Wednesday, 20 February 2013 – Session 2


Chairperson: Mr J Gordon (Chairman of Oil and Protein Development Trust)
08h30-09h00

Keynote speaker: Applications – Dr Ken Dashiell (Deputy Director General for Partnerships and Development, IITA)

09h00-09h30

Keynote speaker: Dr Alemu Mengistu (Research Plant Pathologist, USDA-ARS)

09h30-10h00

Keynote speaker: Prof M Karaan (Dean: Faculty of AgriScience, University of Stellenbosch)

10h00-10h15

Sponsor: DuPont Nutrition and Health, Solae

10h15-11h00

Tea

11h00-12h30

Plant Protection (E.1)

CHAIRMAN. DR PM CALDWELL

PLANT PATHOLOGY DISEASE CONTROL

11h00-11h30

Facing the challenges of soybean rust: a review of South African strategies

11h30-12h00

Pathogenic variations of soybean rust in Argentina

IVANCOVICH A, YAMANAKA N, AKAMATSU H, SUENAGA K, YAMAOKA Y, RUSSIÁN H —     PDF abstract
12h00-12h30

Effects of glyphosate application rates and frequency on soybean sudden death syndrome

12h30-13h15

Lunch

13h15-14h00

Poster Session: Categories "B", "C", "E", "F", "G", "H" and "GENERAL" (see poster schedule)

14h00-15h30

Plant Protection (E.1)

CHAIRMAN. DR CA BRADLEY

PLANT PATHOLOGY DISEASE CONTROL

14h00-14h30

Antifungal activity of meta-bolites obtained from microbial cultures against Cercospora Kikuchii, causal agent of soybean purple seed stain

ROMERO ME, CLAPS P, DIAZ M, MAGNAGO S, GONZALEZ ANTA G, GONZÁLEZ V, PLOPER LD —     PDF abstract
14h30-15h00

Research on target spot of soybean in north-western Argentina

PLOPER LD, GONZÁLEZ V, DE LISI V, REZNIKOV S, STEGMAYER CA, HENRIQUEZ DD, DEVANI MR —     PDF abstract
15h00-15h30

Metabolomic studies for the interaction Glycine max-Fusarium tucumaniae

SCANDIANI MM, LUQUE A, O'DONNELL K, AOKI T, SPAMPINATO C, CERVIGNI G —     PDF abstract
15h30-16h00

Tea

16h00-17h30

Plant Protection (E.1)

CHAIRMAN. DR J FERRAROTTI

PLANT PATHOLOGY DISEASE CONTROL

16h00-16h30

Soybean production in East and South Africa and risk due to soybean rust

16h30-17h00

Analysis of yield and net economic returns from foliar fungicide and insecticide applications to soybean in the North Central United States

WISE KA, MUELLER D, BESTOR N, GIESLER L, BRADLEY CA
17h00-17h30

Role of bio-rationals and indigenous plant protection measures in enhancing the vitalities of bio-control agents for induced systemic resistance suppressing Asian soybean rust in India

JAHAGIRDAR SJ, KHEDEKAR S, BHAT R, BASAVARAJA GT, PATIL RH, HOSMATH JA, ATONI BK, BHAGAT Y
EVENING

Evening Function