99th Annual NNGA Meeting

College Station, Texas - August 10-13, 2008

Sunday, August 10, 2008

10 AM - 1:00

NNGA Board Meeting: College Station Hilton Lobby

1 PM - 5:30 PM

Registration: College Station Hilton Lobby

3 PM

Exhibit area will be open and available for set up: 1st floor, Hilton

4:00 - 7:30 PM

Welcome Barbecue: Horticultural Gardens, Texas A&M University
The Barbecue will begin at 6 PM, allowing plenty of time for self-guided tours of the Horticultural Gardens. Transportation to and from the Gardens will be via car pool and shuttle van.

7:30 - 9:30 PM

Show and Tell--Jerry Lehman will once again host this popular event which will be held at the Horticulture Gardens after the barbecue. Persons interested in making a Show and Tell presentation should contact Jerry Lehman at 812-298-8733 to make arrangements, or see him at the BBQ.

Monday, August 11, 2008

6:00 AM - 8:00 AM

Breakfast on your own

8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

NNGA Registration continues: Hilton Lobby

8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

CAP Activity: Shopping, crafts and meeting. We can car pool for shopping in Bryan as the morning is the cooler time of day.

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM

Welcome: Hilton
Tim Davis, Head, Dept. of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University
Dan Upchurch, Director, Southern Plains Area, USDA ARS

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Technical Presentations: Hilton
 
Collect, Maintain, Evaluate, Document, and Distribute--the NPGS and NNGA in the 21st Century, L.J. Grauke, USDA ARS Texas
 
Pecan Collections at the Missouri Agroforestry Center, Ken Hunt, University of Missouri
 
Verifying Pecan Identity with Molecular Markers, Allison Miller, University of St. Louis
 

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Break

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Technical Presentations: Hilton
 
Use of Northern Pecans and Hickory Hybrids in the Pecan Breeding Program, Tommy E. Thompson, USDA ARS, Texas
 
Freeze and Ice Damage to Pecan Cultivars, William Reid, Kansas State University
 
Observations of Easter Freeze of 2007/Ice Storm, Damages in 2007-2008,, Wes Rice, Nut Grower, Oklahoma
 

12:00:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Lunch on your own

12:00 PM - 5:30 PM

CAP Activity: crafts, anniversary cookbook, edit typed recipes, discuss 100th anniversary program

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Technical Presentations: Hilton
 
Agroforestry Systems for Black Walnut, Dave Brauer, USDA ARS, Arkansas
 
Black Walnuts at the Missouri Agroforestry Center, Mark Coggeshall, University of Missouri
 
Black Walnut Harvest: Kernel Size vs Color, Michele Warmund, University of Missouri
 

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Break

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Technical Presentations: Hilton
 
Phytochemicals and Antioxidants in Pecans, Leonardo Lombardini, Texas A&M University
 
Nutrient Uptake Varies in Pecan Populations, L.J. Grauke, USDA ARS, Texas
 
Managing Site Variation in Orchards, L.J. Grauke, USDA ARS, Texas
 

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Dinner on your own

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Chestnut, Hazelnut, Pistachio Crop Germplasm Committee meeting. Room to be announced.

6:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Auction Setup: Hilton

7:00 PM - end

14th Annual Auction: Hilton. Proceeds will be used to support research.

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

6:00 - 8:30 AM

Breakfast on your own

8:00 AM - 5 PM

CAP Activity: Travel by van to Washington-on-the-Brazos for the morning with lunch at "Must Be Heaven" in Brenham, a tour of the Bluebell Creamery followed by shopping in Brenham antique shops. Vans will load at 8 AM at a location to be announced.

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Technical Presentations: Hilton
 
Hazelnut Identification Using Morphological and Molecular Markers, Joseph Postman, USDA ARS, Oregon
 
Hazelnut Research at Rutgers University, Tom Molnar, Rutgers University, New Jersey
 
International Connections: China Visitors and Kochi Women's University in Kochi City Japan., Wes Rice, Nut Grower, Oklahoma
 
Sharpshooters, Xylella and Pecans, Bill Ree, Texas A&M University
 

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Break

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Technical Presentations: Hilton
 
Belt-Wide Pecan ipmPIPE Program, Marvin Harris, Texas A&M University
 
Spiders in Trees, Alejandro Calixto, Texas
 
Management of Weevil, Bill Ree, Texas A&M
 

12:00:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch on your own

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Technical Presentations: Hilton
 
Primary and Secondary Fruiting of Chinese Chestnut Trees, Michele Warmund, University of Missouri
 
Simple Chestnut Peeling Process and Properties of the Peeled Kernel , Greg Miller, Empire Chestnut Company, Ohio
 
Decay of Chestnuts, Dennis Fulbright, Michigan State University
 

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Break

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

NNGA Business Meeting: Hilton
 

6:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Group Photo
 

6:30 PM - 9 PM

Banquet: Keynote Address:TBA. Election of officers and conclusion of NNGA Annual Meeting.

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

6:00 AM - 8:00 AM

Breakfast on your own

8:00 AM - 5 PM

Field trip to USDA ARS Pecan Breeding and Genetics worksite. Orchard, greenhouse, shop and cleaning plant tours. Lunch is included. Buses will load at 8 AM at a location to be announced.

Speakers, topics and times are subject to change. A more complete program booklet including meeting room locations, speaker addresses and biographies will be available at the meeting registration desk.

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