The 2009 ASHS Annual Conference

Friday, July 24, 2009

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7:00 AM-7:00 PM


Nut Tour at the Horticulture and Agroforestry Research Center-Sponsored by the NUTS Working Group

9:00 AM-5:00 PM


ASHS Board of Directors Meeting

12:00 PM-5:00 PM


Exhibitor Set-up - Friday

1:00 PM-5:30 PM


Missouri Botanical Garden and Forest Park - Professional Tour-

2:00 PM-5:00 PM


Poster Set-up - Friday

7:00 PM-10:00 PM


AG*IDEA Committee Meeting - Session One

Saturday, July 25, 2009

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7:00 AM-10:00 AM


Exhibitor Set-up - Saturday

7:00 AM-12:00 PM


Poster Set-up - Saturday

7:30 AM-6:00 PM


Registration Open - Saturday

8:00 AM-9:00 AM


Working Group Chairs and Chairs Elect Meeting

8:00 AM-10:00 AM


AG*IDEA Committee Meeting - Session Two

Pyrus Crop Germplasm Committee Meeting

9:00 AM-10:00 AM


Consumer Horticulture and Master Gardeners (CHMG) Working Group Business Meeting

Continuing Education Committee Meeting

Graduate Student (GRAD) Working Group Business Meeting

Moderators Training Session

Postharvest (PH) Working Group Business Meeting

Viticulture and Small Fruits (VSF) Working Group Business Meeting

10:00 AM-12:00 PM


ASHS 2009 Awards Ceremony

ASHS Opening Plenary Session and William A. "Tex" Frazier Lecture

12:00 PM-12:45 PM


Crop Physiology/Physiology: Cross-Commodity (Posters)

Genetics/Germplasm/Plant Breeding: Biotechnology (Posters)

Genetics/Germplasm/Plant Breeding: Viticulture and Small Fruits (Posters)

Horticultural Crops Culture and Management: Floriculture Crops (Posters)

12:00 PM-1:00 PM


Award Recipient Reception (by invitation only)

Graduate Student Poster Competition - Session 1

12:00 PM-5:00 PM


Exhibits - Saturday

12:45 PM-1:15 PM


Saturday All Delegate Luncheon

1:00 PM-2:00 PM


Graduate Student Poster Competition - Session 2

1:00 PM-5:00 PM


Certified Horticulturist Certification Examination

1:15 PM-2:00 PM


Crop Physiology/Physiology; Health Properties (Posters)

Horticultural Crops Culture and Management: Weed Control and Pest Management (Posters)

Marketing/Economics/Human Issues/ International Horticulture (Posters)

Seed Technology/Asexual Propagation (Posters)

2:00 PM-3:00 PM


BioEnergy (BioE) Working Group Business Meeting

Emeritus (EMER) Working Group Business Meeting

International Division Advisory Council Meeting

William A. "Tex" Frazier Lecture Series Selection Committee Meeting

2:00 PM-3:30 PM


Oral 1
Horticultural Crops Culture and Management: Viticulture and Small Fruits 1

2:00 PM-4:00 PM


Workshop 1
Advances In Specialty Nut Crops
Temperate Tree Nut Crops (NUTS) Working Group

Workshop 2
ASHS Primer: Getting the Most out of the Conference
Collegiate Activities Committee

Oral 2
Crop Physiology/Physiology: Postharvest 1

Workshop 3
Program Sustainability: Generating and Managing Funds In Tight Economic Times
Consumer Horticulture Master Gardener (CHMG)

Workshop 4
Standardized Phenotyping: Advantages to Horticulture
Genetics and Germplasm

2:00 PM-5:30 PM


The Anheuser-Busch Brewery & Ted Drewes

2:00 PM-6:00 PM


Colloquium 1
The Efficient Use of Alternative Water and Traditional Irrigation Sources In Horticulture

3:00 PM-4:00 PM


Certified Professional Horticulturist (CPH) Board Meeting

Floriculture (FLOR) Working Group Business Meeting

History of Horticultural Science (HIST) Working Group Business Meeting

Horticultural Landmark Selection Committee Meeting

Industry Division Advisory Council Meeting

3:30 PM-4:30 PM


Fruit Breeding (FRBR) Working Group Business Meeting

4:00 PM-5:00 PM


Awards Committee Meeting

International Horticultural Consultants (ICON) Working Group Business Meeting

Produce Quality, Safety and Health Properties (QUAL) Working Group Business Meeting

