Tuesday, 19 February 2013 – Session 1


Chairperson: Dr L Daniel Ploper (Chairman, Continuing Committee for WSRC)
08h30-09h00

Keynote speaker: Mr Steve Wellman (Chairman of ASA, USA)

09h00-09h30

Keynote speaker: BRAZIL – Dr AJ Cattelan (Head General of Embrapa Soybean)

09h30-10h00

Keynote speaker: ARGENTINA – Dr Julio Ferrarotti (Agro Sciences Consultant)

10h00-10h15

Sponsor: Syngenta

10h15-11h00

Tea

VENUE   ≡   HALL 1 A (Plenary)
11h00-12h30

Soybean Research (D.1)

CHAIRMAN. MR JSG JOUBERT

VARIOUS COUNTRIES

CHINA (22 minutes)

Soybean research and industry in China: current status, challenges and prospects

URUGUAY (22 minutes)

The impact of soybean crop on the Uruguayan agricultural development

INDIA (22 minutes)

Present scenario of soybean (Glycine max) in India

BHANAGAR PREM S
SOUTH AFRICA (22 minutes)

Beyond expanding soybean production: structural changes and supply chain development

12h30-13h15

Lunch

13h15-14h00

Poster Session: Category "D" (see poster schedule)

14h00-15h30

Plant Protection (E.1)

CHAIRMAN. DR LD PLOPER

PLANT PATHOLOGY / CONTROL

14h00-14h30

Soil-borne pathogens of soybean in South Africa

TEWOLDEMEDHIN YT, LAMPRECHT SC
14h30-15h00

Use of potassium silicate for the control of soybean rust (Phakopsora Pachyrhizi) on soybean

15h00-15h30

Rhizoctonia species and anastomosis groups associated with soybean in South Africa

TEWOLDEMEDHIN YT, LAMPRECHT SC
15h30-16h00

Tea

16h00-17h30

Plant Protection (E.1)

CHAIRMAN. PROF MD LAING

PLANT PATHOLOGY / CONTROL

16h00-16h30

JS 93-05: A soybean variety resistant to purple seed stain disease and tolerant to mechanical damage

MOTAGI BN, HANCHINAL RR, BIRADARPATIL NK, RAVI H, PATIL PV
16h30-17h00

Effect of fungicides in controlling foliar diseases of soybean in Paraná (Entre Rios), Argentina

17h00-17h30

Investigation on Sclerotinia Sclerotiorum bio-control by Trichoderma Viride in different soils in China

ZHANG JZ, WEI D, SONG JZ, YUN WANG Y, XUE-LI CHENI XL, JIN L, ZHAO FY
EVENING

Evening Function