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News and Reviews A N N U A L MEETING SECTION REPORTS BREEDING AND GENETICS SECTION The Breeding and Genetics Section of The PAA met on Tuesday August 4th at 8:00 PM with 30 persons attending. Amongst items discussed were: 1. Potato Varieties Catalogue - - Bob O'Keefe and committee would circulate a questionnaire to members and other agencies to determine type of catalogue desired, numbers which would be required, and possible sources of funding. 2. Potato Variety Descriptions and Certificlttion of Varieties - - The Chairman would appoint a committee to deal with this matter and to cooperate with the Certification Section. 3. Late Blight Research Project - - A resolution endorsing the concept of the Late Blight Research Project being established by the National Agricultural Research Institute in Mexico was agreed to. The Treasurer's Report indicated that the Section had a balance of $230.02 at July 27, 1981, and that 36 members had paid dues for 1981 - - a further 7 members paid dues after the meeting. For 1982 Dr. Alvin Reeves was elected Chairman, Dr. Dermot Lynch, Vice Chairman and Dr. Richard Tarn, Sec/Treasurer. Kenneth Proudfoot 1981 Chairman Following the business meeting Dr. Swiezinski discussed potato production in Poland and answered questions from a highly appreciative audience. CERTIFICATION SEGTION The Certification Section met for its second meeting on Tuesday evening, August 4, 1981 at P.E.I. After approval of the minutes of the Winter meeting at Minneapolis-St. Paul and of the Trlmsurer's report, the Section acted on the following items of old business as follows: 1. Uniform Standards Subcommittee Repo~rt on "Certification" and "Tolerance". A final draft of a proposed article was referenced and
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discussed as sent to all Section members. Due to the fact that only 8 agencies were represented, the item was tabled until the winter meeting. In the interim the subcommittee will redraft the article consistent with the concerns raised by those present. 2. Appointment of Steering Committee for Standard Antisera Project. A steering committee of Dave Hammond (Chairman), Bill Callison, Ken Knutson, Gary Leever, Gary Secor, and Steve Slack was appointed. 3. Winter Meeting Site Selection. Denver, Colorado was selected as the meeting site for the winter meeting, leaving the dates to be jointly decided by the officers of the Certification and Pathology Sections. 4. Certification of Intracultivar Selections. As passed at the winter meeting, Gary Leever was appointed to take the issue to the Breeding and Genetics Sections for assistance. The Breeding and Genetics Section decided to appoint a committee to work as consultant to the Certification Section in the development of criteria for this effort. 5. Selection of Chairman. The office of chairman was vacated by the resignation of Jerome Jevning. The group decided to hold over Bill CaUison until the winter meeting. Only one item of new business was raised. Bill Callison reported on the Executive Committee's guidelines on the role of section chairmen as exofficio members of the Executive Committee of The P.A.A. The guidelines will be published in the Potato Journal as part of the Executive Committee meeting minutes. Respectfully submitted Bill L. Callison, Chairman EXTENSION SECTION Approximately 30 members met, introduced themselves and gave us a little idea of how things were going in their area in 1981. Joe Sieczka was elected secretary/treasurer and immediately took over his duties as secretary in the absence of Vice-chairman Peter Mosher. Chairman is Duane Smith Past Chairman Mel Henninger The officers will each move up one step for next year. No dues are collected at present. Balance on hand $0.00. Commercial Potato Production - - will try to get accurate count of number still available and whom to write to for copies. 1980 Energy Conservation Meeting: in future should be more advanced notice to public. The Extension Workers & Publication list will be updated by Dave Curwen. Will Executive Committee supply funds for printing 300? Symposium for 1983. Irrigation Management. Speakers, approximate cost, and time will be presented at the 1982 Executive Meeting.