4:00 PM-6:00 PM


Oral 3
Genetics/Germplasm/Plant Breeding: Biotechnology

Oral 4
Horticultural Crops Culture and Management: Pest Management

Workshop 5
Successful Strategies for Obtaining Specialty Crops Funding
Marc van Iersel (research VP) and Rebecca Darnell (research VP-elect)

Workshop 6
The Missouri Botanical Garden: Contributions to the Horticultural Sciences
ASHS Education Division

4:15 PM-6:00 PM


Oral 5
Horticultural Crops Culture and Management: Fruit and Nut Crops 1

4:45 PM-6:00 PM


Oral 6
Horticultural Crops Culture and Management: Floriculture Crops 1

5:00 PM-6:00 PM


International Topics of Concern (ITCH) Working Group Business Meeting

Seed and Stand Establishment (SSEST) Working Group Business Meeting

5:00 PM-7:00 PM


American Pomological Society Board of Directors Meeting

6:00 PM-7:00 PM


Student Reception

7:00 PM-8:00 PM


ASHS Welcome Reception Sponsored by Monsanto

Sunday, July 26, 2009

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7:30 AM-10:00 AM


Public Gardens Task Force Breakfast Meeting

7:30 AM-5:00 PM


Registration Open - Sunday

8:00 AM-9:00 AM


Genetics and Germplams (GG) Working Group Business Meeting

International Opportunities and Interests Breakfast

Weed Control and Pest Management (WCPM) Working Group Business Meeting

8:00 AM-9:30 AM


Workshop 7
Management of Abscission In Fruit Crops
Growth Regulators in Fruit and Nut Production (PGR)

8:00 AM-10:00 AM


Workshop 8
Managing and Thriving In Tough Times, When Every Dime Counts!
Nursery Crops (NUR) Working Group, Marketing and Economics (MKEC) Working Group, American Nursery & Landscape Association (ANLA

Workshop 9
Waste Utilization In Home Horticulture.
Waste Utilization in Horticulture

Workshop 10
Whole Plant Physiology In High Tunnels and Under Protected Cultivation
Crop Physiology Working Group

8:00 AM-12:00 PM


Colloquium 2
Rising above the Gathering Storm: The Future of Horticulture Higher Education

8:00 AM-3:00 PM


Commodity Judging Contest Set-up

9:00 AM-10:00 AM


HortTechnology Editorial Board Meeting

Plant Biotechnology (BTCH) Working Group Business Meeting

Working Group of Asian Horticulture (WGAH) Working Group Business Meeting

9:00 AM-5:00 PM


Exhibits - Sunday

9:30 AM-10:00 AM


Plant Growth Regulators (PGR) Working Group Business Meeting

10:00 AM-11:00 AM


Journal of ASHS Editorial Board Meeting

Ornamental/Landscape and Turf (O/LT) Working Group Business Meeting

Waste Utilization in Horticulture (WUH) Working Group Business Meeting

10:00 AM-12:00 PM


Workshop 11
Asia’s Indigenous Horticultural Crops
the Working Group of Asian Horticulture

Workshop 12
Methods of Imposing Environmental Stresses In Plant Research
Environmental Stress Physiology Working Group (STRS)

10:15 AM-12:00 PM


Oral 7
Horticultural Crops Culture and Management: Fruit and Nut Crops 2

10:30 AM-12:00 PM


Oral 8
Genetics/Germplasm/Plant Breeding: Cross-Commodity

11:00 AM-12:00 PM


HortScience Editorial Board Meeting

Human Issues in Horticulture (HIH) Working Group Business Meeting

Invasive Plants (INPR) Working Group Business Meeting

Public Horticulture (PUBHORT) Working Group Business Meeting

12:00 PM-12:45 PM


Horticultural Crops Culture and Management: Fruit and Nut Crops (Posters)

Horticultural Crops Culture and Management: Organic (Posters)

Horticultural Crops Culture and Management: Ornamental Crops (Posters)

Horticultural Crops Culture and Management: Plant Nutrition (Poster)

Horticultural Crops Culture and Management: Viticulture and Small Fruit 2 (Poster)

12:00 PM-1:00 PM


Graduate Student Poster Competition - Session 3

Undergraduate Poster Session and Competition - Session 1

12:00 PM-2:00 PM


Networking Luncheon/Session - Topic: Doing Horticultural Research in An Era of Outcome Funding

