Minutes of the 2005 Annual Multistate Research Technical Meeting

Appendix M

Minutes of the 2005 Annual Multistate Research Technical Meeting

Number and Title of Regional Project: NE-1019, Alternative Management Systems for Plant-Parasitic Nematodes in Horticultural and Field Crops.

Location and Date of Meeting: Ramada Inn, Geneva, NY, October 6-8, 2005

Project Participants:

Names Representing

Louis Magnarelli, Administrative Advisor Connecticut Agric. Exp. Station

George S. Abawi Cornell University, Geneva, NY

George W. Bird Michigan State University

Don W. Dickson University of Florida

John Halbrent Penn State University, Fruit Research & Education Center

Robin Huettel Auburn University

Jim Kotcon West Virginia University

Jim A. LaMondia Connecticut Agric. Exp. Station

Nathaniel A. Mitkowski , Secretary University of Rhode Island

Judy Thies, Chair USDA-ARS, Charleston, SC

Xiaohong Wang Cornell University

Robert L. Wick University of Massachusetts

Project Participants Absent:

Names Representing

Nancy Kokalis-Burelle USDA-ARS, Fort Pierce, FL

Jim Kotcon West Virginia University

Susan L. Meyer USDA-ARS, Fort Pierce, FL

James F. Preston University of Florida

Inga Zasada USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD

Other Attendees

Names Representing

John Ludwig Cornell University

Beth Pagino Cornell University

Ramesh Pokharel Cornell University

Adopted Agenda (includes additions made during the meeting):

2005 ANNUAL MEETING AGENDA

NE-1019 MULTISTATE RESEARCH TECHNICAL COMMITTEE

Ramada Inn, Geneva, NY. October 6-8, 2005

October 6, 2005 (Wednesday)

Arrival

October 7, 2005 (Thursday)

8:00 am

NE-1010 Technical Committee Meeting

Welcome and Arrangements: Harvey Hoch and George Abawi

8:15 am

Judy Thies: Will send reminder email for participants to send annual report summaries for compilation. Pasteuria workshop will be moved to another year’s meeting.

8:30 am

Lou Magnarelli: Administrative Business

-  Mid-term report will be due in the third year of the new project

-  NE Directors noted that soil health initiative should be a primary object of next rewrite

-  For the NE-171 project, from 10/03 to 9/04, leveraged funds amounted to:

$ 199,888 = Federal Hatch

$ 264,888 = State Match

$ 500,713 = Industry and Other Leveraged Funds

$ 965,489 = Total dollars

8:40 am

State Reports: John Halbrent

-  Isothiocyanate for nematode control

-  Ground cover management

9:30 am

State Reports: Robyn Huettel

-  Nematode and bacterial community analysis in peanut

10:00 am

State Reports: George Bird

-  Use and effects of cover crops and manures on plant-parasitic and free-living nematodes

10:30 am

Break

10:50 am

State Reports: Don Dixon

-  Producing suppressive soils with P. penetrans and new Meloidogyne species in Florida

11:30 am

State Reports: Don Dixon proxy for Jim Preston

-  Developing Pastueria as a biocontrol

11:45 am

State Reports: Rob Wick

-  Bacillus products for turf nematode control

12:00 pm

Lunch

1:30 pm

State Reports: Jim LaMondia

-  The use of native plants as rotational crops and alternative chemicals for managing nematodes in the northeast

2:00 pm

State Reports: Xiaohong Wang

-  Molecular approaches to investigating nematode parasitism genes

2:30 pm

State Reports: Ramesh Pokharel

-  Diversity and species identification of M. graminicola

3:00 pm

State Reports: Beth Gugino

-  Sampling and bioassays for root-knot nematode in NY onion fields

3:20 pm

Break

3:30 pm

State Reports: Nathaniel Mitkowski

-  Factors influencing plant-parasitic nematode populations on golf courses

4:15 pm

State Reports: Judy Thies

-  Root-knot nematode resistance in pepper

4:45 pm

Business meeting

-  In order to meet the milestone of a Pastueria workshop, it was determined that the next meeting should take place in Florida.

-  At the next meeting, two workshops would be given with a maximum of 15-20 minutes for state reports.

-  George Bird was voted the milestone master, to track which milestones have been achieved and when they were achieved.

-  George Abawi was thanked for hosting the meeting.

5:30 pm

Adjourn

7:00 pm

Diner

Next Meeting Information:

Location and Date: Florida, September/October 2006

Responsible Individuals: Don Dixon will serve as local arrangements chair

Between Meeting Information and Exchange/Development Information:

Nathaniel Mitkowski will prepare the meeting minutes and the meeting report and send them via email attachment to Lou Magnarelli and Judy Thies for approval. The minutes and report will then be posted on the project web site.

Signatures:

______November 1, 2005

Nathaniel Mitkowski, Secretary

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Judy Thies, Chair

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Louis A. Magnarelli, Administrative Advisor