Session: Graduate Student Oral Competiton - Ph.D. Students I (2018 ASA Southern Regional Branch)

1:25 PM

Introductory Remarks

1:30 PM

Barley Progenies from Crosses between Hordeum vulgare (4x) and H. Bulbosum (4x).
Abdullah Hassn Mohammed, Mississippi State University; Brian S. Baldwin, Mississippi State University

1:45 PM

Assessing Early-Season Vigor Variation of 100 Eelite Diverse Rice Panels Using Morpho-Physiological Traits.
Salah Jumaa, Mississippi State University; Edilberto D. Redoña, Mississippi State University; K. Raja Reddy, Mississippi State University

2:00 PM

Impact of Parental Soil Moisture Stress Treatments on Phenotypic Plasticity of the Offspring.
Chathurika Wijewardana, Mississippi State University; Firas A Alsajri, Mississippi State University; K. Raja Reddy, Mississippi State University

2:15 PM

Morphological Screening of Rice Genotypes for Salinity Tolerance at Seedling Stage.
Naqeebullah Naqeebullah, Mississippi State University; Edilberto D. Redoña, Mississippi State University; K. Raja Reddy, Mississippi State University

2:30 PM

Comparative Study of Early Growth Stages of 25 Guar (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba L.) Genotypes Under Elevated Salinity.
Jhaman Das Suthar, Texas Agrilife Research; Inayatullah Rajpar, Sindh Agriculture University; Girisha Keshavamurthy Ganjegunte, Texas Agrilife Research; Zia-ul-hassan Shah, Sindh Agriculture University

2:45 PM

Growth, Development and Yield Characteristics of Rotylenchulus Reniformis Resistant Cotton Lines Grown in Nematode-Infested Fields.
Bhupinder Singh, Mississippi State University; Daryl Ray Chastain, Mississippi State University; John Snider, University of Georgia - Tifton; K. Raja Reddy, Mississippi State University; Jason Krutz, Mississippi State University; Sally Stetina, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service

3:00 PM

Break

3:15 PM

Effect of Temperature at Reproductive Growth Stages on Soybean Seed Yield and Quality Traits.
Firas Alsajri, Mississippi State University; Chathurika Wijewardana, Mississippi State University; Nacer Bellaloui, USDA-ARS; K. Raja Reddy, Mississippi State University

3:30 PM

Temperature Effect on Maize Germination and Root Elongation.
Omar Ali, Mississippi State University; J. Bryan Whittenton, Mississippi State University; John J. Williams, Mississippi State University; Fabian Watts, Mississippi Department of Agriculture & Commerce; W. Brien Henry, Mississippi State University

3:45 PM

Furrow Irrigation for Mid-South Rice Production.
Richard Lee Atwill II, Mississippi State University; Larry Jason Krutz, Mississippi State University; Dan P Roach, Mississippi State University; Jason Satterfield, Horizon Ag LLC

4:00 PM

Directed Fungicide Application for White Mold Control on Peanut.
Arun D Jani, University of Florida; Michael J. Mulvaney, University of Florida West Florida Research & Education Center; Tim Brenneman, UGA; Nicholas Dufault, University of Florida

4:15 PM

Selenium Removal By Aquatic Macrophytes in Constructed Wetland Microcosms.
Michael Nattrass, Mississippi State University; Brian S. Baldwin, Mississippi State University

4:30 PM

Incidence of Pharmaceuticals in East Fork Stones River in Rutherford County, Tennessee.
Ravneet Kaur, Tennessee State University; Anonya Akuley Amenyenu, Tennessee State University; Samuel Dennis, Tennessee State University

4:45 PM

Impact of Planting Date and Maturity Group on Irrigation Water Use Efficiency in Mid-South Soybean Production.
Clinton Wood, Mississippi State University; L. Jason Krutz, Mississippi State University; John M. Orlowski, Mississippi State University; Trent Irby, Mississippi State University; Brien Henry, Mississippi State University; Lawrence L. Falconer, Mississippi State University

5:00 PM

Discussion

5:15 PM

Adjourn

2018 ASA Southern Regional Branch

February 04 - 06, 2018

Graduate Student Oral Competiton - Ph.D. Students I

Oral Session