2013 Sorghum Improvement Conference of North America (SICNA)

1. 2013 Sorghum Improvement Conference of North America (SICNA) BRIDGING RESEARCH GAPS BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS” Aug 28-30, 2013, Lubbock, TX

2. Program • Wednesday, August 28 • Welcome & Mixer, USDA Tour & Preliminary Grad Student Presentations • Venue: Cropping Systems Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, 3810 4th Street, Lubbock, TX • 5:00-6:00 PM Registration • 6:00-7:00 PM Dinner—Welcome & Mixer • Dr. John Burke, USDA-ARS CSRL director, Lubbock, TX • 7:00-8:00 PM Field Tour–USDA-ARS field plots (on site) • 8:15-10:00 PM Preliminary Graduate Student presentations before student awards committee, CSRL Conference Rooms (For Student Awards Committee only) • Dr. Glen Ritchie, Texas Tech Univ. Lubbock, TX • ***In-conference phone contact—questions, driving instructions, etc. contact Calvin Trostle, Mobile (806) 777-0247

3. Sponsors • Arkansas Corn & Grain Sorghum Board • Pioneer • Chromatin Inc. • Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission • Oklahoma Sorghum • United Sorghum Checkoff Program • THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

4. Thursday AM, August 29 • 8:10-8:45 AM Welcome, program update, and remarks (Host: Gloria Burow) • 8:45-9:45 AM Graduate Student Competition—Top three presentations from Wednesday evening’s program • Dr. Glen Ritchie, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX • 9:45-10:05 AM BREAK—ICC Room #105 (POSTERS can be put up at ICC Rm 105) • General Session by Disciplines—ICC Auditorium • 10:05-11:05 AM Chemistry & Utilization, Dr. Nancy Turner, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX Processing sweet sorghum for a dual feedstock bioenergy system. Dr. Danielle Bellmer, Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK • Use of sorghum bran as an antioxidant in meat products. Dr. Rhonda Miller, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX • Improving the use of sorghum distillers grains in beef cattle diets. Dr. James McDonald, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE • 11:05-12:05 PM Breeding & Genetics, Dr. Ramasamy Perumal, Kansas State Univ., Hays, KS • Nitrogen use efficiency in sorghum. Dr. Ismail Dweikat, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE • Genome wide association study of resistance to stalk-rots in sorghum. Adedayo Adeyanju, Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS • AdvantaUS, Inc.—Planting the Seeds of Change. Ben Beyer, Advanta US, Hereford, TX • In-conference phone contact—Calvin Trostle, Mobile (806) 777-0247

5. Sponsors • Arkansas Corn & Grain Sorghum Board • Pioneer • Chromatin Inc. • Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission • Oklahoma Sorghum • United Sorghum Checkoff Program • THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

6. Thursday PM, August 29 12:05-1:15 PM Business Lunch: SICNA business meeting—ICC Hall of Nations- Tesfaye Tesso • POSTERS available for viewing Afternoon Session— • 1:15-1:20 PM Brief Remarks & Program Update (Host: Justin Weinheimer) • Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission update • 1:20-2:00 Entomology, Dr. Bonnie Pendleton, West Texas A&M Univ., Canyon, TX • Current status of greenbug biotypes in sorghum. Dr. Scott Armstrong, USDA-ARS, Stillwater, OK • What’s new for insect pest management in Louisiana? Dr. David Kerns, LSU Ag. Center, Winnsboro, LA • 2:00-2:40 PM Plant Pathology, Dr. Deanna Funnell-Harris, USDA-ARS, Lincoln, NE • Screening exotic sorghum germplasm to identify new sources of stalk rot resistance. Dr. Chris Little, Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS • Response of near isogenic sorghum lines, differing at the P locus for plant color, to grain mold and head smut fungi. Dr. Deanna Funnell-Harris, USDA-ARS, Lincoln, NE • 2:40 PM BREAK—ICC Room #105 • FIELD TOURS - organizers, Calvin Trostle, Justin Weinheimer, Vehicles for tours will be stationed outside of ICC • 2:50-6:00 PM Off-site Tours (Choice indicated during pre-registration) • BREEDING & GENETICS @ Texas A&M AgriLife, 1102 East FM 1294, Lubbock, TX (north on I-27 to FM 1294, exit 11) • Chromatin field station, Idalou, TX (4 mi east of Idalou on U.S. 62/82, then north ~1 mi on CR 3700) • Dr. Gary Peterson, Texas A&M AgriLife Research sorghum breeder, Lubbock, TX • Chad Hayes, USDA-ARS CSRL sorghum breeder (field site at Texas A&M AgriLife), Lubbock, TX • Dr. Larry Lambright, Director of Sorghum Breeding, Chromatin, New Deal, TX • Diamond Ethanol production plant, Levelland, Texas (uses mostly grain sorghum) • Coordinated by Dr. Calvin Trostle, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension

