National Summit on Strategies to Manage Herbicide-Resistant Weeds Agenda
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Jack Morton Auditorium, George Washington University,
805 21st St. NW, Washington, DC
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| ♣ 8:00 a.m. | Registration |
| ♣ 8:30 a.m. | Welcome
Dr. Charles Arntzen, Florence Ely Nelson Presidential Endowed Chair, Arizona State University |
| ♣ 9:00 a.m. | Herbicide resistance in weeds: What is the nature of the problem?
Dr. Micheal Owen, Professor of Agronomy, Iowa State University |
| ♣ 9:30 a.m. | The epidemiology of herbicide resistance
Dr. Jodie Holt, Professor of Plant Physiology, University of California-Riverside |
| ♣ 10:00 a.m. | Combating the problem: Australia’s experience with herbicide resistance
Dr. Michael Walsh, Research Associate Professor, University of Western Australia |
| ♣ 10:30 a.m. | Break |
| ♣ 11:00 a.m. | Best management practices to control and combat resistance
Dr. David Shaw, Vice President for Research and Economic Development, Mississippi State University |
| ♣ 11:30 a.m. | Addressing the pressing problem of herbicide resistance
Dr. Harold Coble, Agronomist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service |
| ♣ 12:00 p.m. | Lunch |
| ♣ 1:15 p.m. | The impediments to using best management practices
Moderator: Mr. Ken Root, Root Communications Panel: Mr. Ben Barstow, Past-President, Washington Association of Wheat Growers Mr. Chuck Farr, Crop Consultant, Mid-South Ag Consultants, Inc. Mr. Dave Miller, Director of Research and Commodity Services, Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Mr. Steve Reeves, Vice President, Bank of Fayette County Dr. Dale Shaner, Plant Physiologist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service |
| ♣ 2:45 p.m. | A social science perspective on weed management practices
Dr. George Frisvold, Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Extension Specialist, University of Arizona |
| ♣ 3:15 p.m. | Break |
| ♣ 3:30 p.m. | What approaches are most likely to encourage the adoption of best management practices?
Moderator: Dr. Kitty Smith, Vice President of Programs & Chief Economist, American Farmland Trust Panel: Dr. Tom Green, President, IPM Institute of North America Dr. John Hamer, Venture Partner, Burrill & Company Dr. Michael Walsh, Research Associate Professor, University of Western Australia Dr. John Soteres, Chair, Herbicide Resistance Action Committee Dr. Paul Thompson, W. K. Kellogg Chair in Agricultural, Food and Community Ethics, Michigan State University |
| ♣ 5:00 p.m. | The land-grant approach
Dr. Steven Leath, President, Iowa State University |
| ♣ 5:30 p.m. | Reception |