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Meeting timing. We are proposing a breakfast meeting in California on Tuesday or Wednesday because of conflict with other section meeting; of main concern were Plant Pathology and Plant Physiology section meetings. Concern was voiced about the poor slides presented at the meeting. Generally the visuals were better; however a few were not. Should we attempt to educate our friends with follow-up information after the meeting in addition to the information the secretary sent out or possibly arrange a presentation on the topic? We were able to discuss several topics of current interest with section business out o f way. PATHOLOGY SECTION Membership - - as of August 3, 1981 - - 84 Financial report - - as of August 3, 1981 - - $405.73
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Held a winter meeting in mid-February at St. Paul, Minn. for 1 ½ days in conjunction with the certification section. Completed and reported at the winter meeting on a survey o f processors on diseases causing problems in production for processing a. Fusarium dry rot most serious b. Ring rot rated 8-10 on a list of 10 diseases or disorders Worked on a set of pictures of symptoms of ring rot for use by people diagnosing ring rot. H a d a program on current potato disease problems - - included discussions on pink eye, spindle tuber, seedpiece decay, Erwinia recontamination, corky ringspot - - had a workshop on nematode induced diseases and disorders with potatoes. Held a meeting on Aug. 3, 1981 here at the annual meeting. Continued consideration of ring rot for diagnosticians - - decided to collect recent and future publications and distribute to members. Planned for a winter meeting with certification section at Denver in February 1982. Elected officers for 1981-82 Chairman - - Pete Weingartner V. Chairman - - Gary Secor Sec-Treas - - Robert Goth Dir-1 yr - - Mary Powelson Dir-2 yr - - Roy McKenzie Tentatively planned to request that the Pathology Section be allowed to sponsor a symposium at the annual meeting in 1984. Following the business meeting we had a program on rapid multiplication of nuclear seed stocks by tissue culture methods - -
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presented by Drs. Ed Jones and N.S. " B u d " Wright - - organized by Dr. J o h n McDonald of P . E . I . Respectfully submitted, David F. H a m m o n d Chairman, Pathology Section
PHYSIOLOGY SECTION During the past year we updated our membership list. Questionnaires were sent to past and prospective members and a compilation of names, addresses, and research interests was sent to all who expressed interest. At our evening meeting on Aug. 3 we elected the following officers for 1981-82: Chairman -- Herman Timm Vice-Chairman - - Alan Langille Sec.-Treas. - - David H o l m Director, to serve a 2-yr. term: A1 Mosley (Joe Sowokinos has 1 year remaining as Director). The '82 symposium on glycoalkaloids was discussed. Several people suggested that we should include a wider range of interests and opinions a m o n g the featured speakers; several additional or alternative names were suggested. We discussed seed physiology at length, including the specific interests and problems of the P . E . I . seed industry. Matters to be brought before the Executive Committee of The P A A included: a. The suggestion that section meetings be scheduled nonconcurrently so that members of one section m a y attend several others; b. The question of who m a y represent a section if no officers are able to attend the annual meeting. Bob Dwelle C h a i r m a n '80-'81 UTILIZATION SECTION The utilization section meeting was attended by 24 members. Paul Orr served as Secretary Pro-tern in the absence o f Wilbur Gould. Officers elected for 1981-82 are: Chairman - - Mike G r o s k o p p First Vice-chairman - - Merle Weaver Second Vice-chairman - - Jerry Cash Secretary - - Jim Hunter
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Director (1981-83) - - Paul Orr Director (1980-82) - - Art Goldstein (in term) Some o f the important items reported f r o m the Utilization Section Meeting are: 1. To publish the proceedings o f the 1980 Utilization Symposium "Losses and Wastes in the P o t a t o Food C h a i n " in the American P o t a t o Journal in the style and length of the edited question and answer portion of the symposium as presented to the P A A executive committee by Jerry Varns. The Section expressed its thanks to our parent organization for provision of those costs of publication. 2. To indicate our desire as a Section to participate in the International Potato Congress in Lima on February 22-26, 1982. Walt Sparks and Burt Cargill reviewed present travel costs, program theme, and call for papers. Five members indicated plans for attendance. 3. T h a t special potato sessions will be held at the A S A E Meetings, in Madison, WI, on June 27-30, 1982. Burt Cargill will provide further information to the Section. 4. That the Utilization Section will compile a general packet of information, generated f r o m material f r o m our membership, that can act as an initial response to foreign inquiries on utilization matters. 5. That future P A A p r o g r a m s should avoid concurrent speaker sessions involving both the production and utilization sections. It is suggested this guideline would insure m o r e favorable audience participation and provide a u n i f o r m rate of attendance throughout all P A A programs. Jerry Varns
