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Below are links to the PowerPoint presentations (in PDF format) from the 44th NSA Research Forum held January 12-13, 2022. Click on the title of the presentation to access the file. Presentations are listed in the order in which they appeared in the program. Presentations will be added as files become available

The content of these presentations may not be used without the author's/authors' consent.
2021 National Sunflower Production Survey: Yield and Management Practices
Ryan Buetow, NDSU, Dickinson Research & Extension Center, Dickinson, ND

2021 National Sunflower Production Survey: Insects
Jarrad Prasifka, USDA-ARS, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, ND

Red Sunflower Seed Weevils and Reduced Pyrethroid Susceptibility
Janet Knodel, NDSU, Extension Entomology, Fargo, ND; Adam Varenhorst, SDSU, Dept. of Agronomy, Horticulture, & Plant Science, Brookings, SD; Aaron Hargens, Philip Rozeboom, & Patrick Wagner, SDSU, Dept. of Agronomy, Horticulture, & Plant Science, Brookings, SD; Patrick Beauzay, NDSU, Extension Entomology, Fargo, ND; Travis Prochaska, NDSU, North Central Research & Extension Center, Minot, ND; Ryan Buetow, NDSU, Dickinson Research & Extension Center, Dickinson, ND

Future Directions in Sunflower-Pollinator Interactions: Intersection of Nutrition and Behavior
Beth Ferguson, USDA-ARS, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, ND; Pamela Puppo, Marshall University, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Huntington, WV; Jarrad Prasifka, USDA-ARS, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, ND

Thermal Biology and Adult Emergence of the Red Sunflower Seed Weevil, Smicronyx fulvus Leconte: 2021 Update
Shawna Pantzke, NDSU, Dept. of Entomology, Fargo, ND; Jarrad Prasifka, USDA-ARS, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, ND; Deirdre Prischmann-Voldseth, NDSU, Dept. of Entomology, Fargo, ND; Joseph Rinehart & Beth Ferguson, USDA-ARS, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, ND

An Evaluation of Farmer Perceptions and Biological Efficacy of Unmanned Aircraft Systems for Avian-Agriculture Conflict
Page Klug, USDA-APHIS-WS NWRC, North Dakota Field Station, NDSU, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Fargo, ND, Mallory Gyovai White, NDSU, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Fargo, ND; Dane Mataic, NDSU, Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, Fargo, ND; Jason Boulanger, White Buffalo Inc., East Haddam, CT; Morgan Donaldson, NDSU, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Fargo, ND

Biological Control of Sclerotinia Head Rot in Confection Sunflowers with Honeybee Vectored Clonostachys rosea
Michael Wunsch, NDSU, Carrington Research & Extension Center, Carrington, ND; Venkata Chapara, NDSU, Langdon Research & Extension Center, Langdon, ND

Advances in Understanding Resistance to Sclerotinia and Phomopsis Diseases
Bill Underwood and Christopher Misar, USDA-ARS, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, ND; Srushtideep Angidi and Israt Zaman, NDSU, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Fargo, ND

Sensitivity of Phomopsis Species to Fluapyroxad, Pyraclostrobin, and Tebuconazole Fungicides:
Ruchika Kashyap and Hossein M. Rekabdarkolaee, SDSU, Dept. of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science, Brookings, SD; Samuel Markell, NDSU, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Fargo, ND; Robert Harveson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Panhandle Research & Extension Center, Scottsbluff, NE; William Underwood, USDA-ARS, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, ND; Febina Mathew, SDSU, Dept. of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science, Brookings, SD

Are Fungicides Effective Against Phomopsis Stem Canker?
Nabin Dangal and Hossein M. Rekabdarkolaee, SDSU, Dept. of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science, Brookings, SD; Samuel Markell, NDSU, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Fargo, ND; Robert Harveson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Panhandle Research & Extension Center, Scottsbluff, NE; Febina Mathew, SDSU, Dept. of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science, Brookings, SD

Genomic Regions Associated with Diaporthe helianthi and Diaporthe gulyae Resistance
Renan Guidini and Febina Mathew, SDSU, Dept. of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science, Brookings, SD; Mojtaba Jahani and Loren Rieseberg, University of British Columbia, BC, Canada; Laura Marek, Iowa State University & USDA-ARS, NC Regional Plant Introduction Station, Ames, IA

Greenhouse Assessment of Sensitivity of Phomopsis Species to Tebuconazole Fungicide
Karthika Mohan and Nathan Braun, SDSU, Dept. of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science, Brookings, SD; Samuel Markell, NDSU, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Fargo, ND; Robert Harveson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Panhandle Research & Extension Center, Scottsbluff, NE; Febina Mathew, SDSU, Dept. of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science, Brookings, SD

Does Phomopsis Stem Canker Cause Yield Loss?
Nabin Dangal, Febina Mathew & Hossein M. Rekabdarkolaee, SDSU, Dept. of Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science, Brookings, SD; Robert Harveson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Panhandle Research & Extension Center, Scottsbluff, NE; Samuel Markell, NDSU, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Fargo, ND

Integrating Cover Crops and Residual Herbicides for Weed Suppressions in High Plains Sunflower Production
Vipan Kumar, KSU, Agricultural Research Center, Hays, KS; Jeanne Falk Jones & Dan O’Brien, KSU, NW Research Ext. Center, Colby, KS; Nevin Lawrence; UNL, Scottsbluff, NE; Cody Creech, UNL, Sidney, NE

2021 Progress for Enhancing Rust Resistance in Confection Sunflower Production Through Next-Generation Technologies
Lili Qi, USDA-ARS, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, ND, Guojia Ma and Xuehui Li, NDSU, Dept. of Plant Sciences, Fargo, ND

USDA Sunflower Breeding and Quantitative Genetics Updates 2021
Brent Hulke, USDA-ARS, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, ND; Nolan Kane and Ziv Attia, University of Colorado Boulder, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Boulder, CO

Update on Within-Row Plant Spacing and Phenotyping Using UAV Based Remote Sensing
Neil Olson, NDSU, Dept. of Plant Sciences, Fargo, ND; Brent Hulke, USDA-ARS, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, ND; Calvin Trostle, Texas A&M University, Texas A&M AgriLife Research & Extension Center, Texas A&M System, Lubbock, TX; Ron Meyer, Colorado State University, Burlington, CO

Breeding Pool and Market Class Differentiation in Leaf Physiology and Secondary Metabolism in Cultivated Sunflower
Chase M. Mason, University of Central Florida, Dept. of Biology, Orlando, FL, Jordan A. Dowell, University of Central Florida, Dept. of Biology, Orlando FL; Alan W. Bowsher, Amna Jamshad, Rahul Shah, John M. Burke, and Lisa A. Donovan, University of Georgia, Dept. of Plant Biology, Athens, GA

The Potential Role of Sunflower Crop Wild Relatives for Adapting Sunflower to a Changing Climate
Gerald Seiler, USDA-ARS, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, ND

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