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2007 Nursery Field Day and Short Course

September 20 , 2007
8:00 am - 4:45 pm

The 2007 Nursery Short Course and Field Day was sponsored by North Carolina State University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, NC Agricultural Research Service and NC Cooperative Extension Service, the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and the North Carolina Nursery and Landscape Association.

The morning program was the field tour with information about nursery crops research. The afternoon program was the Nursery Crops Short Course and is limited to 100 participants.

Field Day Guide

Short Course Proceedings

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Registration

Welcome and Remarks

• Winston Hagler , Assistant Director, NC Agricultural Research Service, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, NC State University

• Richard Reich, Assistant Commissioner, North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Sciences

• Julia Kornegay, Head, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University

• John Allen, President, North Carolina Nursery and Landscape Association, President, Shiloh Nursery, Harmony, NC

Tour of Research

• Breeding New Disease Resistant Dogwoods. Tom Ranney, Tom Eaker, Joel Mowrey, Nathan Lynch, and Brian Upchurch, Horticultural Science

• Developing Non-Invasive Miscanthus for Gardens and Biofuel. Darren Touchell, Tom Ranney, and Jeremy Smith, Horticultural Science

• Propagating Native Azaleas. Jeff Jones, Anthony LeBude, and Tom Ranney, Horticultural Science

• Screening Franklinia, Gordonia, and Schima for Resistance to Phytophthora cinnamomi. Lis Meyer, Tom Ranney, Tom Eaker, and Kelly Ivors, Horticultural Science 

• Azalea and Rhododendron Trial Plants (available to the first 150 participants). Tom Ranney, Jeff Jones, Joel Mowrey, and Anthony LeBude, Horticultural Science

• Breeding Azaleas and Rhododendrons. Tom Ranney, Jeff Jones, Nathan Lynch, and Joel Mowrey, Horticultural Science

• Clarifying Taxonomy and Nomenclature of Fothergilla. Tom Ranney, Nathan Lynch, Paul Fantz, and Paul Cappiello, Horticultural Science

• Novel Applications for Plant Tissue Culture. Darren Touchell, Tom Ranney, and Jeremy Smith, Horticultural Science

• Developing Non-Invasive Nursery Crops. Tom Ranney, Darren Touchell, Tom Eaker, Joel Mowrey, Nathan Lynch, and Jeremy Smith, Horticultural Science

• Weed Control in Container-Grown Woody Ornamentals. Joe Neal, Anthony V. LeBude, and Joe Conner, Horticultural Science

• Mixing It Up With Fluff Substrate Amendment. Ted E. Bilderback.

• Improving Short-term Drought Tolerance in Container Plants with the Growth Fegulator ABA. Anthony V. LeBude and Joe Conner, Horticultural Science

• Evaluating Various Tsuga (hemlock) and Ilex (holly) Species for Adaptability to Western North Carolina. Anthony LeBude, Tom Ranney, Ray Head, and Bill Cannon, Horticultural Science

• Economic Impact of the Green Industry. Charles Safley, Agricultural and Resource Economics

• Someone's Trash is Another's Pleasure . Ted Bilderback, Horticultural Science

• Managing Arthropod Pests in the Nursery and Landscape. Steve Bambara, Entomology

Break — Sponsored by North Carolina Nursery and Landscape Association

• Best Management Practices for Field Production. Anthony LeBude, Horticultural Science

• Research in Phytophthora Management. Kelly Ivors, Plant Pathology

• Conifers for Western North Carolina. Tom Ranney, Horticultural Science