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Horticultural Crops Culture and Management: Floriculture Crops 2

Sunday, July 26, 2009: 2:00 PM
Jefferson C (Millennium Hotel St. Louis)
Moderator:
2:00 PM
Possible Roles of Silicon, Calcium, and Regulated Deficit Irrigation On Poinsettia Plant Quality and Postharvest Performance
W. Roland Leatherwood, PhD, Cornell University; Neil Mattson, Cornell University; John M. Dole, North Carolina State University
2:15 PM
Effects of Controlled Release Fertilizer On the Post-Poduction Performance of Impatiens Wallerana
Gladys Anguti Andiru, Ohio State University; Claudio Pasian, Ohio State Univ; Jonathan Frantz, USDA-ARS; Michelle Jones, Ohio State Univ
2:30 PM
Daily Water Requirements of Petunias as a Function of Plant Age and Environmental Conditions
Jongyun Kim, University of Georgia; Marc van Iersel, Ph.D Professor, University of Georgia
2:45 PM
3:00 PM
Influence of Root Medium Water Content and Supplemental Calcium On Severity of Oedema During Ivy Geranium Production
Nicole Rud, Kansas State University; Kimberly A. Williams, Kansas State University; M. B. Kirkham, Kansas State Univ
3:15 PM
Predicting Calcite (CaCO3) Requirements of Sphagnum Peat Moss from pH Titration Curves
Ka Yeon Jeong, North Carolina State University; Dean Hesterberg, North Carolina State University; Paul Nelson, North Carolina State University; Jonathan Frantz, USDA-ARS