2011 ASHS Annual Conference

Friday, September 23, 2011

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8:00 AM-5:00 PM

Southern Coordinating Committee 83: Quantifying the Linkages Between Soil Health and Organic Farming and Food -Waikoloa 3

Saturday, September 24, 2011

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7:00 AM-8:00 PM

Nursery and Water Management Tour -Departs from the Lower Lobby

8:00 AM-5:00 PM

The Next Generation of Statistics In Horticulture – Generalized Linear Mixed Models (GLMM) A Workshop Using R and SAS® PROC GLIMMIX with Real Data Examples -Kings 2
Presenters/Instructors: Matt Kramer, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD Walt Stroup, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE

8:30 AM-5:00 PM

Commercial Horticultural, Production In Waimea Area Tour -Departs from the Lower Lobby

9:00 AM-1:00 PM

Certified Horticulturist Certification Examination -Waikoloa 2

2:00 PM-4:00 PM

Registration Open - Saturday -Waikoloa Promenade

2:00 PM-5:00 PM

Exhibitor Set-up - Saturday -Grand Promenade

Sunday, September 25, 2011

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7:00 AM-7:45 AM

Moderators Training Session -Kings 1

7:00 AM-8:00 AM

Working Group Chairs and Chairs-Elect Business Meeting -Queens 6

7:00 AM-6:00 PM

Registration Open - Sunday -Waikoloa Promenade

8:00 AM-9:00 AM

Citrus Crops (CITR) Working Group Business Meeting -Queens 5
Endowment Fund Committee Meeting -Waikoloa 2

8:00 AM-10:00 AM

Additives for Plastics In Agriculture -Queens 6
Plasticulture
Administrators Working Group Breakfast -Lagoon Lanai
Current Status of Transplant Production: Challenges and New Technologies -Kohala 2
SSEST Working Group
Exchange of Information On International Collaborations and Activities -Kohala 1
Working Group of Asian Horticulture
History of Hawaiian Pomology -Kings 3
History of Horticultural Science Working Group Pomology
Ornamental Plant Breeding In the Pacific Rim Region -Kohala 3
Ornamental Plant Breeders Working Group
Prunus and Apple Crop Germplasm Committee (CGC) Meeting -Kings 2
Root and Bulb Vegetable Crop Germplasm Committee (RBV-CGC) Meeting -Waikoloa 3

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Poster Set-up - Sunday -Kona Ballroom

8:00 AM-2:00 PM

Exhibits Open - Sunday -Grand Promenade

8:00 AM-7:00 PM

Big Island Circle and Volcano National Park Sightseeing Tour -Departs from the Lower Lobby

9:00 AM-10:00 AM

Collegiate Activities Committee (CAC) Meeting -Waikoloa 2
Vegetable Crops Management (VCM) Working Group Business Meeting -Queens 5

10:00 AM-12:00 PM

ASHS Opening Plenary Session and William A. "Tex" Frazier Lecture [ -Monarchy Ballroom

12:00 PM-12:30 PM

Sunday All Delegate Luncheon -Grand Promenade

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Awards Recipient (By Invitation) -Donatoni's Dining Room

12:30 PM-1:15 PM

Floriculture 1 Posters -Kona Ballroom
Growth Chambers and Controlled Environments Posters -Kona Ballroom
Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants Posters -Kona Ballroom
Human Issues In Horticulture Posters -Kona Ballroom
Local Food Systems Posters -Kona Ballroom
Pomology Posters -Kona Ballroom
Undergraduate Posters 1 -Kona Ballroom
Vegetable Crops Management Posters 1 -Kona Ballroom

12:30 PM-2:00 PM

Graduate Student Poster Competition - Session 1 -Kona Ballroom

1:00 PM-2:00 PM

Emeriti (EMER) Working Group Business Meeting -Waikoloa 3
Research Division Advisory Council Meeting -Queens 5
Teaching Methods (TCHG) Working Group Business Meeting -Kings 1