Pi Alpha Xi Luncheon

1:00 PM-2:00 PM


Graduate Student Poster Competition - Session 4

1:15 PM-2:00 PM


Crop Physiology/Physiology: Cross Commodity 2 (Posters)

Crop Physiology/Physiology: Growth Regulators (Posters)

Horticultural Crops Culture and Management: Nursery Crops (Posters)

Horticultural Crops Culture and Management: Vegetable Crops (Posters)

Special Graduate Poster Competition On Topics Related to Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants

Teaching Methods (Posters)

1:30 PM-3:00 PM


Association of Collegiate Branches (ACB) Annual Business Meeting

2:00 PM-3:00 PM


Environmental Stress Physiology (STRS) Working Group Business Meeting

Marketing and Economics (MKEC) Working Group Business Meeting

Tropical Horticultural Crops (TROP) Working Group Business Meeting

2:00 PM-3:30 PM


Oral 9
Horticultural Crops Culture and Management: Floriculture Crops 2

2:00 PM-4:00 PM


Oral 10
Crop Physiology/Physiology: Vegetable Crops

Workshop 13
Native Fruits of the Midwest
The American Pomological Society

Workshop 14
The University-Based Public Garden – Relevancy, Challenges, Triumphs, and Future Potential
Public Horticulture Working Group

2:00 PM-6:00 PM


Workshop 15
Strengthening Private and Public Research Relationships in Horticulture
Industry Division

3:00 PM-4:00 PM


Computer Applications in Horticulture (COMP) Working Group Business Meeting

Growth Chambers and Controlled Enviroments (CE) Working Group Business Meeting

Membership Committee Meeting

Nursery Crops (NUR) Working Group Business Meeting

3:00 PM-6:00 PM


The Horticultural Commodity Judging Contest and Plant Identification Contest

4:00 PM-5:00 PM


American Pomological Society Tasting Session

Citrus Crops (CITR) Working Group Business Meeting

Scholarship Awards Committee Meeting

Water Utilization and Management (WUM) Working Group Business Meeting

4:00 PM-6:00 PM


Oral 11
Vegetable Culture and Management 1

Workshop 16
Horticulture and Health: Historical Resources
History of Horticulture Working Group

Workshop 17
Innovative Applications of Computers In Horticulture
Computer Applications in Horticulture (COMP)

5:00 PM-6:00 PM


American Pomological Society Annual Business Meeting

Endowment Fund Committee Meeting

5:00 PM-7:00 PM


Specialty Nuts Germplasm Committee Meeting

6:00 PM-7:00 PM


Industry Reception

Undergraduate Poster Session and Competition - Session 2

6:30 PM-10:30 PM


St. Louis: The Spooky and the Supernatural

7:00 PM-9:00 PM


All Division Dinner

7:00 PM-11:00 PM


USDA Project NCDC-216: Water Management and Quality for Ornamental Crop Production and Health Meeting

Monday, July 27, 2009

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7:00 AM-9:00 AM


Industry Involvement Task Force Breakfast Meeting

7:30 AM-5:00 PM


Registration Open - Monday

8:00 AM-9:00 AM


Crucifer Crop Germplasm Committee

Propagation (PROP) Working Group Business Meeting

8:00 AM-9:15 AM


Oral 12
Horticultural Crops Culture and Management: Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants

Oral 13
Teaching Methods 1

8:00 AM-9:30 AM


Oral 14
Horticultural Crops Culture and Management: BioEnergy

8:00 AM-10:00 AM


Oral 15
Horticultural Crops Culture and Management: Landscape and Turf

Workshop 18
Genetic Control of Root Architecture, Physiology and Disease Resistance Traits
Root Growth and Rhizosphere Dynamics

Workshop 19
Global Sustainable Development: Concepts and Approaches In Practice and Education.
AHIO

Administrators Working Group Breakfast

8:00 AM-12:00 PM


Colloquium 3
Food Safety of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables – What Can Be Done to Minimize the Risks?

