Moderator: Holly Davis, TPPA President
Holly Davis, TPPA President
Dr. Barron Rector, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension"
H Ray Smith, TPPA Founder & Chairman of the Board
Dr. Phillip Kaufman, Professor and Head, Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University
Dr David Kerns, Associate Department Head, Texas A&M Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University
Stephen Biles, Extension Program Specialist, Port Lavaca, Texas
Dr. Lina Bernaola, Assistant Professor & Rice Research Entomologist, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Beaumont, Texas
Bradley Fritz, Research Leader and Agricultural Engineer, USDA-ARS, College Station, Texas
Blake McGrew, Drone Aero Tech
Stanley Schilling. George West, Texas & Jim Peoples, Caldwell, Texas
Break & Poster Review - View Displays
Barron Rector, Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Chairman
Moderator: Luke Etheredge, Bayer
3:30 – 3:40 pm “Update from BASF Agricultural Solutions”, Adam Hixson
3:40 – 3:50pm “Introducing Empera Herbicide & Other Product Updates”, Chris Meador
3:50 – 4:00pm “FMCProduct Update”, Holly Dvis
4:00 – 4:10 pm “Product Updates from Bayer Crop Science”, Greg Steele
4:10 – 4:20 pm “New Technologies from Alligare”, James Jackson
4:20 – 4:30 pm “Sygenta Crop Protection Updates”, John Gordy
4;30 – 4:40 pm “Nichino America, Inc Product Updates”, David King
Moderator: Elizabeth Prokop, Texas Department of Agriculture
Ekizabeth Prokop, Texas Department of Agriculture
Moderators: Tyler Mays,and Scott Nolte, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
9:00 – 9:30 “Spray Drones for Herbicide Application: Field Insight into Deposition and Weed Control” – Reuben Kudiabor, Research Graduate Assistance Texas A&M University
9:30 – 10:00: “UAV versus Ground Sprayer Efficacy for Thrips Management in Texas Cotton”, Tyler Mays, Extension Program Specialist, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
10:00 – 10:15: “Dones versus Ground Rigs : Comparing Herbicide Application Efficacy in Pastures”,” – Scott Nolte, Weed Specialist, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Poster Review – View Displays
Moderator, David Kerns and Reagan Noland, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
10:30 – 10:45 “Corn Leafhopper (Dalulus maidis): Current Knowledge and Future Directions for Management in Texas” – Jose C. Santiago-Gonzalez, Extension Entomologist, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Corpus Christi, TX
10:45 – 11:00 “Corn Leaf Aphid: Small Pest, Big Potential Problem: What Producers need to know About Identification, Risk & Management”, Tyler Gilreath, Extension Entomologist s A&M AgriLife Extension, Canyon, TX
11:00 – 11:15: “Virus Management in Wheat”, – Thomas Isakeit, Professor, Extension Plant Pathologist, Texas A&N AgriLife
11:15 – 11:30: “Spider Mites in Cotton” – David Kerns, Associate Department Head, Department of Entomology, Texas A&M AgriLife
11:30 – 11:45 “Genetic and Environmental effects on Cotton Seed Quality from Commercial Fields”, Ken Lege, Extension Cotton Specialist, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
11:45 – 12:00 noon: “Stewardship of Cotton Resistance to Reniform Nematode”, Reagan Noland, Cotton Specialist, Texas A&M AgriLife, San Angelo, TX
(Included passing of the gavel to new TPPA President by Ray Smith, TPPA Board Chairman)
Moderators: TPPA President Holly Davis
Moderators: Sam Rustom & James Jackson
1:30 – 1:45: “Weed Management Gaps Among Texas Forage Stakeholders- A Survey”,> – Zach Howard, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
1:45 – 2:00: “Disease Management in Bermudagrass”,” – Vanessa Corriher=Olson Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
2:00 – 2:15: “The Role of Herbicides to Integrate Research & Management in a Livestock Operation”, – Humberto Perotto, Texas A&M
2:15 – 2:30: “Redbanded Stink Bug Management in Midsouth and Texas Soybeans”. – Dr. Dawsin Kerns, LSU Ag Center, Department of Entomology, Winnsboro, LA
2:30-2:45: “Undestanding Environmental and Management Conditions to Control Rice Kernel Smut in Texas”, Paul Goetze, Extension Assistance & Young-KiJo, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
2:45-3:00 2026 Rice Update”, Sam Rustom. Extension Agronomist, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