1:15 PM-2:00 PM

Organic Horticulture Posters -Kona Ballroom
Ornamental Plant Breeding Posters -Kona Ballroom
Ornamentals/Landscape and Turf Posters 1 -Kona Ballroom
Plant Biotechnology Posters -Kona Ballroom
Postharvest Posters 1 -Kona Ballroom
Undergraduate Posters 2 -Kona Ballroom
Vegetable Breeding Posters 1 -Kona Ballroom
Viticulture and Small Fruits Poster 1 -Kona Ballroom
Weed Control & Pest Management Posters -Kona Ballroom

2:00 PM-2:45 PM

Undergraduate Oral Abstract Competition -Kings 3

2:00 PM-3:00 PM

Computer Applications In Horticulture (COMP) Working Group Business Meeting -Waikoloa 3
Journal of ASHS Editorial Board Meeting -Waikoloa 2
Temperate Tree Nut Crops (NUTS) Working Group Business Meeting -Kings 2

2:00 PM-3:30 PM

Ornamentals/Landscape and Turf 1 -Kohala 2
Postharvest -Kohala 1

2:00 PM-4:00 PM

Plant Biotechnology and Genomics -Kings 1

2:00 PM-4:15 PM

Environmental Stress Physiology -Kohala 3

2:00 PM-5:00 PM

Advances In Plasticulture Technology Around the World -Queens 6
PLAST

2:00 PM-6:00 PM

Breeding and Management of Temperate Fruit Crops for Non-Temperate Climates -Monarchy Ballroom

3:00 PM-4:00 PM

Association of Collegiate Branches (ACB) Annual Business Meeting -Kings 3
HortTechnology Editorial Board Meeting -Waikoloa 2
Ornamental Plant Breeding (OPB) Working Group Business Meeting -Kings 2
Working Group of Asian Horticulture (WGAH) Business Meeting -Waikoloa 3

4:00 PM-5:00 PM

History of Horticultural Science (HIST) Working Group Business Meeting -Waikoloa 2
Local Food Systems (LOCSY) Working Group Business Meeting -Kings 2

4:00 PM-6:00 PM

ASHS Primer -Kings 3
Collegiate Activities Committee
Capsicum Germplasm Committee Meeting -Waikoloa 3
Leafy Vegetable Crop Germplasm Committee Meeting -Queens 5
SCRI Project Directors' Workshop -Kohala 1
Research Advisory Committee

5:00 PM-6:00 PM

Association of Horticulturists of Indian Origin (AHIO) Business Meeting -Waikoloa 2
Plasticulture (PLAST) Working Group Business Meeting -Queens 6

6:00 PM-7:00 PM

Student Reception -Base of Grand Staircase

7:00 PM-8:00 PM

Welcome Reception -Kona Pool

Monday, September 26, 2011

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7:00 AM-9:00 AM

Horticultural Commodity Judging Contest and Plant Identification Contest Set-up -Kings 2

7:30 AM-4:00 PM

Registration Open - Monday -Waikoloa Promenade

7:45 AM-9:45 AM

Can Horticulture Make Use of Wastes From the Biofuels Industry? -Kings 1
Waste Utilization in Horticulture (WUH)
Floriculture 1 -Kohala 3
Integrated Organic Program Project Directors and Applicants Workshop -Kohala 4
Integrated Organic Program
Real Impact: The Effects of Your Research -Queens 6
Graduate Student Working Group
Viticulture and Small Fruits -Kings 3

8:00 AM-9:00 AM

Certified Professional Horticulturist (CPH) Board Meeting -Waikoloa 2
Consulting Editors Meeting -Waikoloa 3
Industry Division Breakfast -Lagoon Lanai

8:00 AM-9:15 AM

Water Utilization and Management 1 -Kohala 2

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Advances In Understanding Plant Metabolism Related to Crop Quality and Composition -Monarchy Ballroom
Symposium--How to Succeed Professionally In Academia, Government, or Industry -Kohala 1
Research Division