Gateway to St. Louis Tour

9:00 AM-10:00 AM


Finance Committee Meeting

9:00 AM-12:15 PM


Missouri Botanical Garden - Undergraduate Student Tour -

9:00 AM-5:00 PM


Exhibits - Monday

9:15 AM-10:00 AM


Teaching Methods (TCHG) Working Group Business Meeting

9:30 AM-10:30 AM


Oral 16
Horticultural Crops Culture and Management: Citrus Crops

10:00 AM-11:00 AM


Association of Horticulturists of Indian Origin (AHIO) Working Group Business Meeting

Root Growth and Rhizosphere Dynamics (RHIZ) Working Group Business Meeting

10:00 AM-12:00 PM


Workshop 20
Assessing the Effectiveness of Horticulture Courses and Curricula
Teaching Methods

ASHS National Issues Task Force Update Session

Local Food Systems Working Group Planning Meeting

10:30 AM-12:00 PM


Oral 17
Crop Physiology/Physiology: Growth Regulators

Oral 18
Horticultural Crops Culture and Management: Nursery Crops

Oral 19
Horticultural Crops Culture and Management: Organic 1

11:00 AM-12:00 PM


Oral 20
Asexual Propagation

Crop Physiology (CRPP) Working Group Business Meeting

Extension Division Advisory Council Meeting

Production and Harvest Mechanization (MECH) Working Group Business Meeting

12:00 PM-12:45 PM


Crop Physiology/Physiology: Postharvest 1 (Posters)

Crop Physiology/Physiology: Produce Quality (Posters)

Genetics/Germplasm/Plant Breeding: Marker Assisted Selection in Vegetable Crops (Posters)

Horticultural Crops Culture and Management: Floriculture Crops 2 (Poster)

Horticultural Crops Culture and Management: Viticulture and Small Fruits (Posters)

Horticulture Extension (Posters)

12:45 PM-1:15 PM


Monday All Delegate Luncheon

1:15 PM-2:00 PM


Genetics/Germplasm/Plant Breeding: Floriculture Crops (Posters)

Genetics/Germplasm/Plant Breeding: Vegetable Crops and Cross-Commodity 1 (Posters)

Horticultural Crops Culture and Management: Landscape and Turf (Posters)

Horticultural Crops Culture and Management: Sustainable Production (Posters)

2:00 PM-3:30 PM


ASHS Presidential Address and Annual Business Meeting

2:15 PM-5:45 PM


Monsanto Biotechnology-Graduate Students Tour

3:30 PM-4:30 PM


Horticultural Hall of Fame Selection Committee Meeting

Temperate Tree Nut Crops (NUTS) Working Group Business Meeting

Vegetable Crops Management (VCM) Working Group Business Meeting

3:30 PM-5:00 PM


Consulting Editors Meeting

3:30 PM-5:30 PM


Workshop 22
Biopesticides and Reduced Pesticide Approaches In Horticultural Cropping Systems
Weed Control and Pest Management Working (WCPM) Group

Workshop 23
Preharvest Skin Disorders of Apple Fruit
POM

Workshop 24
Student Forum On Graduate School: The What, Why, and How!
Collegiate Activities Committee

Earth-Kind Working Group Planning Meeting

3:30 PM-6:00 PM


Workshop 25
Efficient Nutrient and Water Use In Protected Culture
Plant Nutrient Management Working Group

3:30 PM-6:30 PM


Workshop 26
Grapes In the Western Heartland and Great Plains: Regional Challenges, Innovative Solutions and Unique Products
Viticulture and Small Fruit (VSF) Working Group

B.Y. Morrison Lecturer: Fulfilling the Promise - Applying Molecular Tools to Horticultural Crops

4:30 PM-5:30 PM


Nominations and Elections Committee Meeting

Organic Horticulture (ORGH) Working Group Business Meeting

Ornamental Plant Breeding (OPB) Working Group Business Meeting

5:30 PM-6:30 PM


Collegiate Activities Committee (CAC) Meeting

Pomology (POM) Working Group Business Meeting

Research Division Advisory Council Meeting

6:00 PM-6:30 PM


Plant Nutrient Management (PNM) Working Group Business Meeting

6:00 PM-10:00 PM


Baseball Night at Busch Stadium

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

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8:00 AM-9:00 AM


Oral 21
Teaching Methods 2

Annual Conference Technical Program Committee Meeting

8:00 AM-9:30 AM


Oral 22
Horticultural Crops Culture and Management: Plant Nutrition 2

8:00 AM-9:45 AM


Oral 23
Topics of Concern in Human Issues and International Horticulture

8:00 AM-10:00 AM


Oral 24
Crop Physiology/Physiology: Produce Quality/Health Properties

Workshop 27
Current Trends and Issues In IP Protection In the Biological Sciences
IPR Working Group

