Tuesday, 19 February 2013 – Session 5


Chairperson: Dr L Daniel Ploper (Chairman, Continuing Committee for WSRC)
08h30-09h00

Keynote speaker: Mr Steve Wellman (Chairman of ASA, USA)

09h00-09h30

Keynote speaker: BRAZIL – Dr AJ Cattelan (Head General of Embrapa Soybean)

09h30-10h00

Keynote speaker: ARGENTINA – Dr Julio Ferrarotti (Agro Sciences Consultant)

10h00-10h15

Sponsor: Syngenta

10h15-11h00

Tea

VENUE   ≡   MEETING ROOM 22
11h00-12h30

Agronomy (D.1)

CHAIRMAN. DR N NEUMAIER

PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

11h00-11h30

Long term study of no-tillage and rotation interactions for soybean

11h30-12h00

Interaction of foliar fungicides with cultivar in double-cropped soybean

12h00-12h30

Backstopping Kenya's emerging soybean industry

12h30-13h15

Lunch

13h15-14h00

Poster Session: Category "D" (see poster schedule)

14h00-15h30

Agronomy (D.5)

CHAIRMAN. PROF T HAN

SEED TECHNOLOGY

14h00-14h30

Investigating the effects of location on seed performance

14h30-15h00

Using integrated solutions to manage soybean cyst nematode (Heterodera Glycines)

WATRIN C, PEDERSEN P
15h00-15h30

Effect of seed treatment with botanicals on storability of soybean

BABU HMM, HUNJE R, BIRADARPATIL NK, MOTAGI B —     PDF abstract
15h30-16h00

Tea

16h00-17h30

Agronomy (D.4)

CHAIRMAN. DR R KLOPPERS

GENERAL

16h00-16h30

Carbon and nitrogen fixation in soybean after application of Pyraclostrobin (F500-headline)

GURUPRASAD KN, SHARMA S, JOSHI J
16h30-17h00

Soybean nodule development and senescence: the role of cysteine proteases and cystatins

DU PLESSIS M, VAN WYK SG, KUNERT KJ, VORSTER BJ
17h00-17h30

Nondestructive compositional analysis of soybean seed by transmission Raman spectroscopy: a next generation technology

KULL L, SCHULMERICH M, AZAM H, GELBER M, HARRISON S, OWEN B, MCKINNEY J, THOMPSON D, BHARGAVA R (to be presented by OWEN BC) —    
 PDF abstract
EVENING

Evening Function