Monday, July 19, 2004

SESSION 1: PHYSIOLOGY, QUALITY, UTILIZATION

Moderator:  Craig Sheaffer, University of Minnesota, St. Paul

8:00 am

Welcome and Introductions.  Presidents: Sam Stratton and G. Ray Smith

8:10 am

Winterhardiness of alfalfa in Canada: a retrospective and integrated perspective.   Y. Castonguay,

9:00 am

Naturalization of yellow-flowered alfalfa in native rangeland.  
A. Boe, L. Xu, P. Johnson, K. Kephart

9:20 am

Alfalfa seed yield response to simulated hail damage.  
A.M. Gray, M.J. Killen, R.C. Smith

9:40 am

Hybrid alfalfa: Harvest management effects on yield and quality.  
P. Peterson, D. Undersander, R. Leep, C. Sheaffer, P. Sun, M. Velde, S. Wagner 

10:00 am

BREAK

10:20 am

Fall dormancy and cutting schedule effects on the alfalfa yield-quality tradeoff.  D.H. Putnam, L. Teuber, S. Orloff, J. Liu 

10:40 am

Factors affecting red clover and alfalfa phytoestrogen content.  
E. C. Sivesind, W. Zheng, P. Seguin 

11:00 am

Kura clover no-till seeding into pastures with herbicide sod suppression and nitrogen fertilization.  P. Seguin, G. Laberge, P. R. Peterson, C.C. Sheaffer, N. J. Ehlke, G. J. Cuomo, R. D. Mathison 

11:20 am

Virtual alfalfa: Stand persistence under grazing.  
S.R. Smith, P.A. Raines, L. Muendermann and A. Singh

11:40 am

Hybrid versus synthetic alfalfa forage yields in small plots compared to on-farm strip trials.  M. Velde, D. Abraham, S. Wagner 

12:00 pm

LUNCH (Carmen-Ravel Rooms)