2022 Cornell Seed Growers Field Day

For seed growers, and other seed professionals.

Agenda:

8:30-8:55         Registration, coffee, & networking

8:55                 Begin tour

9:00-10:15       Small Grains: Breeding for Quality and Pest Resistance

Mark Sorrells and David Bensher

10:15-10:30     Using UAVs to model biomass accumulation and heritable growth patterns in alfalfa.

Kelly Robbins and Ranjita Thapa

10:30-10:45    Dual Cropping Alfalfa and Intermediate Wheatgrass

Virginia Moore

11:00-11:15     Forage Yield Trial Update and Potato leafhopper resistant alfalfa cultivars

Julie Hansen

11:15-11:30     Cover Crop and Forage Breeding

Virginia Moore

11:30-11:45     Are cannabinoids a defense against chewing herbivores?

George Stack

11:45-noon      Switchgrass and resistance to Anthracnose and Smut

Ryan Crawford

12:00               Adjourn