79 TH ANNUAL SDAPS MEETING PROGRAM

Sunday afternoon: February 3, 2002

12:00-4:00 p.m. Registration

12:30-12-45 Welcome:

B. Ownley, President Southern Division APS

G. Wisler, Professor & Chair, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, IFAS

Contributed papers (K. McLean, President Southern Soybean Disease Workers, presiding)

12:45- 1:00 Mississippi Soybean Management by Application of Research and Technology (SMART) program. M.A. BLAINE(1), J.G. Thomas(2), W.F. Moore(3), J.L. Hamer(4), M.C. Wardlaw(5), B.D. Ward(5). (1)Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences' (2)Dept. of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, (3)Extension Plant Pathologists emeritus and SMART program manager, (4)Retired Extension Entomologists and SMART program manager, (5)Program Assistants, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762.

1:00- 1:15 Field Response of Selected Mid-south Soybean Varieties to The Reniform Nematode. G.W. LAWRENCE(1), K.S. McLean(2), H.K. Lee(1), A.T. Kelly(1). (1)Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762; (2)Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL.

1:15- 1:30 Effects of selected fungicides on soybean disease incidence and seed quality. K.S. MCLEAN(1), G.W. Lawrence(2), L. Carter(1). (1)Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849; (2)Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS

1:30-1:45 First Report of Sudden Death Syndrome on Soybeans on Delmarva. R.P. MULROONEY, N.F. Gregory. Plant and Soil Sciences Dept., University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19717.

1:45-2:00 Response of Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome to Deep Tillage Practices. Z.W. WEBER, S.K. Chong, J.P. Bond, J.S. Russin. Department of Plant, Soil, and General Agriculture, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901-4415.

2:00-2:15 Response of soybean sudden death syndrome to tillage and soybean variety. C.M. VICK, J.P. Bond, J.S. Russin. Dept. of Plant, Soil, and General Agriculture, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901-

2:15-2:30 Break

2:30-2:45 Weed hosts of Phomopsis longicolla in Arkansas soybean fields. E.W. JACKSON, M. Cordell, P. Fenn. Dept. Plant Pathology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701.

2:45-3:00 Soybean variety trials. G.L. Sciumbato, Delta Research and Extension Center, Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, Stoneville MS 38776.

3:00-3:15 Soybean Variety Response to Reniform Nematode. R.T. Robbins, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72703.

3:15-3:30 Efficacy of the Nematophagous Fungus ARF18 in Suppressing Rotylenchulus reniformis on Cotton. K.N. WANG, R.D. Riggs. Dept. Plant Pathology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701.

3:30-3:45 Effect of bermudagrass cultivar on spiral nematode (Helicotylenchus spp.) populations. N.R. WALKER(1), D.L. Martin(2). (1)Dept. of Entomology and Plant Pathology, (2) Dept. of Horticulture and Landscape Arch., Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078.

3:45-4:15 Reniform nematode; its identification, spread of the species, crop hosts and economic costs. G.W. LAWRENCE (invited speaker). Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762.

4:15-4:30 Southern Soybean Diseases Workers Business Meeting

4:15-5:00 SDAPS Executive Committee Meeting

4:00-8:00 SAAS Reception