9:00 AM-10:00 AM

HortScience Editorial Board Meeting -Waikoloa 2
Industry Division Advisory Council Meeting -Queens 4

9:00 AM-12:00 PM

The Horticultural Commodity Judging Contest and Plant Identification Contest -Kings 2
The Horticultural Commodity Judging Plant Identification Written Examination -Queens 5

9:30 AM-2:00 PM

Exhibits Open - Monday -Grand Promenade

9:45 AM-10:15 AM

Break - Monday -Grand Promenade
OREI Poster Session -Grand Promenade
SCRI Poster Session -Grand Promenade

10:00 AM-11:00 AM

Membership Committee Meeting -Waikoloa 2
Tropical Horticultural Crops (TROP) Working Group Business Meeting -Waikoloa 3

10:00 AM-11:15 AM

Organic Horticulture 1 -Kings 3

10:00 AM-11:30 AM

Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants -Queens 6

10:00 AM-12:00 PM

Pomology 1 -Kohala 3
Weed Control and Pest Management 1 -Kohala 2

10:00 AM-1:00 PM

Improving English and Communication Skills for Scientists -Kings 1
Teaching Methods (TCHG)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

Commercial Horticulture (CHEX) Working Group Business Meeting -Waikoloa 3
William A. "Tex" Frazier Lecture Series Selection Committee -Waikoloa 2

11:30 AM-12:00 PM

Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants (HSMP) Working Group Business Meeting -Queens 6

12:00 PM-12:45 PM

BioEnergy Posters -Kona Ballroom
Crop Physiology Posters 1 -Kona Ballroom
Floriculture Posters 2 -Kona Ballroom
Plant Nutrient Management Posters 1 -Kona Ballroom
Propagation Posters 1 -Kona Ballroom
Seed and Stand Establishment Posters -Kona Ballroom
Vegetable Crops Management Posters 2 -Kona Ballroom
Viticulture and Small Fruits Posters 2 -Kona Ballroom
Waste Utilization In Horticulture Posters -Kona Ballroom

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Marketing and Economics (MKEC) Working Group Business Meeting -Waikoloa 3

12:00 PM-2:00 PM

Pi Alpha Xi Luncheon - Annual Meeting -Queens 4

12:15 PM-2:00 PM

Fruit Breeding and Genetics -Kohala 3

12:15 PM-2:15 PM

Ethnobotany of Pacific Plants -Kohala 4
Fruit Breeding Working Group
Social Media – How Can We Use It to Increase Our Effectiveness? -Kohala 2
Consumer Horticulture Master Gardener (CHMG)
Software Tools for Analysis of Databases -Queens 6
ASHS Computer Applications in Horticulture (COMP) Working Group
Temperate and Tropical Tree Crops -Kohala 1

12:45 PM-1:30 PM

Genetics and Germplasm Posters 1 -Kona Ballroom
Nursery Crops Posters -Kona Ballroom
Plant Nutrient Management Posters 2 -Kona Ballroom
Postharvest Posters 2 -Kona Ballroom
Produce Quality, Safety, and Health Properties Posters -Kona Ballroom
Temperate Tree Nut Crops Posters -Kona Ballroom
Vegetable Breeding Posters 2 -Kona Ballroom
Water Utilization and Management Posters 1 -Kona Ballroom

1:00 PM-2:00 PM

Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Working Group Business Meeting -Waikoloa 3

1:00 PM-3:00 PM

ASHS Finance Committee Meeting -Waikoloa 2

1:00 PM-8:30 PM

Production, Processing and Marketing of Local Specialty Crops-Coffee and Cocoa WG Tours -Departs from the Lower Lobby

1:30 PM-2:30 PM

Graduate Student (GRAD) Working Group Business Meeting -Queens 5

1:30 PM-3:30 PM

Breeding Vegetables for the Tropics -Kings 1
Vegetable Breeding Working Group (VGBR)
Nutrient and Water Management Practices for Improving Crop Growth, Yield, and Quality -Monarchy Ballroom
Plant Nutrient Management (PNM) Working Group
Propagation Techniques of Select Tropical Ornamentals, Specialty Crops, and Native Plants In Hawaii -Kings 3
Plant Propagation Working Group

