The 2011 ASHS Annual Conference

The 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

Saturday, September 24, 2011

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7:00 AM-8:00 PM

Nursery and Water Management Tour

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
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

9:00 AM-1:00 PM

Certified Horticulturist Certification Examination

2:00 PM-4:00 PM

Registration Open - Saturday

2:00 PM-5:00 PM

Exhibitor Set-up - Saturday

Sunday, September 25, 2011

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7:00 AM-7:45 AM

Moderators Training Session

7:00 AM-8:00 AM

Working Group Chairs and Chairs-Elect Business Meeting

7:00 AM-6:00 PM

Registration Open - Sunday

8:00 AM-9:00 AM

Citrus Crops (CITR) Working Group Business Meeting

Endowment Fund Committee Meeting

8:00 AM-10:00 AM

Additives for Plastics In Agriculture
Plasticulture

Administrators Working Group Breakfast

Current Status of Transplant Production: Challenges and New Technologies
SSEST Working Group

Exchange of Information On International Collaborations and Activities
Working Group of Asian Horticulture

History of Hawaiian Pomology
History of Horticultural Science Working Group Pomology

Ornamental Plant Breeding In the Pacific Rim Region
Ornamental Plant Breeders Working Group

Prunus and Apple Crop Germplasm Committee (CGC) Meeting

Root and Bulb Vegetable Crop Germplasm Committee (RBV-CGC) Meeting

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Poster Set-up - Sunday

8:00 AM-2:00 PM

Exhibits Open - Sunday

8:00 AM-7:00 PM

Big Island Circle and Volcano National Park Sightseeing Tour

9:00 AM-10:00 AM

Collegiate Activities Committee (CAC) Meeting

Vegetable Crops Management (VCM) Working Group Business Meeting

10:00 AM-12:00 PM

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

12:00 PM-12:30 PM

Sunday All Delegate Luncheon

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Awards Recipient (By Invitation)

