffin@uga.edu
10:05 AM Break
10:20 AM0080Corn seed treatments: A review of performance against primary and secondardy soil pests
David Dorhout, munch36@iastate.edu, Marlin E. Rice, merice@iastate.edu
10:40 AM0081Compatibility of insecticide seed treatments with pest management strategies in southern field corn
B. Roger Leonard, rleonard@agcenter.lsu.edu, Jack Baldwin, jbaldwin@agcenter.lsu.edu, Fangneng Huang, fhunag@agcenter.lsu.edu
11:00 AM0082The promise and limitations of soybean seed treatments: Impacts on pest and beneficial arthropods
Matthew E. O'Neal, oneal@iastate.edu, Kevin Johnson, john2057@iastate.edu, Wayne Ohnesorg, ohnesorg@iastate.edu, Jeffrey Bradshaw, bradshaw@iastate.edu, Marlin E. Rice, merice@iastate.edu
11:20 AM0083A southern perspective on soybean seed treatments
Gus Lorenz, glorenz@uaex.edu, Angus Catchot, acatchot@entomology.msstate.edu, B. Roger Leonard, rleonard@agcenter.lsu.edu, Scott D. Stewart, sdstewart@utk.edu
11:40 AM Concluding remarks - where are we going? (Scott Stewart, The University of Tennessee)

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