COASTAL MARSH PLANTS FIELD DAY
PROGRAM
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Rice Research Station
1373 Caffey Road, Rayne, LA 70578
Tel. 337/788-7531
9:00
Introduction/Opening Remarks
Dr. Steve Linscombe, Director, Southwest Region
Dr. David Boethel, Vice Chancellor and Director, Louisiana Agricultural Experiment
Station
9:15
Coastal Plant Field Tour
Dr. Herry Utomo, Assistant Professor, Rice Research Station
10:15
Overview of LSU AgCenter Coastal Plant Development Programs and
Virtual Tours
Dr. Carrie Knott, Assistant Professor, School of Plant, Environmental and Soil Sciences
Dr. Herry Utomo, Assistant Professor, Rice Research Station
Mr. Mike Materne, Instructor, School of Plant, Environmental and Soil Sciences
11:15
Plant Development, NRCS Plant Material Center
Mr. Garret Thomassie, Golden Meadow NRCS Plant Material Center
11:35
Developing a Tool to Map Factors Limiting Growth of Coastal Wetland
Vegetation
Dr. Andy Nyman, Professor, School of Renewable Natural Resources
11:55
Coastal Restoration and Conservation in Louisiana
Mr. Steve Carmichael, State Resource Conservationist, NRCS
Mr. Morris Houck, Plant Material Specialist, NRCS
12:15
Lunch – Guest Speaker
Coastal Planning Overview: Mr. Jerome "Zee" Zeringue, Director of Planning
and Programs, Governor’s Office of Coastal Activities
1:30
Physiological and Molecular Characteristics of Smooth Cordgrass Seed
Dr. Marc Cohn, Professor, Dept. of Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology
1:50
Development and Interspecific Transferability of Genic Microsatellite
Markers from Expressed Sequence Tags Generated from Salt Stressed
smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora)
Dr. Niranjan Baisakh, Assistant Professor; Dr. Prasanta Subudhi, Associate Professor,
School of Plant, Environmental and Soil Sciences
2:10
Wetland Ecosystem Forecasting
Dr. Gregory D. Steyer, U.S. Geological Survey/National Wetlands Research Center
2:30
Discussion and Recommendations
Mr. Mark Shirley, Agent, Vermilion Parish
Mr. Kevin Savoie, Agent, Calcasieu Parish
Topics:
 Linking Plant Developing Programs into Marsh Re-creation and
Engineering Reconstruction Projects
 Increasing Roles of Coastal Plant Nurseries, Coastal Land Owners,
and Managers
 Ecosystem Forecasting, Vegetation Mapping Tool, Plant
Development Programs, Coastal Planning, and Restoration Policies:
How Will We Put Them Together For Better Progress?
4:00
Adjourn
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