2013 ASHS Annual Conference

Sunday, July 21, 2013

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7:00 AM-6:30 PM

Nursery and Botanical Garden Tour -Tour Lobby

7:30 AM-5:00 PM

University Garden Tour -Tour Lobby

8:00 AM-5:00 PM

Citrus and Tropical Fruits Tour -Tour Lobby

8:00 AM-6:00 PM

General Contractor Set Up - Sunday -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8

1:00 PM-5:00 PM

Registration Open - Sunday -Center and North Registration Counters

2:00 PM-5:00 PM

Exhibitor Set-Up - Sunday -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Poster Set Up -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8

Monday, July 22, 2013

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7:00 AM-5:00 PM

Huntington Gardens -Tour Lobby

7:30 AM-6:00 PM

Registration Open - Monday -Center and North Registration Counters

8:00 AM-9:00 AM

Undergraduate Student (UG) Working Group Business Meeting -Desert Salon 12
Working Group Chairs and Chairs-Elect Business Meeting -Desert Salon 9-10

8:00 AM-10:00 AM

Leafy Vegetable Crop Germplasm Committee Meeting -Directors Suite VI

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

NC1186: Water Management and Quality for Ornamental Crop Production and Health -Springs Salon D/E

8:15 AM-8:45 AM

Graduate Student Working Group Morning Gathering - Monday -Starbucks at J.W Marriott Resort

8:30 AM-9:30 AM

Listening session with the Director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), Dr. Sonny Ramaswamy -Springs Salon F

8:30 AM-2:30 PM

Exhibits Open - Monday -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8

8:30 AM-5:00 PM

Poster Hall Open - Monday -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8

9:00 AM-10:00 AM

Growth Regulators in Fruit and Nut Production (PGR) Working Group Business Meeting -Springs Salon C
Human Issues in Horticulture (HIH) Working Group Business Meeting -Desert Salon 11
Marketing and Economics (MKEC) Working Group Business Meeting -Desert Salon 3
Moderators Training Session -Springs Salon A/B

9:30 AM-10:00 AM

Break - Monday -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8

10:00 AM-12:00 PM

ASHS Opening Plenary Session and William A. (Tex) Frazier Lecture -Springs Salon F

10:00 AM-5:00 PM

Service Project - Undergraduate Student Activity -Center and North Registration Counters

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Awards Recipient Reception (By Invitation) -Directors Suite V
Emeriti (EMER) Working Group Business Meeting -Desert Salon 3
Organic Horticulture (ORGH) Working Group Business Meeting -Desert Salon 11

12:00 PM-1:30 PM

Undergraduate Student Oral Competition -Desert Salon 1-2

12:15 PM-1:00 PM

Bioenergy (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Floriculture (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Genetics and Germplasm (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Graduate Student Poster Competition - Session 1 -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Human Issues in Horticulture (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Plant Biotechnology (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Postharvest (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Propagation (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Vegetable Crops Management (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Viticulture and Small Fruits (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Waste Utilization in Horticulture (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8

1:00 PM-1:45 PM

Computer Applications in Horticulture (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Environmental Stress Physiology (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Floriculture (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Graduate Student Poster Competition - Session 2 -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Growth Chambers and Controlled Environments (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Local Food Systems (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Nursery Crops (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Ornamentals/Landscape and Turf (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Produce Quality, Safety, and Health Properties (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Public Horticulture (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Small Fruit Breeding (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Vegetable Crops Management (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
eXtension (EEXT) Working Group Business Meeting -Desert Salon 11

1:00 PM-2:00 PM

Propagation (PROP) Working Group Business Meeting -Springs Salon C

1:00 PM-2:45 PM

Genetics and Germplasm (Oral) -Desert Salon 4-6

1:00 PM-4:00 PM

Workshop: SCRI Project Directors -Desert Salon 9-10
USDA NIFA

1:45 PM-3:30 PM

Viticulture and Small Fruits (Oral) -Desert Salon 13-14

1:45 PM-3:45 PM

Ten Great Ideas for Your Master Gardener/Consumer Horticulture Program -Desert Salon 1-2
Consumer Horticulture/Master Gardener Working Group
Workshop: Contributions of Luther Burbank: Plant Breeding Artist and Legend -Springs Salon D/E
Working Group. History of Horticultural Science (HIST)
Workshop: How to Get in (and Succeed in) Graduate School -Springs Salon A/B
Undergraduate and Graduate Student Sponsored Activity

