2016 Summer Field Day

8:15 a.m. – Registration, Coffee & Donuts

8:15 a.m. – Plant Diagnostics: Dr. Jan Byrne, MSU Plant Diagnostics Center

Handout:

• 2016 Wheat Diagnostics Form and Directions

9:00 a.m. – Welcome & Introductions: Dave Milligan, Michigan Wheat Program Chairman

9:05 a.m. – Morning Plot Presentations

Preliminary Trial Variety Improvements: Dr. Eric Olson

• Wheat Breeding and Genetics

Spring Wheat: Dr. Eric Olson

Handout:

• Testing Spring Wheat Varieties in Michigan, bulletin

PowerPoint:

• Preliminary Trial – Variety Improvement

Disease: Marty Chilvers, Dr. Jan Byrne and Martin Nagelkirk

• Stripe Rust in Michigan Wheat in 2016

Handouts:

• MI Wheat Field Day Notes: Head Scab, Stripe Rust and Fungicides
• Managing Fusarium Head Blight, bulletin
• Fungicide Efficacy for Control of Wheat Diseases, bulletin

Weed Control: Dr. Christy Sprague

• Weed Control of Grasses in Wheat Including Preharvest Herbicides

Handouts:

• MI Wheat Field Day Notes: Preharvest Herbicide Application Effects on Winter Wheat Harvestability
• Common Windgrass in Michigan: Keys to Identification and Management in Winter Wheat, bulletin

PowerPoint:

• Weed Presentation

Wheat Fertility: Dr. Kurt Steinke

• Six Input Strategies for Michigan Wheat

• MI Wheat Field Day Notes: Soil Fertility & Nutrient Management Research

Sprayer Nozzles: Dennis Pennington

Handout:

• Sprayer Nozzles for Head Scab Control in Wheat, bulletin

PowerPoint:

• Yield Monitor and Combine Adjustments

Aphids in Wheat: Dr. Chris DiFonzo

• Aphids in Wheat

Handout:

• Aphids Infesting Winter Wheat in Michigan, bulletin

12:15 p.m. – Lunch

1:00 p.m. – Wheat Research Special Announcement: David Milligan MI Wheat Program chairman

• Announcement of Michigan Wheat Program Project at MSU SVREC

1:30 p.m. – Marketing Update: Gary Kaufman, Star of the West

PowerPoint:

• Wheat Marketing Update

2:00 p.m. – Season Wrap Up: Martin Nagelkirk, MSUE & Dennis Pennington, MSU

• Calibrating the Yield Monitor Before Wheat Harvest, Dennis Pennington

2:20 – Credits (RUP & CCA) & Closing Comments: Jody Pollok-Newsom, MI Wheat Program

2:30 p.m. – Adjourn, Variety Trial Plot Tours: Dr. Eric Olson (optional stop)