27th Annual Meeting of the Southern Soybean Disease Workers
April 6-8, 2000
Fort Walton Beach, Florida
April 6, 2000
6:00 - 9:00 PM Steering Committee Meeting
April 7, 2000
8:00 - 8:30 AM
Registration
8:30 - 8:45
Welcome and Opening Remarks
J. S. Russin, SSDW President
8:45 - 9:30 Keynote Address
Bean Pod Mottle: A Soybean Disease on the Rise
in the New Millennium
S. A. Ghabrial, University of Kentucky
9:30 - 10:00 Break
10:00 - 10:15
Response of Selected Mid-South Soybean Varieties
to the Reniform Nematode
G. W. Lawrence, K. S. McLean, and S. M. Baird
Mississippi State University & Auburn University
10:15 - 10:30
Field Response of Soybean Cultivars to the
Reniform Nematode, Rotylenchulus reniformis
P. S. King, D. B. Weaver, and R. Rodriguez-Kabana
Auburn University
10:30 - 10:45
Approaches to Race Determination in Soybean
Cyst Nematode
Southern Illinois University
10:45 - 11:00
Nematological Survey of Selected Soybean
and Cotton Fields in Alabama
D. G. Robertson and R. Rodriguez-Kabana
Auburn University
11:00 - 11:15
Soybean Meal-Based Compositions as Organic
Amendments for Control of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes
C. F. Weaver and R. Rodriguez-Kabana
Auburn University
11:15 - 11:30
Cell Selection Approach for Generating Soybean
with Resistance to Macrophomina phaseolina
N. A. Reichert, G. L. Sciumbato, S.-H. Lin, L. Chen, B. L.
Keeling, and A. L. Woods, Mississippi State University
11:30 - 11:45
Identification of Molecular Markers Linked to New
Gene Conferring Resistance to Frogeye Leaf
Spot in ‘Peking’ Soybean
W. Yang, D. B. Weaver, J. Qiu, and B. Nielsen
Auburn University
11:45 - 12:00
Inheritance of SDS Resistance in the Cross
Ripley x Spencer
R. Hashmi, J. Klein, D. Hyten, and M. Schmidt
Southern Illinois University
12:00 - 1:30 Lunch
1:30 - 1:45
Soil Physical, Chemical, and Biological
Properties Associated with Sudden Death Syndrome in Southern Illinois
J. P. Bond, A. J. Hoskins, C. M. Vick, S. K. Chong, and
J. S. Russin, Southern Illinois University
1:45 - 2:00
Response of Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome to Amelioration of the Soil Physical Environment
C. M. Vick, S. K. Chong, J. P. Bond, and J. S. Russin
Southern Illinois University
2:00 - 2:15
Differential Enzyme Activity in Two Soybean
Cultivars Resistant and Susceptible to Sudden Death Syndrome
S. A. Bates, D. A. Lightfoot, O. Myers, Y. Luo, and J. S. Russin, Southern Illinois University
2:15 - 2:30
Evaluation Of Azoxystrobin On Soybean Disease,
Yield, and Seed Quality
K. S. McLean, G. W. Lawrence, L. Carter, and L. Campbell
Auburn University and Mississippi State University
2:30 - 2:45
Soybean Disease Loss Estimates for the United
States from 1996-1998
J. A. Wrather and W. C. Stienstra
University of Missouri and University of Minnesota
2:45 - 3:15 Break
3:15 - 4:15 State Reports
4:15 - 5:00 Business Session
April 8, 2000
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Steering Committee Exit Meeting