2:00 PM-3:00 PM

Floriculture (FLOR) Working Group Business Meeting -Springs Salon C
Journal of the ASHS Editorial Board Meeting -Desert Salon 3
Public Horticulture (PUBHORT) Working Group Business Meeting -Desert Salon 11

2:00 PM-6:00 PM

Colloquium: Advances and Critical Issues in Breeding Cultivars for Organic Cropping Systems and Developing Methods of Organic Seed Production -Springs Salon F
Palm Spring Aerial Tram -Tour Lobby

3:00 PM-4:00 PM

Growth Chambers and Controlled Environments (CE) Working Group Business Meeting -Desert Salon 11
HortTechnology Editorial Board Meeting -Desert Salon 3
Ornamentals/Landscape and Turf (O/LT) Working Group Business Meeting -Springs Salon C

3:00 PM-4:45 PM

Postharvest (Oral) -Desert Salon 4-6

4:00 PM-5:00 PM

Fellows Screening Committee Meeting -Desert Salon 3
Fruit Breeding (FRBR) Working Group Business Meeting -Springs Salon C
Plant Biotechnology (BTCH) Working Group Business Meeting -Desert Salon 11

4:00 PM-6:00 PM

SRASHS Executive Committee Meeting -Directors Suite VI
Undergraduate Poster Competition -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Workshop: How Public Policy Engagement Helps Horticultural Scientists -Desert Salon 1-2
National Issues Task Force
Workshop: Sustainable Production of Essential Oils -Desert Salon 13-14
Herbs Spices and Medicinal Plants Working Group
Workshop: What Happens When Your Growth Chamber Lighting or Controls Become Obsolete? Retrofitting Growth Chambers to Improve Performance -Springs Salon D/E
Growth Chambers and Controlled Environments Working Group.
Workshop: eXtension/Ecampus/On Campus: Synergies in Curriculum Development -Springs Salon A/B
eXtension working group

4:15 PM-6:00 PM

Organic Horticulture (Oral) -Desert Salon 9-10

5:00 PM-5:30 PM

History of Horticultural Science (HIST) Working Group Business Meeting -Desert Salon 11

5:00 PM-6:00 PM

Education Division Advisory Council Meeting -Desert Salon 3
Scholarship Awards Committee Meeting -Desert Salon 12
Viticulture and Small Fruits (VSF) Working Group Business Meeting -Springs Salon C

5:00 PM-6:30 PM

Vegetable Breeding (Oral) -Desert Salon 4-6

5:30 PM-7:30 PM

SoCal Advisors and Specialists -Desert Salon 11

6:00 PM-6:30 PM

Research Division Advisory Council Meeting -Desert Salon 3

6:30 PM-7:30 PM

Welcome Reception -Springs Patio

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

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7:00 AM-8:00 AM

Golf Course and Irrigation Tour -Tour Lobby

7:00 AM-9:00 AM

Horticultural Commodity Judging Contest and Plant Identification Contest Set-up -Springs Salon F

7:30 AM-5:00 PM

Registration Open - Tuesday -Center and North Registration Counters

8:00 AM-9:00 AM

Root Growth and Rhizosphere Dynamics (RHIZ) Working Group Business Meeting -Desert Salon 11
Seed and Stand Establishment (SSEST) Working Group Business Meeting -Springs Salon C

8:00 AM-9:15 AM

Growth Chambers and Controlled Environments (Oral) -Springs Salon A/B

8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Citrus and Other Fruit and Nut Crops (Oral) -Desert Salon 1-2

8:00 AM-9:45 AM

Ornamental Plant Breeding (Oral) -Springs Salon D/E
Postharvest (Oral) -Desert Salon 9-10
SCRI-MINDS Water Utilization and Management (Oral) -Desert Salon 13-14

8:00 AM-10:00 AM

Extension & Industry Division Breakfast -Springs Ballroom Salons J-L
International Division Advisory Council Meeting -Desert Salon 3

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Colloquium: Integrated Pest Management for Vegetable Crops in the Tropics -Desert Salon 4-6
Whitewater Preserve & Wind Farms -Tour Lobby

8:15 AM-8:45 AM

Graduate Student Working Group Morning Gathering - Tuesday -Starbucks at J.W Marriott Resort

