WSSNC Annual Meeting March 5, 2009 – 8:30 am to 4 pm JC Raulston Arboretum, Ruby C. McSwain Education Center

Challenges and Opportunities Facing Weed Science in North Carolina

8:00 am: Poster Set-up 8:15 am: Registration 8:30 am: Poster Session 9:00 am: Opening Remarks – Dr. Rob Richardson (WSSNC President) 9:10 am: Past, Present, and Future of Weed Science at NCSU – Dr. Johnny Wynn (Dean, NCSU College of Agriculture and Life Sciences) 9:35 am: NCSU Research Station Update – Dr. Reid Evans (Assistant Director, University Field Laboratories) 10:00 am: Aquatic Weed Management – Dr. Kurt Getsinger (Research Team Leader, US Army Corp of Engineers) 10:25 am: Break and Poster Viewing 10:45 am: NCDOT Perspective – Donald Lee (Head – NCDOT Roadside Environmental Unit) 11:10 am: Green Industry Perspective – Mark Peters (NC Green Industry Council) 11:35 am: Organic Field Crops: Opportunities and Challenges (Dr. Chris Reberg-Horton, Assistant Professor – Dept. of Crop Science) 12:00 pm: Lunch and Poster Viewing 1:00 pm: NC Grower Perspective – Andrew Burleson (Cotton, soybean, and corn producer) 1:25 pm: Challenges and Opportunities: An Industry Perspective – Stew Sherrick (Agronomic Systems Manager, Monsanto) 1:50 pm: Student Presentations (4) Identification of competitive soybean genotypes and soybean traits of interest in weed suppression. G.T. Place, T.E. Carter, and S.C. Reberg-Horton. Palmer amaranth management in two sweetpotato cultivars using density models and herbicides. S.L. Meyers, K.M. Jennings, D.W. Monks, J.R. Schultheis. Competition effects on growth of Cayratia japonica, trumpetcreeper and wild grape. A.M. West, R.J. Richardson, and M.G. Burton. TBD 2:50 pm: Break 3:10 pm: Industry Update 3:30 pm: Business Meeting 4:00 pm: Adjourn Poster Titles (submitted to date): A risk assessment for Cayratia japonica. A.M. West and R.J. Richardson. Weed management tactics for organic no-till soybeans. A. Smith and C. Reberg-Horton. Responses of four turfgrass species to herbicides in irrigation water. R. L. Roten, R.J. Richardson, and F.H. Yelverton. Beach vitex response to selected herbicides. S.L. True, R.J. Richardson, and A.P. Gardner. Documentation of ACCase and ALS Resistant Italian Ryegrass Biotypes in North Carolina. A. Chandi, A. York, D. Jordan, J. B. Beam, T. G. Pegram and L. M. Sosnoskie. Phenotypic expression of selected Palmer amaranth biotypes expressing resistance to glyphosate. A. Chandi, D. Jordan, J. Burton, A. York, and S. Clewis.