   2024 Joint Conference
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| Monday, June 24 | |
| 6:00 | Dinner & Poster Session click to view poster abstracts |
| 7:30 | Standard Test Committee Meeting |
| Tuesday, June 25 | |
| 8:00 | Welcome Session (Moderator: Charlie Rodgers) |
| Greetings from Washington || Presentation | |
| Greg Haubrich, Washington State Department of Agriculture | |
| Scope of Forages in Washington || Presentation | |
| Brian Irish, USDA-ARS PGITRU | |
| 8:30 | Session I: Forage Breeding & Genomics (Moderator: Holly Wright Presley) |
| Patterns of G x E in Perennial Forage Grasses || Presentation | |
| Joseph Robins, USDA-ARS | |
| Relationship Between SNPs Density & Prediction Accuracy in Alfalfa Genomic Selection || Presentation | |
| Bill Biligetu, University of Saskatchewan | |
| Harnessing Underutilized Gene Bank Diversity & Genomic & Phenomic Prediction to Improve Annual Ryegrass (Lolium Multiflorum Lamarck) || Presentation | |
| Esteban Rios, University of Florida | |
| A Gem for the Queen of Forages: RUBY in Alfalfa || Presentation | |
| Jo Heuschele, USDA-ARS | |
| United States Hairy Vetch (Vicia Villosa) Germplasm Contains Two Subpopulations || Presentation | |
| Neal Tilhou, US Dairy Forage Research Center | |
| The Role of UDP-D-xylose Synthase (UXS) in Alfalfa Cell Wall Synthesis: A Target to Increase Digestibility || Presentation | |
| Amanda Fanelli de Souza, US Dairy Forage Research Center | |
| 10:30 | Break and Posters |
| 11:00 | Session II: NAFA Efforts Supporting Alfalfa Research (Moderator: Bisoondat Macoon) |
| NAFA Generates Funding for Alfalfa Research | |
| Beth Nelson, National Alfalfa & Forage Alliance | |
| ASAFS Lightning Presentations || Presentations | |
| Alfalfa Nutrient Preservation, Utilization & Cycling in Sustainable Southeastern Livestock SystemsA |
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| Jennifer Tucker, University of Georgia | |
| Genomics Enabled Purging Selection to Develop 200 Alfalfa Inbred Lines Toward High Yield Hybrid ProductionA |
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| Zhiwu Zhang, Washington State University | |
| Developing, Testing, & Implementing Improved Alfalfa Varieties for a Water- Challenged FutureA |
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| Charles Janssen, University of California-Davis | |
| Solving the Mystery of Alfalfa Autotoxicity: Causes & SolutionsA | |
| Virginia Moore, Cornell University | |
| The Compatibility & Contribution of Natural Enemies in Western U.S. Alfalfa ManagementA | |
| Ricardo Ramirez, New Mexico State University | |
| Checkoff Lightning Presentations || Presentations | |
| Maximizing Alfalfa’s Yield PotentialC | |
| Charles Brummer, University of California-Davis | |
| Enhancing Alfalfa Yields & Stand Life by Improving Management of Seed Rot & Seedling Damping OffC |
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| Deborah Samac, USDA-ARS | |
| A Novel Approach to Expand Our Understanding of Alfalfa Hay Spoilage & Improve the Efficacy of Hay PreservativesA || Presentation | |
| Juan Romero, University of Maine | |
| Five Irrigation Approaches for Improving Alfalfa Yield & QualityC || Presentation | |
| Matt Yost, Utah State University | |
| 12:20 | Awards Luncheon |
| 1:20 | Session III: Abiotic & Biotic Stress (Moderator: Charles Janssen) |
| Bacterial & Fungal Communities Associated with Alfalfa in Soils with Stand Establishment Failure || Presentation | |
| Dan Schlatter, USDA-ARS | |
| Strengthening the NPGS & Its Pullman-Based Genebank Plant Genetic Resources || Presentation | |
| Paul Galewski, USDA-ARS PGITRU | |
| The Freezing Tolerance of Alfalfa Nodules Depends on Sinorhizobium Meliloti Strains || Presentation | |
| Annick Bertrand, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | |
| Identification of SNP Markers Associated with Resistance to Aphanomyces Root Rot Race 2 || Presentation | |
| Deborah Samac, USDA-ARS | |
| Investigating the Impact of Neo-Autotetraploidy on Water Stress Response in Alfalfa || Presentation | |
| Seyedeh Nooshin Alavi Enderajemi, University of California-Davis | |
| 3:20 | Poster Session |
| 4:05 | Business Meeting |
| Wednesday, June 26 | |
| 8:00 | Session IV: Forage Agronomy & Physiology (Moderator: Aaron Anderson) |
| Quality of Alfalfa Hay as Influenced by Phosphorus & Potassium Fertilization || Presentation | |
| Steve Norberg, Washington State University | |
| Managing Alfalfa Intercropping with Intermediate Wheatgrass: Towards Perennial Grain-Forage Systems || Presentation | |
| Megan Williams, Cornell University | |
| Grazing Evaluation of Fall Stocker Calves Grazing Alfalfa Interseeded into Two Bermudagrass Bases & the Associated Impacts on Plant & Animal Performance || Presentation | |
| Brooke Stefancik, University of Georgia | |
| Production & Economics of Dual Use Intermediate Wheatgrass [Thinopyrum intermedium (Host) Barkworth & D.R. Dewey] || Presentation | |
| Hannah Rusch, University of Minnesota | |
| Terrestrial Acidification, Ecotoxicity & Eutrophication Potential are Reduced in Production Systems that Include Perennial Forages || Presentation | |
| Ogechukwu Igboke, North Dakota State University | |
| Establishing Alfalfa & Sainfoin Through Intercropping with Sunflower || Presentation | |
| Marisol Berti, North Dakota State University | |
| Improving Alfalfa Protein Content & Stability || Presentation | |
| Christina Arther, US Dairy Forage Research Center | |
| 9:45 | Break and Posters |
| 10:15 | Session V: Remote Sensing & Phenotyping (Moderator: Cree King) |
| Remote Sensing for Estimating Genetic Parameters of Biomass Accumulation in Alfalfa || Presentation | |
| Virginia Moore, Cornell University | |
| Automating Insect Biodiversity Metrics: Applications in Agriculture || Presentation | |
| Emily Bick, University of Wisconsin-Madison | |
| Phenotyping Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) Root Structure Architecture Via Integrating Confident Machine Learning with ResNet-18 || Presentation | |
| Brandon Weihs, USDA-ARS | |
| Breeding Root System Architecture for Changing Climate in Alfalfa || Presentation | |
| Zhanyou Xu, USDA-ARS | Bus Tour • Wednesday, June 26 • 12:00 pm - 8:30 pm |
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registration required) | Welcome to the Pacific Northwest, Washington State, the Columbia River Basin, and the Tri-Cities! The spectacular beauty of this region with its diverse agriculture is second to none! Our itinerary will first take us to Washington State University (WSU) Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center (IAREC) in Prosser, WA, to visit WSU and USDA ARS forage field research and germplasm collections sites. Next stop will be Gauntt Farms, an alfalfa and grass hay operation and exporter in Burbank, WA, followed by a visit to Wagoner Farms, an alfalfa seed farm in Touchet, WA. And, if we have timed our meeting right (we tried), we may be able to witness the spectacular site of alkali bee pollinators at this final field site stop. The tour will begin with a box lunch as we embark on our 60-minute ride from the hotel/conference venue to the IAREC. Following the tour stops, we will enjoy dinner at Waterbrook Winery in Walla Walla. |
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