Workshop 28
Urban Agriculture: The Role of Horticulture In the City
Organic Horticulture

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Meeting

Leafy Vegetable Crop Germplasm Committee Meeting

8:00 AM-12:00 PM


Colloquium 4
Understanding and Assessing Sustainability in Horticulture; Use of Life Cycle Analysis/Assessment (LCA) to Study and Improve Horticulture Sustainability

Workshop 29
Herbaria and Reference Collections: Important Repositories of Germplasm Information
Ornamental Plant Breeding Working Group

8:00 AM-4:00 PM


Registration Open - Tuesday

9:00 AM-12:45 PM


Exhibits - Tuesday

9:45 AM-10:45 AM


Oral 25
Horticultural Crops Culture and Management: Controlled Environments

9:45 AM-11:45 AM


Oral 26
Genetics/Germplasm/Plant Breeding: Ornamental Crops

10:00 AM-11:00 AM


Fellows Screening Committee Meeting

Graduate Student Activities Committee

Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Working Group Business Meeting

10:00 AM-12:00 PM


Oral 27
Tomato Culture, Management and Plant Breeding

Workshop 30
Fruit Tree Functional Genomics
Biotech Working Group

Workshop 31
Production Issues In the Urban Setting
Vegetable Crops Management Wroksing Group

10:30 AM-11:45 AM


Oral 28
Crop Physiology/Physiology: Postharvest 2

11:00 AM-12:00 PM


Oral 29
Horticultural Crops Culture and Management: Viticulture and Small Fruits 2

Education Division Advisory Council Meeting

Investment Trustees Committee Meeting

Vegetable Breeding (VGBR) Working Group Business Meeting

12:00 PM-12:45 PM


Computer Applications/Consumer Horticulture (Posters)

Crop Physiology/Physiology: Postharvest 2 (Poster)

Crop Physiology/Physiology; Environmental Stress (Posters)

Genetics/Germplasm/Plant Breeding: Fruit and Nut Crops (Posters)

Genetics/Germplasm/Plant Breeding: Ornamental Crops (Posters)

Genetics/Germplasm/Plant Breeding: Vegetable Crops and Cross-Commodity 2 (Poster)

Horticultural Crops Culture and Management: Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants (Posters)

Horticultural Crops Culture and Management: Plant Nutrition 2 (Posters)

Horticultural Crops Culture and Management: Water Utilization (Posters)

12:45 PM-5:00 PM


Exhibitor and Poster Tear Down

1:00 PM-2:15 PM


Oral 30
Horticultural Crops Culture and Management: Floriculture Crops 3

Oral 31
Horticultural Crops Culture and Management: Ornamental/Nursery Crops

1:00 PM-2:30 PM


Oral 32
Horticultural Crops Culture and Management: Water Utilization and Weed Control

1:00 PM-3:00 PM


Workshop 32
Interspecific Hybrid Fruit Crops - Their Creation and Utilization
Fruit Breeding

Oral 33
Horticultural Crops Culture and Management: Vegetable Crops 1

Oral 34
Marketing/Consumer/Extension Horticulture

1:00 PM-4:00 PM


Workshop 33
Sustainable Production Systems for Medicinal Plants, Herbs, and Spice Crops Workshop
Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants Working Group

1:00 PM-4:30 PM


Monsanto Biotechnology- Professional Tour

2:30 PM-3:45 PM


Oral 35
Crop Physiology/Physiology: Floriculture Crops

2:45 PM-4:30 PM


Oral 36
Crop Physiology/Physiology: Fruit Crops

2:45 PM-4:45 PM


Oral 37
Horticultural Crops Culture and Management: Vegetable Crops 2

3:00 PM-4:00 PM


Commercial Horticulture (CHEX) Working Group Business Meeting

3:15 PM-5:00 PM


Oral 38
Crop Physiology/Physiology; Environmental Stress

4:00 PM-5:00 PM


Oral 39
Horticultural Crops Culture and Management: Organic 2

Herb, Spices and Medical Plants (HSMP) Working Group Business Meeting

5:00 PM-6:00 PM


American Consortium for Medicinal and Aromatic Crops (ACMAP) Organizational Meeting

5:00 PM-6:30 PM


ASHS Horticultural Landmark Dedication Ceremony