The 2012 ASHS Annual Conference: Fruit Breeding 1

10:15 AM

Genetic Parameter Estimates for Twelve Fruit and Vegetative Traits in the Florida Strawberry Breeding Population and Implications for Breeding and Selection
Vance Whitaker, University of Florida; Luis F. Osorio, University of Florida; Tomas Hasing, University of Florida; Salvador Gezan, University of Florida

10:30 AM

Heritabilities of Foliar Powdery Mildew (Podosphera aphanis) Resistance in the University of Florida Strawberry Germplasm
Colleen Kennedy, University of Florida; Dudley A. Huber, University of Florida; Luis F. Osorio, University of Florida; Vance M. Whitaker, University of Florida; Natalia A. Peres, University of Florida

10:45 AM

Interspecific–Interploid Crosses among Hylocereus Species (Cactaceae) for the Selection of Improved Cultivars
Aroldo Cisneros, Ben Gurion University of the Negev (BGU); Noemi Tel-Zur, Ben Gurion University of the Negev (BGU)

11:00 AM

Marker Validation for Rpf1 Red Stele (Phytophthora fragariae) Resistance in Fragaria for Use in Marker Assisted Breeding
Megan M. Mathey, Oregon State University; Andrew R. Jamieson, Atlantic Food & Hort. Res. Ctr.; Eric van de Weg, Wageningen University and Research Centre; Nahla V. Bassil, USDA–ARS; Chad E. Finn, USDA–ARS; James F. Hancock, Michigan State University

11:15 AM

QTL Mapping in an F₁ Tetraploid Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L.) Population
Rachel A. Itle, University of Florida; Susan McCallum, James Hutton Institute; Julie Graham, James Hutton Institute; James W. Olmstead, University of Florida; Werner R. Collante, University of Florida; Nahla V. Bassil, Ph.D, USDA–ARS; Allan F. Brown, North Carolina State University; Emily J. Buck, The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Ltd.; Chad E. Finn, USDA–ARS, HCRL; James F. Hancock, Michigan State University; Lisa J. Rowland, USDA–ARS

11:30 AM

Vaccinium Hybrids with the Species of Section Hemimyrtillus
Mark Ehlenfeldt, Marucci Center for Blueberry & Cranberry Research and Extension; James Ballington, NC State University

11:45 AM

Phenotypic Characterization of the First Backcross Generation Between Southern Highbush Blueberry and Vaccinium arboreum
Hilda Patricia Rodriguez-Armenta, University of Florida; Paul Lyrene, University of Florida; James W. Olmstead, University of Florida

12:00 PM

Developing the Genomic Infrastructure for Breeding Black Raspberry
Nahla V. Bassil, Ph.D, USDA–ARS; Michael Dossett, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Barbara Gilmore, USDA–ARS, NCGR; Todd Mockler, PhD, Oregon State University; Sergei Filichkin, Oregon State University; Mary Peterson, USDA–ARS, HCRL; Jungmin Lee, USDA–ARS, HCRU; Gina Fernandez, NC State University; Penelope Perkins-Veazie, Professor, North Carolina State University; Courtney A. Weber, Cornell University; Robert Agunga, Ohio State University; Emily Rhoades, Ohio State University; Joseph C. Scheerens, The Ohio State University, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center; Wei Qiang Yang, Oregon State University; Kim S. Lewers, USDA–ARS, BARC; Julie Graham, James Hutton Institute; Felicidad Fernandez Fernandez, East Malling Research; Song Joong Yun, Chonbuk National University; Chad E. Finn, USDA–ARS, HCRL