Proceedings 2010

 

Scientific programme

The IHSG 2010 conference is finished. You can read the entire proceedings in the IHSG 2010 Proceedings or find the relevant pdf-file below in the programme.
Sunday, April 11
19:00 Welcome Reception
Monday, April 12
08:15 – 08:25 Opening
  Birte Boelt, Denmark
08:25 – 08:30 Welcome
  David Baltensperger, Department Head, Soil and Crop Sciences Dept.
08:30 – 08:45 Overview of Texas
  Lloyd Nelson, USA Texas
08:45 – 09:00 Foundation Seed Production System in Texas
  Director of Foundation Seeds, Steve Brown
09:00 – 09:30 Invited Speaker:
  Changes in Seed Crop Management – the Oregon Experience, 1990-2009
  William C. Young, USA Oregon
09:30 – 09:50 Invited Speaker:
  Texas Seed Production in Contrasting Climates
  Gerald W. Evers, USA Texas
09:50 – 10:15 Break
Session:
10:15 – 10:30 The influence of planting density on seed yield and yield components of Cleistogenes songorica
  Zhang Jiyu, China
10:30 – 10:45 Variation in seed shattering in a germplasm collection of Panicum coloratum L. var. makarikariensis Goossens
  Andrea Tomas, Argentina
10:45 – 11:00 Harvest methods and seed yield potential in Brachiaria hybrids
  Esteban A. Pizarro, Uruguay
11:00 – 11:15 Alfalfa seed production in semi-humid climate of southeast Europe
  D. Karagic, Serbia
11:15- 11:30 On-farm conversion of straw to bioenergy – A value added solution to grass seed residue
  Georges Mueller-Warrant, USA Washington
11:30 – 12:00 Posters and Discussions
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
Session:
13:00 – 13:15 Perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) seed crop response to spring nitrogen: a comparison of New Zealand and Oregon results
  Phil Rolston, New Zealand
13:15 – 13:30 In-season assessment of plant nitrogen status for perennial ryegrass seed production using remote sensing
  Mike Flowers, USA Oregon
13:30 – 13:45 Modeling critical NDVI curves in perennial ryegrass
  René Gislum, Denmark
13:45 – 14:00 Harvest loss in ryegrass seed crops
  M. P. Rolston and R. J. Chynoweth, New Zealand
14:00 – 14:15 Predicting spring N for perennial ryegrass seed crops from NDVI
  Richard Chynoweth, New Zealand
14:15 – 14:30 Nitrogen fertilization management for seed production of tall fescue
  Marie-Laure Casal, France
14:30 – 14:45 Questions and Discussion of above papers
14:45 – 15:00 Posters and Discussion of Poster Papers
15:00 – 15:30 Break
15:30 – 16:00 Invited Speaker:
  Stresses Associated with Germination and Establishment on Overseeded Turfgrasses
  M. D. Richardson, USA, University of Arkansas
16:00 – 16:15 Evaluation of vigour tests for determination of seed quality in timothy and red clover
  Lars Havstad, Norway
16:15 – 16:30 Reliability of salinity screening Lolium genotypes of field grown versus greenhouse techniques
  Lloyd Nelson, USA Texas
16:30 – 16:45 Pericarp imposed seed dormancy in Zygophyllum xanthoxylum and its implication for conservation
  Xiaowen Hu, China
16:45 – 17:00 Posters and Discussions
17:00 Announcements
19:00 Dinner at Hotel
Tuesday, April 13
08:00 – 08:15 Light, lodging and flag leaves – what drives seed yield in ryegrass?
  Jason Trethewey, New Zealand
08:15 – 08:30 Seed yield components and their potential interaction in grasses
  Birte Boelt, Denmark
08:30 – 08:45 Stem rust in perennial ryegrass seed crops: epidemiological and genetic research
  William Pfender, USA Oregon
08:45 – 09:00 Seed yield variation in a red clover breeding population
  Dave Monks, New Zealand
09:00 – 09:15 Crimson clover in the US: history and recent advances
  Gerald Smith, USA Texas
09:15 – 09:30 Discussion and Posters
09:30 –10:00 Break
10:00 – 10:30 Invited Speaker
  Chemical diversity of bioprotective alkaloids of endophytic fungi in coal season grasses Dr. Carolyn Young, USA, Oklahoma
10:30 – 10:45 Control of Vulpia myurus in red fescue
  Solvejg Mathiassen, Denmark
10:45 – 11:00 Annual grasses in crop rotations with grass seed production
  Peter Kryger Jensen, Denmark
11:00 – 11:45 Business Meeting
11:45 – 12:00 Discussion and Closing
12:30 Depart for tour of Noble Foundation in Ardmore, Oklahoma
22:00 Return from tour to hotel
Wednesday, April 14
Post-Conference Tour (Must be registered for post-conference tour)
08:00 Depart from hotel
08:45 Arrive at Texas AgriLife Research Urban Solutions Center at Dallas at 8:45 and hear presentation by staff on turf-grass research.
11:30 Lunch at Dallas Center
12:00 Depart Dallas Center for 3 hr trip to College Station
15:30 Arrive at George Bush Presidential Library on Campus of Texas A&M University
18:00 Depart Library to check in at Hampton Inn in College Station
19:00 Depart hotel to eat dinner
20:00 Return to hotel
Thursday, April 15
08:15 Depart hotel and travel to sports field complex at Texas A&M University
08:30 View soccer, softball and Kyle Field turf
10:00 Travel to Borlaug Biotech Center and take break
10:30 Presentation by staff at Borlaug Biotech Center
11:30 Depart for lunch at G Rollie White Conference Center