7. Thursday Evening, August 29 • Banquet and Dinner • Texas Tech Club at TTU’s Jones AT&T Football Stadium • Awards Program • Outstanding Graduate Student Presentation, Pioneer Hi-Bred, Plainview, TX • National Sorghum Producers Outstanding Achievement in Sorghum Improvement, presented to Dr. Gebisa Ejeta, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (presentation by Dr. Bob Klein, SPARC, USDA-ARS, member SICNA Board) • KEYNOTE Presentation—Dr. Daphne Preuss, CEO, Chromatin, Chicago, IL

8. 2013 Sorghum Improvement Conference of North America (SICNA) BRIDGING RESEARCH GAPS BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS” Aug 28-30, 2013, Lubbock, TX

9. Acknowledgements • 2013 Steering Committee: • Gloria Burow, Calvin Trostle, Justin Weinheimer, John Burke, Glen Ritchie • Tour coordinators: Chad Hayes,Gary Peterson, Larry Lambright • USDA-ARS staff: Barbara Hodges, Kent Wood, Greg Cartwright, Lan Liu Gitz, Jon Cotton, Kevin Evenson • USCP staff: Laura Kelley, Stacy Phillips, Jenna Hightower, Ian Hoeffner, Shelee Padgett, Jennifer Blackburn, Lindsay Kennedy, Florentino Lopez, Tim Lust

10. Sponsors • Arkansas Corn & Grain Sorghum Board • Pioneer • Chromatin Inc. • Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission • Oklahoma Sorghum • United Sorghum Checkoff Program • THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

11. Fri AM, August 30 8:00-8:10 AM Brief Remarks & Program Update (Host: Gloria Burow) • 8:10-9:10 AM A) Biotechnology, Dr. Zhanguo Xin, USDA-ARS CSRL, Lubbock, TX • Lignin modification to improve sorghum biomass for bioenergy uses. Dr. Scott Sattler, USDA-ARS, Lincoln, NE • New resources and strategies for genome-wide mapping in sorghum. Dr. Geoff Morris, Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia, SC • Strategies for mitigation of anthracnose blight in sorghum natural defense through the use of phytoalexins. Dr. Surinder Chopra, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA • Concurrent Session: B) Grain Sorghum Physiology School (1 h)—Location to be determined (outside), Dr. Calvin Trostle, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Lubbock • 9:10-10:10 AM Technology Transfer/Extension. Dr. Brian Arnall, Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK • The sorghum headworm calculator: A speedy tool for headworm management. Dr. Tom Royer et al., Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK • Social media—From the producers’ stand point. Billy Bob Brown, producer & past USCP board member, Panhandle, TX • Agricultural apps available for smart phones and tablets. Dr. Brian Arnall, Oklahoma State Univ. • 10:10-10:40 AM BREAK—ICC Room #105 • 10:40-11:40 AM Agronomy and Physiology, Dr. Ignacio Ciampitti, Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS • Screening germplasm collections for water-deficit and low temperature stress tolerant sorghum using physiological analyses. Dr. John Burke, USDA-ARS CSRL, Lubbock, TX • Canopy temperature: A potential trait in selection for drought tolerance in grain sorghum. Dr. Raymond Mutava, Univ. of Missouri, Colombia, MO • Energy sorghums research in Oklahoma. Dr. Vijaya Gopal Kakani, Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK • 11:45 AM Closing Remarks---- Poster presenters don’t forget to take down your posters!!! • THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION, SEE YOU IN OUR NEXT MEETING & SAFE TRAVEL…..