12:30 PM-1:15 PM

Floriculture 1 Posters

Growth Chambers and Controlled Environments Posters

Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants Posters

Human Issues In Horticulture Posters

Local Food Systems Posters

Pomology Posters

Undergraduate Posters 1

Vegetable Crops Management Posters 1

12:30 PM-2:00 PM

Graduate Student Poster Competition - Session 1

1:00 PM-2:00 PM

Emeriti (EMER) Working Group Business Meeting

Research Division Advisory Council Meeting

Teaching Methods (TCHG) Working Group Business Meeting

1:15 PM-2:00 PM

Organic Horticulture Posters

Ornamental Plant Breeding Posters

Ornamentals/Landscape and Turf Posters 1

Plant Biotechnology Posters

Postharvest Posters 1

Undergraduate Posters 2

Vegetable Breeding Posters 1

Viticulture and Small Fruits Poster 1

Weed Control & Pest Management Posters

2:00 PM-2:45 PM

Undergraduate Oral Abstract Competition

2:00 PM-3:00 PM

Computer Applications In Horticulture (COMP) Working Group Business Meeting

Journal of ASHS Editorial Board Meeting

Temperate Tree Nut Crops (NUTS) Working Group Business Meeting

2:00 PM-3:30 PM

Ornamentals/Landscape and Turf 1

Postharvest

2:00 PM-4:00 PM

Plant Biotechnology and Genomics

2:00 PM-4:15 PM

Environmental Stress Physiology

2:00 PM-5:00 PM

Advances In Plasticulture Technology Around the World
PLAST

2:00 PM-6:00 PM

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

3:00 PM-4:00 PM

Association of Collegiate Branches (ACB) Annual Business Meeting

HortTechnology Editorial Board Meeting

Ornamental Plant Breeding (OPB) Working Group Business Meeting

Working Group of Asian Horticulture (WGAH) Business Meeting

4:00 PM-5:00 PM

History of Horticultural Science (HIST) Working Group Business Meeting

Local Food Systems (LOCSY) Working Group Business Meeting

4:00 PM-6:00 PM

ASHS Primer
Collegiate Activities Committee

Capsicum Germplasm Committee Meeting

Leafy Vegetable Crop Germplasm Committee Meeting

SCRI Project Directors' Workshop
Research Advisory Committee

5:00 PM-6:00 PM

Association of Horticulturists of Indian Origin (AHIO) Business Meeting

Plasticulture (PLAST) Working Group Business Meeting

6:00 PM-7:00 PM

Student Reception

7:00 PM-8:00 PM

Welcome Reception

Monday, September 26, 2011

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7:00 AM-9:00 AM

Horticultural Commodity Judging Contest and Plant Identification Contest Set-up

7:30 AM-4:00 PM

Registration Open - Monday

7:45 AM-9:45 AM

Can Horticulture Make Use of Wastes From the Biofuels Industry?
Waste Utilization in Horticulture (WUH)

Floriculture 1

Integrated Organic Program Project Directors and Applicants Workshop
Integrated Organic Program

Real Impact: The Effects of Your Research
Graduate Student Working Group

Viticulture and Small Fruits

8:00 AM-9:00 AM

Certified Professional Horticulturist (CPH) Board Meeting

Consulting Editors Meeting

Industry Division Breakfast

8:00 AM-9:15 AM

Water Utilization and Management 1

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Advances In Understanding Plant Metabolism Related to Crop Quality and Composition

Symposium--How to Succeed Professionally In Academia, Government, or Industry
Research Division

9:00 AM-10:00 AM

HortScience Editorial Board Meeting

Industry Division Advisory Council Meeting

9:00 AM-12:00 PM

The Horticultural Commodity Judging Contest and Plant Identification Contest

The Horticultural Commodity Judging Plant Identification Written Examination

9:30 AM-2:00 PM

Exhibits Open - Monday

9:45 AM-10:15 AM

Break - Monday

OREI Poster Session

SCRI Poster Session

10:00 AM-11:00 AM

Membership Committee Meeting

Tropical Horticultural Crops (TROP) Working Group Business Meeting

10:00 AM-11:15 AM

Organic Horticulture 1

10:00 AM-11:30 AM

Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants

10:00 AM-12:00 PM

Pomology 1

Weed Control and Pest Management 1

10:00 AM-1:00 PM

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

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

Commercial Horticulture (CHEX) Working Group Business Meeting

William A. "Tex" Frazier Lecture Series Selection Committee

11:30 AM-12:00 PM

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

12:00 PM-12:45 PM

BioEnergy Posters

Crop Physiology Posters 1

Floriculture Posters 2

Plant Nutrient Management Posters 1

Propagation Posters 1

Seed and Stand Establishment Posters

Vegetable Crops Management Posters 2

Viticulture and Small Fruits Posters 2

Waste Utilization In Horticulture Posters

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Marketing and Economics (MKEC) Working Group Business Meeting

12:00 PM-2:00 PM

Pi Alpha Xi Luncheon - Annual Meeting

12:15 PM-2:00 PM

Fruit Breeding and Genetics

12:15 PM-2:15 PM

Ethnobotany of Pacific Plants
Fruit Breeding Working Group

Social Media – How Can We Use It to Increase Our Effectiveness?
Consumer Horticulture Master Gardener (CHMG)

Software Tools for Analysis of Databases
ASHS Computer Applications in Horticulture (COMP) Working Group

Temperate and Tropical Tree Crops

12:45 PM-1:30 PM

Genetics and Germplasm Posters 1

Nursery Crops Posters

Plant Nutrient Management Posters 2

Postharvest Posters 2

Produce Quality, Safety, and Health Properties Posters

Temperate Tree Nut Crops Posters

Vegetable Breeding Posters 2

Water Utilization and Management Posters 1

1:00 PM-2:00 PM

Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Working Group Business Meeting

1:00 PM-3:00 PM

ASHS Finance Committee Meeting

1:00 PM-8:30 PM

Production, Processing and Marketing of Local Specialty Crops-Coffee and Cocoa WG Tours

1:30 PM-2:30 PM

Graduate Student (GRAD) Working Group Business Meeting

1:30 PM-3:30 PM

Breeding Vegetables for the Tropics
Vegetable Breeding Working Group (VGBR)

Nutrient and Water Management Practices for Improving Crop Growth, Yield, and Quality
Plant Nutrient Management (PNM) Working Group