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Depart to Agronomy Research Station for several presentations by plant breeders showing and discussing their programs.
15:00 Break
15:30 Depart for CERES Research Station for presentation on high-yielding energy crops
17:00 Depart for return trip to hotel
19:00 Depart hotel for dinner
Friday, April 16
08:15 Depart hotel for 3 hr. trip to Fredericksburg
10:45 Arrive at Wildseed Farms to tour largest wild flower seed producer in the USA
12:00 Lunch at Wildseed Farms
13:00 Depart to visit town of Fredericksburg
13:30 Arrive in Fredericksburg, visit many tourist shops, and sites.
14:00 Depart for San Antonio
16:30 Arrive at La Quinta Convention Center Hotel in San Antonio, near River Walk
17:00 Depart hotel for dinner
Saturday, April 17
08:15 Depart hotel for 2 hr trip to Pogue Agri Partners Seed Company
10:15 Tour seed company and hear presentation on seed production on native species.
12:00 Lunch at Pogue Seed Farm
13:00 Depart for San Antonio
15:30 Arrive back at hotel
  Remainder of day is free time for touring River Walk, Alamo, and other sites
  Hotel expense is covered for night of April 17th with registration
Sunday, April 18
  Delegates are on their own to depart as scheduled
Poster presentation
01 Amato, Gaetano Italy Effects of intraspecific competition on growth and seed yield of contrasting sulla genotypes
02 Barrios, C. Argentina Seed yield potential in populations of Panicum coloratum var. makarikariensis
03 Boelt and Hansen, Birte Denmark Clover seed production – in organic and conventional cropping systems
04 Bouet, Serge France CONTROL OF Apion trifolii In red clover seed production
05 Butler, Marvin US, Oregon Evaluation of Trinexapac-Ethyl (Palisade) on Fifteen Varieties of Kentucky Bluegrass Grown for Seed Under Non-Thermal Residue Management
06 Castano, Jorge Argentina Variations on potential and actual seed yield of Lotus tenuis, planting at different plant densities during Spring and Fall.
07 Chynoweth and Rolston, Richard New Zealand Estimating optimum desiccation date of white clover (Trifiolum repens L.) using thermal time.
08 Cui, Jian China   Comparative study on Puna chicory (Cichorium intybus L) seed vigor from different regions in China
09 de Vlieger , Sam The Netherlands Organisation of grass seed research in the Netherlands 
10 Falcinelli, Mario Italy APOSTART-derived SCAR markers discriminate between apomictic and sexual Poa pratensis L. genotypes
11 Gislum, Rene Denmark Seed yield responses to climate
12 Grzegorz, Zurek Poland Ergowaline contents in grasses from semi-natural grasslands in Poland.  
13 Hart, John M US, Oregon Annual ryegrass seed production in acidic soil
14 He, Xueqing China A primary study on seed dormancy mechanism and breaking technique of Leymus chinensis 
15 Johnston, William US, Washington Kentucky Bluegrass for Non-burn Seed Production
16 Kudsk, P Denmark Comparing herbicide selectivity in field- and pot-grown grass seed crops
17 Loch, Don  Australia Development of new tetraploid Chloris gayana cultivars with improved salt tolerance from ‘Callide’ and ‘Samford’ 
18 Machac, Radek Czech Rep Effects of trinexapac-ethyl (Moddus) in seed crops of eleven temperate grass species in the Central Europe conditions
19 Machac, Radek Czech Rep Possibilities for use of new herbicides in selected grass species grown for seed in Czech Republic
20 Mao, Peisheng China Effect of row spacing and plant growth regulators on the alfalfa seed yield
21 Melbye, Mark US, Oregon Long-term Evaluation of annual Ryegrass Cropping Systems for Seed Production
22 Mihailovic, Vojislav Serbia Seed potential of wild vetch (Vicia spp.) species
23 Minghong, You China   The Influence of Row on Seed Yield and Its components of Elymus sibiricus L.cv.chuancao NO.2
24 Nelson, Lloyd US, Texas Germination of Lolium multiflorum cultivars in high salt conditions
25 Niskanen, Markku Finland The effect of sowing density on seed yield and quality of Westerwold ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum westerwoldicum) in Finland
26 Qi, Dongmei China   Progress of in breeding research of Chinese Yangcao (Leymus chinensis) 
27 Rijckaert, Georges Belgium Effects of plant growth regulation in seed crops of italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum L.)
28 Szczepanek, Malgorzanta Poland Effect of date and rate of nitrogen fertilization on state of nutrition, photosynthesis rate and yielding of a lawn cultivar of red fescue (Festuca rubra ssp. commutata) grown for seeds
29 Wander, Johan The Netherlands Results of herbicide screening on 20 grasses in the Netherlands in 2009 
30 Wang, Quanzhen China Path Coefficient and Ridge Regression Analysis to Improve Seed Yield of Psathyrostaehys juncea Nevski
31 Wang, Yunwen China Relative humidity, seed moisture content, storage temperature and seed longevity in Zoysiagrass (Zoysia japonica Steud.)
32 Yang, Lei China Effects of depth and duration of burial on seed seasonal germination, dormancy and viability of 3 desert plant species