8:30 AM-2:30 PM

Exhibits Open - Tuesday -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8

8:30 AM-5:00 PM

Poster Hall Open - Tuesday -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8

9:00 AM-10:00 AM

Bioenergy (BioE) Working Group Business Meeting -Desert Salon 12
Nursery Crops (NUR) Working Group Business Meeting -Desert Salon 11
Vegetable Breeding (VGBR) Working Group Business Meeting -Springs Salon C

9:00 AM-12:00 PM

The Horticultural Commodity Judging Contest and Plant Identification Contest -Springs Salon F
The Horticultural Commodity Judging Plant Identification Written Examination -Directors Suite VI

9:45 AM-10:15 AM

Break - Tuesday -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8

9:45 AM-11:45 AM

Floriculture (Oral) -Springs Salon A/B

10:00 AM-11:00 AM

Consulting Editors Meeting -Springs Salon C
Genetics and Germplasm (GG) Working Group Business Meeting -Desert Salon 11

10:00 AM-11:15 AM

Bioenergy (Oral) -Springs Salon D/E

10:15 AM-12:00 PM

Viticulture and Small Fruits (Oral) -Desert Salon 1-2

10:15 AM-12:15 PM

Workshop: Consumer Research on Sustainability -Desert Salon 13-14
MKEC
Workshop: Perspectives on Building Strong University–Industry Research Relationships -Desert Salon 9-10
Industry Division

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

HortScience Editorial Board Meeting -Desert Salon 3
Plasticulture (PLAST) Working Group Business Meeting -Desert Salon 11

11:30 AM-1:00 PM

Fruit Breeding (Oral) -Springs Salon D/E

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

2013 B.Y. Morrison Lecture -Springs Salon A/B
Horticultural Landmark Selection Committee Meeting -Desert Salon 12
William A. (Tex) Frazier Lecture Selection Committee -Desert Salon 3

12:15 PM-1:00 PM

Consumer/Commercial Horticulture and Master Gardeners (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Crop Physiology (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Genetics and Germplasm (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Graduate Student Poster Competition - Session 3 -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Marketing and Economics (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Ornamentals/Landscape and Turf (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Plasticulture (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Pomology (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Postharvest (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Root Growth and Rhizosphere Dynamics (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Vegetable Crops Management (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8

12:30 PM-1:30 PM

Association of Collegiate Branches (ACB) Annual Business Meeting -Desert Salon 1-2

1:00 PM-1:30 PM

B.Y. Morrison Reception -Springs Salon C

1:00 PM-1:45 PM

Citrus Crops (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Graduate Student Poster Competition - Session 4 -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Nursery Crops (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Organic Horticulture (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Propagation (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Seed and Stand Establishment (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Vegetable Breeding (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Viticulture and Small Fruits (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Weed Control and Pest Management (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8

1:00 PM-2:00 PM

Project Leaders – National Strawberry Sustainability Initiative Program -Desert Salon 12

1:00 PM-3:00 PM

Endowment Fund Committee Meeting -Desert Salon 3

1:30 PM-2:30 PM

USDA–ARS All Employee Meeting -Springs Salon C

1:45 PM-3:00 PM

Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants (Oral) -Springs Salon A/B

1:45 PM-3:30 PM

Public/Commercial Horticulture/Computer Applications in Horticulture (Oral) -Desert Salon 13-14

1:45 PM-3:45 PM

Workshop: Plasticulture Technologies for Expanding the Season and Improving the Sustainability of Eastern U.S. Strawberry Production -Desert Salon 4-6
Plasticulture Working Group (PLAST)
Workshop: Potential Impact of Precision Agriculture Methods on Roots and Root Function -Springs Salon D/E
Root Growth & Rhizosphere Dynamics
Workshop: Teaching Online—What's Working, What's Not Working -Desert Salon 1-2
Teaching Methods Working Group

2:00 PM-3:00 PM

Awards Committee Meeting -Desert Salon 12
Postharvest (PH) Working Group Business Meeting -Desert Salon 11

2:00 PM-6:00 PM

Palm Springs Art Museum -Tour Lobby

3:00 PM-4:00 PM

Crop Physiology (CRPP) Working Group Business Meeting -Desert Salon 11
Federal Partners (FP) Working Group Business Meeting -Springs Salon C
Graduate Student Activities Committee Meeting -Desert Salon 12
Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants (HSMP) Working Group Business Meeting -Desert Salon 3