2:30 PM-3:30 PM

Consumer Horticulture and Master Gardeners (CHMG) Working Group Business Meeting -Queens 5

2:30 PM-4:00 PM

Citrus Crops -Kohala 1

2:30 PM-4:15 PM

Ornamentals/Landscape and Turf 2 -Kohala 3
Vegetable Crops Management 1 -Kohala 4

2:30 PM-4:30 PM

Crop Physiology -Kohala 2
Regulation of Genetically Engineered Crops: Hawaii and Beyond -Queens 6
Plant Biotechnology (BTCH)

3:00 PM-4:00 PM

Weed Control and Pest Management (WCPM) Working Group Business Meeting -Waikoloa 3

3:30 PM-4:30 PM

Propagation (PROP) Working Group Business Meeting -Kings 3
Vegetable Breeding (VGBR) Business Meeting -Queens 5

3:45 PM-5:45 PM

E-Organic: The Extension CoP for Organic Agriculture -Kings 1
Integrated Organic Program

6:00 PM-9:00 PM

American Pomological Society (APS) Executive and Advisory Board Meeting -Waikoloa 2

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

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7:00 AM-8:00 AM

Genetics and Germplasm (GG) Working Group Business Meeting -Queens 5

7:00 AM-9:00 AM

Extension Breakfast -Queens 4

7:30 AM-4:00 PM

Registration Open - Tuesday -Waikoloa Promenade

7:45 AM-9:45 AM

Quarantine Treatments for Export Markets of Hawaiian Horticultural Crops -Kohala 4
Post Harvest Working Group

8:00 AM-9:00 AM

Fellows Screening Committee Meeting -Waikoloa 2
Fruit Breeding (FRBR) Working Group Business Meeting -Kohala 1
Nursery Crops (NUR) Working Group Business Meeting -Kings 2
Organic Horticulture (ORGH) Working Group Business Meeting -Queens 5
Propagation -Kohala 2

8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Community Horticulture -Kings 1
Growth Chambers and Controlled Environments 1 -Kohala 3
Plant Nutrient Management 1 -Queens 6

8:00 AM-9:45 AM

Computer Applications In Horticulture -Kings 3

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Research Highlights and Commercial Application of Medicinal Plants -Monarchy Ballroom

9:00 AM-10:00 AM

Annual Conference Technical Program Committee Meeting -Waikoloa 2
Crop Physiology (CRPP) [Formerly Plant Biology (PB)) Working Group Business Meeting -Waikoloa 3
Pomology (POM) Working Group Business Meeting -Queens 5

9:30 AM-10:30 AM

Growth Chambers and Controlled Environments (CE) Working Group Business Meeting -Kings 2

9:30 AM-2:00 PM

Exhibits Open - Tuesday -Grand Promenade

9:45 AM-10:15 AM

Break - Tuesday -Grand Promenade

10:00 AM-11:00 AM

Graduate Activities Committee Meeting -Queens 5
International Division Advisory Council Meeting -Waikoloa 2
Ornamentals/Landscape and Turf (O/LT) Working Group Business Meeting -Waikoloa 3

10:00 AM-11:30 AM

Produce Quality, Safety, and Health Properties 1 -Kings 1

10:00 AM-11:45 AM

Ornamental Plant Breeding, Genetics and Germplasm -Kohala 4

10:00 AM-12:00 PM

The Growing Involvement of Horticulture In e-Extension: Updates and Opportunities -Queens 6
eXtension
Weed Control & Pest Management 2 -Kohala 2

10:00 AM-12:15 PM

Nursery Crops 1 -Kohala 3

10:15 AM-11:45 AM

Human Issues In Horticulture -Kohala 1

10:30 AM-12:00 PM

Growth Chambers and Controlled Environments 2 -Kings 3

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

Education Division Advisory Council Meeting -Waikoloa 2
International Horticulture and Issues (IHI) Working Group Business Meeting -Kings 2
Seed and Stand Establishment (SSEST) Working Group Business Meeting -Waikoloa 3

