Field Presentations
Take four walking tours and discuss the latest breakthroughs in agriculture and technology with researchers and extension specialists from the University of Illinois.
Walking tours begin every half-hour between 7:00 am and 12:00 noon, as groups are available. Each tour lasts about an hour, so please come early if you plan to take all four.
Tour A
- Staying Ahead Of SCN, Alternative Sources Of Resistance — Brian Diers
- Three Diseases of Wheat In Illinois — Frederic L. Kolb
- Is Rotated Corn Better Than Continuous? — Fred E. Below, Allen W. Becker
- Is This Corn Nitrogen Deficient? — Emerson D. Nafziger
- Adding to the Quality Of Life Through Flowers Selected For Shady
Landscapes
And Sustainable Production — Daniel Warnock, Kevin Collins
Tour B
- The Illinois Soybean Rust Sentinel Plot System and the PIPE - A Vigilant Watch — Linda Sue Kull, Glen Hartman
- 50 Years Of Invasive Insect Pests: Managing Western Corn Rootworms, An Old Foe — Michael E. Gray
- 50 Years of Soybean Cyst Nematode — Terry L. Niblack
- 50 Years of Invasive Insect Pests: Managing Soybean Aphids, A New Foe — Kevin L. Steffey
- 50 Years of Field Crop Insect Management Research: On Target In 2006 — Ronald E. Estes, Jared B. Schroeder
Tour C
- Oldies But Goodies - Weeds That Just Won’t Go Away — Dawn Nordby
- Biomass For Sustainable Energy Production — Martin Bohn, Hans Blaschek, Isaac Cann
- Aquatic Weed Management — George Czapar
- Weed Watching 101 — Aaron Hager
- CropLand Security: Protecting Crops With Herbicide Safeners — Dean E. Riechers
Tour D
- New Iron: Intelligent Machinery Technologies For 21st Century Farming — Dr. Qin Zhang
- Revenue for Corn And Soybeans In 2006 And Beyond — Gary Schnitkey, Darrel Good
- Don’t Be A Roadway Hazard! — Bob Aherin
- Martian Production Systems On Earth — Luis F. Rodríguez
- New And Nearly New Spray Nozzles — Scott Bretthauer, Loren Bode