4:00 PM-5:00 PM

Commercial Horticulture (CHEX) Working Group Business Meeting -Desert Salon 3
Invasive Plants Research (INPR) Working Group Business -Desert Salon 11

4:00 PM-5:30 PM

Annual Conference Technical Program Committee Meeting -Desert Salon 12
Crop Physiology (Oral) -Desert Salon 1-2
Propagation (Oral) -Springs Salon D/E
Vegetable Breeding (Oral) -Desert Salon 13-14

4:00 PM-6:00 PM

Environmental Stress Physiology (Oral) -Springs Salon A/B
Workshop: Challenges in Seedling Production and Establishment in Organic and Sustainable Production Systems -Desert Salon 9-10
Seed & Stand Establishment
Workshop: Create an Impact! -Springs Salon J-K
Vice President for Research Initiative
Workshop: The Role and Importance of Polyploidy in Ornamental Plant Breeding -Desert Salon 4-6
Ornamental Plant Breeding (OPB) Working Group

5:00 PM-6:00 PM

Collegiate Activities Committee (CAC) Meeting -Desert Salon 3
Pomology (POM) Working Group Business Meeting -Desert Salon 11

6:00 PM-9:00 PM

Controlled Environments Student Competition -Springs Salon D/E

6:00 PM-10:00 PM

American Pomological Society (APS) Executive and Advisory Board Meeting -Desert Salon 3

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

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7:00 AM-8:00 AM

Landscape and Ornamentals -Tour Lobby

7:30 AM-1:30 PM

Joshua Tree National Park -Tour Lobby

7:30 AM-5:00 PM

Registration Open - Wednesday -Center and North Registration Counters

8:00 AM-9:00 AM

ASHS Finance Committee Meeting -Desert Salon 12
Water Utilization and Management (WUM) Working Group Business Meeting -Desert Salon 3

8:00 AM-9:15 AM

Plant Biotechnology (Oral) -Springs Salon A/B

8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Vegetable Crops Management (Oral) -Desert Salon 4-6

8:00 AM-10:00 AM

Postharvest (Oral) -Desert Salon 9-10
Root and Bulb Vegetable Crop Germplasm Committee (RBV-CGC) Meeting -Directors Suite VI
SCRI-MINDS Nursery Crops (Oral) -Desert Salon 1-2
Workshop: I’ve Earned My Degree…What’s Next? -Desert Salon 13-14
Graduate Student Working Group
Workshop: Sustainable Weed Management -Springs Salon D/E
Weed Control & Pest Management and Organic Horticulture

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Colloquium: Strategy for Developing Mechanical Harvesting of Horticultural Crops: Simultaneous Short-, Medium-, and Long-term Strategies -Springs Salon F

8:15 AM-9:45 AM

Graduate Student Working Group Morning Gathering - Wednesday -Starbucks at J.W Marriott Resort

8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Administrators Working Group Breakfast -Directors Suite III

8:30 AM-1:45 PM

Poster Hall Open - Wednesday -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8

8:30 AM-2:30 PM

Exhibits Open - Wednesday -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8

9:00 AM-10:00 AM

International Horticulture and Issues (IHI) Working Group Business Meeting -Springs Salon C
Nominations and Elections Committee Meeting -Desert Salon 12

9:00 AM-11:00 AM

Extension Division Advisory Council Meeting -Desert Salon 3

9:00 AM-12:00 PM

Coachella Valley Tour -Tour Lobby

9:30 AM-12:15 PM

Scholars Ignite - Student Competition -Springs Salon A/B

9:45 AM-10:15 AM

Break - Wednesday -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8

10:00 AM-11:00 AM

Tropical Horticultural Crops (TROP) Working Group Business Meeting -Desert Salon 11

10:00 AM-12:00 PM

Certified Professional Horticulturist (CPH) Board Meeting -Desert Salon 12
Crucifer Crop Germplasm Committee -Directors Suite VI
Workshop: Waste Utilization in Horticulture Walking Tour of Related Posters -Springs Salon C
Waste Utilization in Horticulture

10:15 AM-11:45 AM

Ornamentals/Landscape and Turf (Oral) -Desert Salon 4-6
Pomology (Oral) -Desert Salon 9-10