12:00 PM-12:30 PM

Tuesday All Delegate Luncheon -Grand Promenade

12:00 PM-6:30 PM

Invasive Species & Weed Control and Pest Management WG Tour -Departs from the Lower Lobby

12:30 PM-1:15 PM

Citrus Crops Posters -Kona Ballroom
Consumer Horticulture and Master Gardeners Posters -Kona Ballroom
Crop Physiology Posters 2 -Kona Ballroom
Floriculture Posters 3 -Kona Ballroom
Tropical Horticultural Crops Posters -Kona Ballroom
Vegetable Crops Management Posters 3 -Kona Ballroom
Water Utilization and Management Posters 2 -Kona Ballroom

12:30 PM-1:45 PM

Organic Horticulture 2 -Kohala 1
Plant Nutrient Management 2 -Kohala 4

12:30 PM-2:00 PM

Marketing and Economics -Kohala 3

12:30 PM-2:30 PM

Pomology 2 -Kohala 2
Various Experiences In Overseas Consulting (Paid and/or Volunteer) -Queens 6
ICON
Vegetable Breeding -Kings 1

12:45 PM-2:30 PM

Crop Physiology 2 -Kings 3

1:15 PM-2:00 PM

Environmental Stress Physiology Posters -Kona Ballroom
Extension Posters -Kona Ballroom
Fruit Breeding Posters -Kona Ballroom
Genetics and Germplasm Posters 2 -Kona Ballroom
Ornamentals/Landscape and Turf Posters 2 -Kona Ballroom
Postharvest Posters 3 -Kona Ballroom
Propagation Posters 2 -Kona Ballroom
Teaching Methods Posters -Kona Ballroom

2:00 PM-3:00 PM

2011 B.Y. Morrison Lecture - Small Steps or Quantum Leaps - How Will US Horticulture Maintain Its Competitiveness -Queens 4
Extension Division Advisory Council Meeting -Kings 2
Nominations and Elections Committee Meeting -Waikoloa 2
Plant Biotechnology (BTCH) Working Group Business Meeting -Waikoloa 3
Public Horticulture (PUBHORT) Working Group Business Meeting -Queens 5

2:00 PM-3:30 PM

Tropical Fruits Workshop -Kohala 4
American Pomological Society

2:00 PM-4:00 PM

Challenges and Opportunites In Medical Cannabis for the Professional Horticulturist -Kohala 1
Herb Spices and Medicinal Plants

2:30 PM-4:30 PM

Floriculture 2 -Kohala 3

2:45 PM-3:45 PM

Postharvest 2 -Kings 3

2:45 PM-4:00 PM

Vegetable Crops Management 2 -Kohala 2

2:45 PM-4:45 PM

Genetics, Germplasm and Breeding—Cross Commodity -Queens 6
Water Utilization and Management 2 -Kings 1

3:00 PM-3:30 PM

B.Y. Morrison Reception and ARS Get-Together -Queens 4

3:00 PM-4:00 PM

EXtension (EEXT) Working Group Business Meeting -Kings 2
Horticulture Hall of Fame Selection Committee -Waikoloa 2
Plant Nutrient Management (PNM) Working Group Business Meeting -Waikoloa 3
Power of Partnerships In Public Horticulture Poster Workshop -Kona Ballroom

3:30 PM-4:30 PM

Tropical Fruit Tasting -Kohala 4

3:45 PM-4:45 PM

Postharvest (PH) Working Group Business Meeting -Kings 3

4:00 PM-5:00 PM

Environmental Stress Physiology (STRS) Working Group Business Meeting -Queens 5
Root Growth and Rhizosphere Dynamics (RHIZ) Working Group Business Meeting -Waikoloa 2
USDA ARS All Employee Meeting -Queens 4

