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 Negev

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 Center; Nahla Bassil, USDA–ARS, NCGR; Chad E. Finn, USDA–ARS, HCRU; 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, NCGR; Allan Brown, Plants for Human Health Institute, North Carolina Research Campus, 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, Genet. Imp. of Fruit & Vegetables Lab.

11:30 AM

Vaccinium Hybrids with the Species of Section Hemimyrtillus
Mark Ehlenfeldt, USDA–ARS, Marucci Center for Blueberry & Cranberry Research; James R. Ballington, North Carolina 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, Univ 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, NCGR; 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, HCRU; Jungmin Lee, USDA–ARS, HCRL; Gina Elizabeth Fernandez, North Carolina State University; Penelope Perkins-Veazie, North Carolina State University, Plants for Human Health Institute; Courtney A. Weber, Cornell Univ; Robert Agunga, Ohio State University; Emily Rhoades, Ohio State University; Joseph C. Scheerens, Ohio State Univ-ORADC; Wei Qiang Yang, Associate Professor, 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

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