Propagation Techniques of Select Tropical Ornamentals, Specialty Crops, and Native Plants In Hawaii
Plant Propagation Working Group

2:30 PM-3:30 PM

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

2:30 PM-4:00 PM

Citrus Crops

2:30 PM-4:15 PM

Ornamentals/Landscape and Turf 2

Vegetable Crops Management 1

2:30 PM-4:30 PM

Crop Physiology

Regulation of Genetically Engineered Crops: Hawaii and Beyond
Plant Biotechnology (BTCH)

3:00 PM-4:00 PM

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

3:30 PM-4:30 PM

Propagation (PROP) Working Group Business Meeting

Vegetable Breeding (VGBR) Business Meeting

3:45 PM-5:45 PM

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

6:00 PM-9:00 PM

American Pomological Society (APS) Executive and Advisory Board Meeting

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

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7:00 AM-8:00 AM

Genetics and Germplasm (GG) Working Group Business Meeting

7:00 AM-9:00 AM

Extension Breakfast

7:30 AM-4:00 PM

Registration Open - Tuesday

7:45 AM-9:45 AM

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

8:00 AM-9:00 AM

Fellows Screening Committee Meeting

Fruit Breeding (FRBR) Working Group Business Meeting

Nursery Crops (NUR) Working Group Business Meeting

Organic Horticulture (ORGH) Working Group Business Meeting

Propagation

8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Community Horticulture

Growth Chambers and Controlled Environments 1

Plant Nutrient Management 1

8:00 AM-9:45 AM

Computer Applications In Horticulture

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Research Highlights and Commercial Application of Medicinal Plants

9:00 AM-10:00 AM

Annual Conference Technical Program Committee Meeting

Crop Physiology (CRPP) [Formerly Plant Biology (PB)) Working Group Business Meeting

Pomology (POM) Working Group Business Meeting

9:30 AM-10:30 AM

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

9:30 AM-2:00 PM

Exhibits Open - Tuesday

9:45 AM-10:15 AM

Break - Tuesday

10:00 AM-11:00 AM

Graduate Activities Committee Meeting

International Division Advisory Council Meeting

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

10:00 AM-11:30 AM

Produce Quality, Safety, and Health Properties 1

10:00 AM-11:45 AM

Ornamental Plant Breeding, Genetics and Germplasm

10:00 AM-12:00 PM

The Growing Involvement of Horticulture In e-Extension: Updates and Opportunities
eXtension