10:15 AM-12:15 PM

Genetics and Germplasm (Oral) -Desert Salon 1-2
Workshop: Challenges and Opportunities of Operating a University Garden -Desert Salon 13-14
Public Horticulture
Workshop: Organic Agriculture in Southern California—Producing Organic Products in the Low Desert -Springs Salon D/E
Organic Working Group

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

Industry Division Advisory Council Meeting -Desert Salon 3
Working Group of Asian Horticulture (WGAH) Business Meeting -Desert Salon 11

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Association of Horticulturists of Indian Origin (AHIO) Business Meeting -Desert Salon 11
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Working Group Business Meeting -Desert Salon 3
Local Food Systems (Oral) -Desert Salon 4-6

12:00 PM-1:30 PM

Pi Alpha Xi Luncheon - Annual Meeting -Directors Suite III

12:15 PM-1:00 PM

Crop Physiology (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Environmental Stress Physiology (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Floriculture (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Fruit Breeding (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Graduate Student Poster Competition - Session 5 -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Growth Regulators in Fruit and Nut Production (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Plant Nutrient Management (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Pomology (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Postharvest (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Viticulture and Small Fruits (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8

12:30 PM-1:30 PM

Workshop: International Consultation, Outreach & Capacity Building Lead -Desert Salon 1-2
International Consultants International Horticulture and Issues Working Group of Asian Horticulture Postharvest

1:00 PM-1:45 PM

Graduate Student Poster Competition - Session 6 -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Organic Horticulture (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Ornamental Plant Breeding (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Teaching Methods (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Temperate Tree Nut Crops (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Vegetable Crops Management (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8
Water Utilization and Management (Poster) -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8

1:00 PM-2:00 PM

Local Food Systems (LOCSY) Working Group Business Meeting -Springs Salon C
Production and Harvest Mechanization (MECH) Working Group Business Meeting -Desert Salon 11

1:00 PM-3:00 PM

Workshop: Fantastic Fruits Grown in California -Springs Salon A/B
American Pomological Society

1:30 PM-2:00 PM

Horticulture Hall of Fame Selection Committee -Desert Salon 3

1:45 PM-3:30 PM

Poster - Removal -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8

1:45 PM-3:45 PM

Workshop: A Speed Dating Approach to Career Options -Springs Salon D/E
Industry Division
Workshop: Current Techniques for Non-destructive Quality Evaluation of Postharvest Horticultural Commodities -Desert Salon 9-10
Postharvest
Workshop: Horticultural Substrates: Current Research, Development, and Characterization for Improved Crop Production -Desert Salon 13-14
Nursery Crops
Workshop: Intellectual Property Fundamentals and Current Issues -Desert Salon 4-6
IPR
Workshop: The Challenges of Using Alternative and Recycled Water Sources for Horticultural Use -Desert Salon 1-2
Water Utilization and Management

2:00 PM-3:00 PM

Membership Committee Meeting -Desert Salon 12
Plant Nutrient Management (PNM) Working Group Business Meeting -Springs Salon C
Temperate Tree Nut Crops (NUTS) Working Group Business Meeting -Desert Salon 3

2:00 PM-6:00 PM

Certified Horticulturist Examination -Directors Suite VI
Palm Spring Air Museum -Tour Lobby

2:30 PM-5:00 PM

Exhibits Move Out - Wednesday -Desert Ballroom: Salons 7-8

3:00 PM-3:30 PM

APS Tropical Fruit Tasting -Springs Salon C

3:00 PM-4:00 PM

Citrus Crops (CITR) Working Group Business Meeting -Desert Salon 12
International Horticultural Consultants (ICON) Working Group Business Meeting -Desert Salon 3

3:30 PM-4:30 PM

American Pomological Society (APS) Annual Business Meeting -Springs Salon C

4:00 PM-5:30 PM

Presidential Address and ASHS Annual Business Meeting -Springs Salon F

4:00 PM-7:00 PM

Graduate Student Jeep Tour -Tour Lobby

7:00 PM-8:00 PM

Student Reception -Springs Retreat Pool

Thursday, July 25, 2013

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7:00 AM-8:00 AM

Water Features Tour -Tour Lobby

7:15 AM-7:45 AM

Graduate Student Working Group Morning Gathering - Thursday -Starbucks at J.W Marriott Resort

