ASA Southern Branch 2007 Annual Meeting
February 4-6, 2007
Mobile, AL

Monday, 5 February 2007: 12:55 PM
Mobile Convention Center, Room 203B
Crops--Specialty Crops
Presiding:Nathan A. Slaton, Univ of Arkansas
12:55 PM Introductory Remarks
1:00 PM Chlorophyll Studies in Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.).
Humphrey A. Esechie, Sultan Qaboos University, Abdullah Al-Falahi, Sultan Qaboos University
1:15 PM Productivity and Persistence in Mississippi of Chicory (Cichorium intybus L.) Cultivars Bred for High and Low Sequiterpene Lactones.
Jimmy R. Parish, Mississippi State Univ., Richard H. Watson, AgResearch Limited, Bisoondat Macoon, Mississippi State Univ., Brian S. Baldwin, Mississippi State Univ., David J. Lang, Mississippi State Univ., Allen S. Hubbard, Mississippi State Univ.
1:30 PM Sunflowers as an Oil Seed Crop for Biodiesel Production in Mississippi.
Valtcho D. Zheljazkov, Mississippi State, Brian Baldwin, Dep. of Plant & Soil Sciences, M. W. Ebelhar, Delta Research & Extension Center, Normie Buehring, North Mississippi Research and Ext Center, Christine Coker, Coastal Research and Extension Center, Biloxi, MS 39532
1:45 PM Herbs as Potential High-value Crops for Mississippi.
Valtcho D. Zheljazkov, Mississippi State, Christine Coker, Coastal Research and Extension Center, Biloxi, MS 39532, William Evans, Mississippi State Univ, M. W. Ebelhar, Delta Research & Extension Center
2:00 PM Can crops be used to remediate excess phosphorus?.
Shivendra Sahi, Western Kentucky U. Biology Dept., Daniel Starnes, Western Kentucky University, Pradyut Paul, Western Kentucky University, Priya Padmanabhan, Western Kentucky University, Nilesh Sharma, Western Kentucky University, Kenneth Sajwan, Savanah State University
2:15 PM Break

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