4:30 PM-6:00 PM

American Pomological Society (APS) Annual Business Meeting -Kohala 4

4:45 PM-5:45 PM

Produce Quality, Safety, and Health Properties (QUAL) Working Group Business Meeting -Kings 3

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

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7:00 AM-8:00 AM

Water Utilization and Management (WUM) Working Group Business Meeting -Queens 5

7:45 AM-9:00 AM

Production and Harvest Mechanization -Kohala 4

8:00 AM-8:30 AM

Horticultural Landmark Selection Committee Meeting -Waikoloa 2

8:00 AM-9:00 AM

Floriculture (FLOR) Working Group Business Meeting -Queens 5
Invasive Plants Research (INPR) Working Group Business -Waikoloa 3

8:00 AM-9:30 AM

BioEnergy -Kohala 2

8:00 AM-9:45 AM

Nursery Crops 2 -Kohala 3
Weed Control and Pest Management 3 -Kings 3

8:00 AM-10:00 AM

Application of Tunnel Technologies to Community and School Gardens; Education and Production Tools -Queens 6
Human Issues in Horticulture (HIH)
International Issues Breakfast -Queens 4

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Emerging Techniques to Evaluate and Mitigate Crop Environmental Stress In a Changing Climate -Monarchy Ballroom

8:00 AM-2:00 PM

Registration Open - Wednesday -Waikoloa Promenade

8:00 AM-5:00 PM

"Big Island" Gardens WG Tour -Departs from the Lower Lobby

8:15 AM-9:45 AM

Produce Quality, Safety, and Health Properties 2 -Kings 1

8:30 AM-9:00 AM

Awards Committee Meeting -Waikoloa 2

9:00 AM-10:00 AM

Growth Regulators in Fruit and Nut Production (PGR) Working Group Business Meeting -Queens 5
International Horticultural Consultants (ICON) Working Group Business Meeting -Waikoloa 3
Viticulture and Small Fruits (VSF) Working Group Business Meeting -Kings 2

9:15 AM-10:15 AM

Production and Harvest Mechanization (MECH) Working Group Business Meeting -Kohala 4

9:30 AM-10:30 AM

BioEnergy (BioE) Working Group Business Meeting -Kohala 2
Scholarship Awards Committee Meeting -Waikoloa 2

9:30 AM-12:45 PM

Exhibits Open - Wednesday -Grand Promenade

9:45 AM-10:15 AM

Break - Wednesday -Grand Promenade

10:00 AM-11:00 AM

Human Issues in Horticulture (HIH) Working Group Business Meeting -Waikoloa 3

10:00 AM-12:00 PM

Crucifer Crop Germplasm Committee -Queens 5
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative -Kings 2
Has Sustainability Been Profitable for Ornamentals? -Kings 1
MKEC
Local Foods -Kings 3
Local Foods

10:15 AM-11:30 AM

Viticulture and Small Fruits 2 -Kohala 3

10:15 AM-12:00 PM

Vegetable Crops Management 3 -Queens 6

10:45 AM-12:00 PM

Consumer Horticulture and Master Gardeners -Kohala 4
Teaching Methods -Kohala 2

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

Waste Utilization in Horticulture (WUH) Working Group Business Meeting -Waikoloa 3

12:30 PM-2:00 PM

Presidential Address and ASHS Annual Business Meeting -Monarchy Ballroom

12:45 PM-7:30 PM

Exhibitor Move-Out -Grand Promenade

2:00 PM-4:30 PM

ASHS Board of Directors Meeting -Waikoloa 2

5:00 PM-10:00 PM

The Royal Luau -

Thursday, September 29, 2011

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7:00 AM-6:00 PM

Temperate Nut Crop WG Tour -Departs from the Lower Lobby

7:00 AM-6:15 PM

Floriculture Tour WG Tour -Departs from the Lower Lobby

Friday, September 30, 2011

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6:00 PM-8:00 PM

Mealani's A Taste of the Hawaiian Range & Agriculture Festival -