7:30 AM-11:30 AM

The Living Desert -Tour Lobby

7:30 AM-3:00 PM

Registration Open - Thursday -Center and North Registration Counters

8:00 AM-9:00 AM

Graduate Student (GRAD) Working Group Business Meeting -Springs Salon C
Waste Utilization in Horticulture (WUH) Working Group Business Meeting -Desert Salon 11

8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Vegetable Crops Management (Oral) -Desert Salon 4-6
Viticulture and Small Fruits (Oral) -Desert Salon 1-2

8:00 AM-9:45 AM

Consumer Horticulture and Master Gardeners (Oral) -Desert Salon 9-10

8:00 AM-10:00 AM

International Division Breakfast -Directors Suite III
Teaching Methods (Oral) -Desert Salon 13-14
Workshop: Citrus Breeding -Springs Salon A/B
Fruit Breeding (FRBR) Working Group
Workshop: New Innovations in Commercial Horticultural Applications -Springs Salon D/E
Technical Program Committee

9:00 AM-10:00 AM

Produce Quality, Safety, and Health Properties (QUAL) Working Group Business Meeting -Desert Salon 11

9:45 AM-10:15 AM

Break - Thursday -Center and North Registration Counters

9:45 AM-11:00 AM

Ornamentals/Landscape and Turf (Oral) -Desert Salon 1-2

10:00 AM-11:00 AM

Consumer Horticulture and Master Gardeners (CHMG) Working Group Business Meeting -Springs Salon C
Vegetable Crops Management (VCM) Working Group Business Meeting -Desert Salon 11

10:00 AM-12:00 PM

Certified Horticulturist (CH) Board Meeting -Desert Salon 12
USDA SCRI Eastern Broccoli Project Working Group Meeting -Desert Salon 3

10:00 AM-4:00 PM

ASHS Board of Directors Meeting -Directors Suite VI

10:15 AM-11:15 AM

Workshop: Commercial Use of PGRs to Increase Color Development of Fruit -Springs Salon A/B
PGR

10:15 AM-11:30 AM

Plant Biotechnology (Oral) -Desert Salon 9-10
Weed Control and Pest Management (Oral) -Springs Salon D/E

10:15 AM-12:00 PM

Water Utilization and Management (Oral) -Desert Salon 4-6

10:15 AM-12:15 PM

Workshop: Teaching with Tablets and Apps -Desert Salon 13-14
Computer Applications in Horticulture

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

Ornamental Plant Breeding (OPB) Working Group Business Meeting -Desert Salon 11

11:15 AM-12:15 PM

Nursery Crops (Oral) -Desert Salon 1-2

11:30 AM-1:30 PM

Workshop: RosBREED Fruit Quality QTLs: From Publications to Applications -Springs Salon A/B
Genetics and Germplasm

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Weed Control and Pest Management (WCPM) Working Group Business Meeting -Desert Salon 11

12:30 PM-2:00 PM

Environmental Stress Physiology (Oral) -Desert Salon 9-10
Organic Horticulture (Oral) -Desert Salon 4-6
Plasticulture (Oral) -Desert Salon 13-14

12:30 PM-2:30 PM

Floriculture (Oral) -Desert Salon 1-2
Marketing and Economics (Oral) -Springs Salon D/E

1:00 PM-2:00 PM

Computer Applications in Horticulture (COMP) Working Group Business Meeting -Desert Salon 3

1:00 PM-5:00 PM

Certified Horticulturist Examination Thursday -Desert Salon 12

1:45 PM-4:00 PM

Produce Quality, Safety, and Health Properties (Oral) -Springs Salon A/B

2:00 PM-3:00 PM

Environmental Stress Physiology (STRS) Working Group Business Meeting -Desert Salon 11
Teaching Methods (TCHG) Working Group Business Meeting -Springs Salon C

2:15 PM-3:45 PM

Vegetable Crops Management (Oral) -Desert Salon 4-6

2:15 PM-4:00 PM

Human Issues in Horticulture (Oral) -Desert Salon 13-14
Pomology (Oral) -Desert Salon 9-10

2:45 PM-3:45 PM

Propagation (Oral) -Springs Salon D/E

2:45 PM-4:30 PM

Plant Nutrient and Horticultural Waste Management (Oral) -Desert Salon 1-2

Friday, July 26, 2013

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8:00 AM-5:00 PM

NE-1036 Technical Committee Meeting -Griffin

Saturday, July 27, 2013

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8:00 AM-12:00 PM

NE-1036 Technical Committee Meeting - Day 2 -