The 2024 Annual Meeting of the
International Sweet Corn Development Association (ISCDA) will be held live in Orlando, Florida
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Dates and Location

December 10, 2024-December 11, 2024
Hyatt Regency Orlando
​Bayhill 21
9801 International Drive
​Orlando, Florida

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Nearby hotels
Hampton Inn Orlando Int'l Dr.Area/Convention Center
​Rosen Plaza
​Hilton Orlando

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Speakers

• Andre Luiz Biscaia Ribeiro da Silva (Auburn University) - Using crop models to determine nitrogen fertilizer management for sweet corn production
• Erik Ohlson (USDA-ARS) - High Plains wheat mosaic virus seed infestation and transmission
• Carrie Wohleb (WSU) - What Have We Learned from 35 Years of Sweet Corn Seed Treatment Trials?
• Qi Mu (Univ. of Delaware) – Introducing the Molecular Plant Breeding and Genomics Lab: Current and Future Corn Research at the University of Delaware
• Lindsey du Toit (WSU) – Evaluation of single-kernel NIR testing as a predictor of seed quality
• Marty Williams (USDA-ARS) - Evidence of sweet corn yield loss from rising temperatures

                                                Student Speakers
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• Hui Liu (Postdoc with Anna Block, USDA ARS, FL) - The herbivore-inducible coumarate-CoA ligase 5 (Zm4CL5) in corn contributes to the production of flavonoids
• Darlon Lantican (PhD student with Marcio Resende, UFL) – Genetic dissection of southern corn leaf blight resistance in sweet corn through genome-wide association studies and use of genomic and phenomic prediction
• Melissa Moreno (PhD student with Wendy Dahl, UFL) - Consumer perceptions of sweet corn: A national survey
• Suman Sharma (Postdoc with Jenna Hershberger, Clemson University) – Leveraging machine learning for haploid and diploid kernel classification in sweet corn

Registration

To register please fill out the google form below
 
​​2024 ISCDA REGISTRATION

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Schedule

Tuesday, December 10 
8:00 - 8:30 - Registration and coffee (Jennifer Ireland, ISCDA 
                        Secretary/Treasurer)
8:30 - 8:45 -  Welcome (Moderator: Lindsey du Toit, ISCDA vice-
                       president)
8:45 - 11:45 -  Guest Speakers (with break)
                        -Andre Luiz Biscaia Ribeiro da Silva (Auburn
                          University)- Nitrogen Fertilizer Management
                        -Erik Ohlson (USDA-ARS)-High Plains virus
                        -Carrie Wohleb (WSU)- Treatment trials
                        -Qi Mu (UD)- Molecular Plant Breeding
                        -Lindsey du Toit (WSU)- Single kernel NIR testing
11:45 - 1:15 -  lunch
1:15 - 3:45 -   Graduate Student & Postdoc Speakers (with break)
3:45 - 4:15 -  Guest Speaker
                      -Marty Williams(USDA)-Sweet Corn Yield Loss
4:15 - 5:00 -  Business Meeting (Marty Williams, President)
5:00 - 7:00 - Welcome Social - Location TBD
 
Wednesday, December 11 
8:00 - 8:30 -   Registration and coffee (Jennifer Ireland, ISCDA 
                        Secretary/Treasurer)
8:30 - 10:00 - Guest Speakers (Moderator: Marty Williams)
                          - Rodrigo Borba Onofre (KSU)-Corn Stunt
                           -Curt Hannah (UFL)- Diverse Germplasm
10:00 - 10:30 - break
10:30 - 12:00 - Sweet CAP Advisory Meeting (Moderator: Bill Tracy)
12:00 - adjourn