Weed Control & Pest Management 2

10:00 AM-12:15 PM

Nursery Crops 1

10:15 AM-11:45 AM

Human Issues In Horticulture

10:30 AM-12:00 PM

Growth Chambers and Controlled Environments 2

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

Education Division Advisory Council Meeting

International Horticulture and Issues (IHI) Working Group Business Meeting

Seed and Stand Establishment (SSEST) Working Group Business Meeting

12:00 PM-12:30 PM

Tuesday All Delegate Luncheon

12:00 PM-6:30 PM

Invasive Species & Weed Control and Pest Management WG Tour

12:30 PM-1:15 PM

Citrus Crops Posters

Consumer Horticulture and Master Gardeners Posters

Crop Physiology Posters 2

Floriculture Posters 3

Tropical Horticultural Crops Posters

Vegetable Crops Management Posters 3

Water Utilization and Management Posters 2

12:30 PM-1:45 PM

Organic Horticulture 2

Plant Nutrient Management 2

12:30 PM-2:00 PM

Marketing and Economics

12:30 PM-2:30 PM

Pomology 2

Various Experiences In Overseas Consulting (Paid and/or Volunteer)
ICON

Vegetable Breeding

12:45 PM-2:30 PM

Crop Physiology 2

1:15 PM-2:00 PM

Environmental Stress Physiology Posters

Extension Posters

Fruit Breeding Posters

Genetics and Germplasm Posters 2

Ornamentals/Landscape and Turf Posters 2

Postharvest Posters 3

Propagation Posters 2

Teaching Methods Posters

2:00 PM-3:00 PM

2011 B.Y. Morrison Lecture - Small Steps or Quantum Leaps - How Will US Horticulture Maintain Its Competitiveness

Extension Division Advisory Council Meeting

Nominations and Elections Committee Meeting

Plant Biotechnology (BTCH) Working Group Business Meeting

Public Horticulture (PUBHORT) Working Group Business Meeting

2:00 PM-3:30 PM

Tropical Fruits Workshop
American Pomological Society

2:00 PM-4:00 PM

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

2:30 PM-4:30 PM

Floriculture 2

2:45 PM-3:45 PM

Postharvest 2

2:45 PM-4:00 PM

Vegetable Crops Management 2

2:45 PM-4:45 PM

Genetics, Germplasm and Breeding—Cross Commodity

Water Utilization and Management 2

3:00 PM-3:30 PM

B.Y. Morrison Reception and ARS Get-Together

3:00 PM-4:00 PM

EXtension (EEXT) Working Group Business Meeting

Horticulture Hall of Fame Selection Committee

Plant Nutrient Management (PNM) Working Group Business Meeting

Power of Partnerships In Public Horticulture Poster Workshop

3:30 PM-4:30 PM

Tropical Fruit Tasting

3:45 PM-4:45 PM

Postharvest (PH) Working Group Business Meeting

4:00 PM-5:00 PM

Environmental Stress Physiology (STRS) Working Group Business Meeting

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

USDA ARS All Employee Meeting

4:30 PM-6:00 PM

American Pomological Society (APS) Annual Business Meeting

4:45 PM-5:45 PM

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

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

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7:00 AM-8:00 AM

Water Utilization and Management (WUM) Working Group Business Meeting

7:45 AM-9:00 AM

Production and Harvest Mechanization

8:00 AM-8:30 AM

Horticultural Landmark Selection Committee Meeting

8:00 AM-9:00 AM

Floriculture (FLOR) Working Group Business Meeting

Invasive Plants Research (INPR) Working Group Business

8:00 AM-9:30 AM

BioEnergy

8:00 AM-9:45 AM

Nursery Crops 2

Weed Control and Pest Management 3

8:00 AM-10:00 AM

Application of Tunnel Technologies to Community and School Gardens; Education and Production Tools
Human Issues in Horticulture (HIH)

International Issues Breakfast

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

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

8:00 AM-2:00 PM

Registration Open - Wednesday

8:00 AM-5:00 PM

"Big Island" Gardens WG Tour

8:15 AM-9:45 AM

Produce Quality, Safety, and Health Properties 2

8:30 AM-9:00 AM

Awards Committee Meeting

9:00 AM-10:00 AM

Growth Regulators in Fruit and Nut Production (PGR) Working Group Business Meeting

International Horticultural Consultants (ICON) Working Group Business Meeting

Viticulture and Small Fruits (VSF) Working Group Business Meeting

9:15 AM-10:15 AM

Production and Harvest Mechanization (MECH) Working Group Business Meeting

9:30 AM-10:30 AM

BioEnergy (BioE) Working Group Business Meeting

Scholarship Awards Committee Meeting

9:30 AM-12:45 PM

Exhibits Open - Wednesday

9:45 AM-10:15 AM

Break - Wednesday

10:00 AM-11:00 AM

Human Issues in Horticulture (HIH) Working Group Business Meeting

10:00 AM-12:00 PM

Crucifer Crop Germplasm Committee

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative

Has Sustainability Been Profitable for Ornamentals?
MKEC

Local Foods
Local Foods

10:15 AM-11:30 AM

Viticulture and Small Fruits 2

10:15 AM-12:00 PM

Vegetable Crops Management 3

10:45 AM-12:00 PM

Consumer Horticulture and Master Gardeners

Teaching Methods

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

Waste Utilization in Horticulture (WUH) Working Group Business Meeting

12:30 PM-2:00 PM

Presidential Address and ASHS Annual Business Meeting

12:45 PM-7:30 PM

Exhibitor Move-Out

2:00 PM-4:30 PM

ASHS Board of Directors Meeting

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

7:00 AM-6:15 PM

Floriculture Tour WG Tour

Friday, September 30, 2011

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6:00 PM-8:00 PM

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