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Red seed weevil included in Janet Knodel 2026 Research Forum presentation
Image from J. Knodel presentation


Below are links to the PowerPoint presentations (in PDF format) from the 48th NSA Research Forum held January 7-8, 2026. Click on the title of the presentation to access the file. Presentations are listed in the order in which they appeared in the program.

The content of these presentations may not be used without the consent of the author(s).

2025 National Sunflower Production Survey: Yield, Management Practices and Diseases file size: 7347 kb
Ana Carcedo, NDSU, Department of Plant Sciences, Fargo, ND

2025 National Sunflower Production Survey: Insects file size: 7857 kb
Jarrad Prasifka, USDA-ARS, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Sunflower Improvement Research Unit, Fargo, ND

Current Status of Red Sunflower Seed Weevil in North Dakota file size: 4667 kb
Janet Knodel, Patrick Beauzay, and Victor Gomes NDSU, Department of Plant Pathology, Fargo, ND; Adam Varenhorst, SDSU, Agronomy, Horticulture, and Plant Science Dept., Brookings, SD; Patrick Wagner, SDSU, West River Research Extension, Rapid City, SD; Bradley McManus, Philip Rozeboom, SDSU, Agronomy, Horticulture, and Plant Science Dept., Brookings, SD

Red Sunflower Seed Weevils in South Dakota: 2025 Efficacy Study Results file size: 3673 kb
Adam Varenhorst, SDSU, Agronomy, Horticulture, and Plant Science Dept., Brookings, SD; Patrick Wagner, SDSU, West River Research Extension, Rapid City, SD; Philip Rozeboom, Bradley McManus, SDSU, Agronomy, Horticulture, and Plant Science Dept., Brookings, SD; Patrick Wagner, Patrick Beauzay and Janet Knodel NDSU, Department of Plant Pathology, Fargo, ND

Mechanizing Sunflower Seed Count and Insect Damage Detection file size: 5604 kb
Sunil Mathanker, Jarrad Prasifika, USDA-ARS, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, ND

Efficacy of Foliar Fungicides Against Phomopsis in Sunflowers file size: 2128 kb
Karthika Mohan, Sam Markell, Jessica Scherer, Bryan Hansen and Febina Mathew, NDSU, Department of Plant Pathology, Fargo, ND; Megan McCaghey, Alexis Passolt and Peter Aspholm, University of MN, Department of Plant Pathology, St. Paul, MN; Robert Harveson and Allison Rickey, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE

Response of Sunflowers to Cell-Free Culture Filtrates Produced by Phomopsis file size: 2465 kb
Karthika Mohan, NDSU, Fargo, ND; William Underwood, USDA-ARS, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Sunflower Improvement Research Unit, Fargo, ND; Sam Markell, NDSU, Department of Plant Pathology, Fargo, ND; Megan McCaghey, University of MN, Department of Plant Pathology, St. Paul, MN; Febina, Mathew, NDSU, Department of Plant Pathology, Fargo, ND

Establishing a Sunflower Rust Research Program at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls file size: 5119 kb
Brandt Berghuis, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, River Falls, WI

Update on USDA Sunflower Pathology Progress file size: 3320 kb
William Underwood, Lauren Carlson, Michael McWood, USDA-ARS, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Sunflower Improvement Research Unit, Fargo, ND; Srushtideep Angidi , Israt Zaman NDSU, Department of Plant Pathology, Fargo, ND

Update on the Determination of Rust (Puccinia helianthi) Virulence and Associated Rust Projects file size: 10686 kb
Zachary Ittel, NDSU, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Fargo, ND; Brandt Berghuis, Dept. of Plant and Earth Science, U of Wisconsin-River Falls; Jessica Scherer, Kaylie Schlecht, NDSU, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Fargo, ND; Robert Harveson, UNL, Panhandle Research and Ext. Ctr., Scottsbluff, NE; Febina Mathew, NDSU, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Fargo, ND; Brent Hulke, USDA-ARS, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Sunflower Improvement Research Unit, Fargo, ND; Bryan Hansen, Sam Markell, NDSU, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Fargo, ND

Sunflower Broomrape (Orobanche cumana), a Serious Parasitic Weed, Identified for the First Time in the U.S. in a Washington State Ornamental Sunflower Field file size: 4707 kb
Charles Block, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; Tom Gulya, USDA-ARS, Retired, Santa Rosa, CA; Robert Harveson, UNL, Panhandle Research and Ext. Ctr., Scottsbluff, NE; Sam Markell, NDSU, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Fargo, ND; Malcolm Ryley, Susan Thompson, University of Southern Queensland, DOONA, Queensland, Australia

Sunflower Seedling Salinity Tolerance Assay file size: 2486 kb
Joseph A.M. Barham, Department of Plant Sciences, NDSU, Fargo, ND; Brent Hulke, USDA-ARS, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Sunflower Improvement Research Unit, Fargo, ND; Qi Zhang, Department of Plant Sciences, NDSU, Fargo, ND; Tom DeSutter, NDSU, School of Natural Resource Sciences, Fargo, ND; James McNellie, USDA-ARS, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Sunflower Improvement Research Unit, Fargo, ND

Spring Burndown Weed Control Options in Sunflower file size: 982 kb
Brian Jenks, NDSU, North Central Research Ext. Ctr., Minot, ND

Kochia Control with Combinations of Pre-Emergence Herbicides file size: 1470 kb
Kirk Howatt, Joseph Mettler, NDSU, Dept. Of Plant Sciences, Fargo, ND; Brian Jenks, NDSU, North Central Research Ext. Ctr., Minot, ND; Caleb Dalley, Hettinger REC, Hettinger, ND

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