| Program |
(subject to change)
All times are Eastern Daylight Time |
| Sunday, May 20 |
|
| 5:00- 8:00 pm |
Registration and poster setup, Bloomington Convention Center |
| 6:00- 8:00 pm |
Evening Reception, Bloomington Convention Center
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| Monday, May 21 |
|
| 7:00-7:45 |
Breakfast Buffet |
| 7:00 am |
Registration, Bloomington Convention Center |
| 7:00 – 9:30 am |
Poster setup |
9:45
Posters up for viewing (posters come down at 9:00 pm
Tuesday)
|
Monday General Session – Morning (speakers in bold)
|
| 8:00 am |
Opening and Welcome, Rick Meilan, Program Chair |
| 8:15-9:00 |
“A proposed research program regarding the ecological and population genetics effects of transgenic trees”
Author(s): Peter Farnum and Richard Meilan |
| 9:00-9:45 |
"Genome guided approaches to advances in forest tree physiology"
Author(s): C. Dana Nelson and Kurt H. Johnsen |
| 9:45-10 |
Break/Posters |
| 10-10:45 |
"The benefits of tree biotechnology"
Author: Maud Hinchee, ArborGen
|
| 10:45-11:30 |
“Large-scale Varietal Forestry”
Author: John Pait, Senior Vice President of Business Development, CellFor Corporation |
| 11:30-12:15 |
“Nanotechnology for the forest products industry”
Author: Theodore H. Wegner
|
| 12:15-1:00 |
Lunch/Posters
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Monday General Session – Afternoon
|
| 1:00-1:30 |
“Field establishment of transgenic American chestnut: A milestone on the path to blight resistance”
Author(s): Charles A. Maynard, William A. Powell, and Linda D. McGuigan
|
| 1:30-2:00 |
“New
insights and old lessons in the conservation genetics of
butternut and the pathology of butternut canker
disease”
Author(s): Keith Woeste, Mike Ostry, and Amy Ross-Davis
|
| 2:00-2:30 |
“Carbohydrate-related genes and cell wall biosynthesis in vascular tissues of loblolly pine”
Author(s): Campbell J. Nairn, Denise Lennon, Alicia Wood-Jones, and Jeffrey F.D. Dean
|
| 2:30-2:45 |
Break/Posters |
| 2:45-3:15 |
“Effects of the decline of the American chestnut and different management techniques on genetic diversity of northern red oak in western North Carolina”
Author(s): Stephanie Grant and Laura DeWald |
| 3:15-3:45 |
“Developing a sustainable source of Canada yew biomass for drug production: Plantation research in Ontario”
Author(s): Thomas L. Noland, Mamdouh Abou-Zaid, Ron Smith, and Stewart Cameron |
| 3:45-4:15 |
“Development of oak regeneration in the central Appalachians”
Author(s): Songlin Fei, Kim C. Steiner, and James C. Finley
|
| 4:15-4:30 |
Break/Posters |
| 4:30-5:00 |
“Artificially-induced short-day treatments during culture of
Pseudotsuga menziesii seedlings alters dormancy release and transplant root proliferation at varying rhizosphere temperatures”
Author(s): Douglass F. Jacobs, Anthony S. Davis, Barrett C. Wilson, R. Kasten Dumroese, and Rosa C. Goodman |
| 5:00-5:30 |
“Physiological and morphological responses of
Quercus rubra seedlings to mid-summer photoperiod manipulation during nursery culture”
Author(s): Anthony S. Davis and Douglass F. Jacobs
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Tuesday, May 22
|
| 7:00-7:45 am |
Breakfast Buffet |
| 8:00-4:30 |
Field tour of hardwood forests and industry in the region. See Field Trips for specific information
(Lunch provided to field tour participants only)
|
| 5:30- 6:30 pm |
Reception |
| 6:30-8:00 |
Banquet
Keynote speaker: Allen Pursell, Interior Low Plateau Director, The Nature Conservancy in Indiana
"Expecting the unexpected: How conservation management decisions can produce unexpected results" |
|
9:00 |
Poster takedown
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Wednesday, May 23 (morning only)
|
| 7:00-7:45 |
Breakfast Buffet |
| 8:00-8:30 |
“Forest carbon storage in the upper Midwest: Connecting the past with the future”
Author(s): Christopher M. Gough, Peter S. Curtis, Christoph
S. Vogel, and Hans Peter Schmid
|
| 8:30-9:00 |
“Carbon translocation patterns associated with new root proliferation during episodic growth of transplanted
Quercus rubra seedlings”
Author(s): Joshua L. Sloan and Douglass F. Jacobs
|
| 9:00-9:30 |
“Mechanisms of carbon capture and loss from young
Pinus taeda L. varieties that differ in leaf efficiency with nutrient and organic matter manipulation”
Author(s): Michael C. Tyree, John R. Seiler, and Chris A. Maier
|
| 9:30- 9:45 |
Break |
| 9:45- 10:15 |
“Environmental factors and associated stand variables influencing soil CO2 efflux across the commercial range of loblolly pine”
Author(s): Benjamin S. Templeton, John R. Seiler, Randolph H. Wynne, and Thomas R. Fox
|
| 10:15-10:45 |
“Cumulative nitrogen use efficiency after 14 years of annual
nitrogen application in Sandhills site”
Author(s): T.J. Albaugh, H.L. Allen, and T.R. Fox
|
| 10:45- 11:15 |
“Development of beech bark disease resistant American beech (Fagus grandifolia)”
Author(s): Jennifer L. Koch, David W. Carey, and Mary E. Mason |
| 11:15-11:45 |
"Twelve years of response of diverse families of loblolly pine to fertilization"
Author(s): Steve McKeand, Jesus Espinoza, Ben Smith, Lee Allen, and Jim Grissom
|
| 11:45 - 12:00 |
Closing Remarks |