2013 ASHS Annual Conference

2013 ASHS Annual Conference

Sunday, July 21, 2013

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7:00 AM-6:30 PM

Nursery and Botanical Garden Tour

7:30 AM-5:00 PM

University Garden Tour

8:00 AM-5:00 PM

Citrus and Tropical Fruits Tour

8:00 AM-6:00 PM

General Contractor Set Up - Sunday

1:00 PM-5:00 PM

Registration Open - Sunday

2:00 PM-5:00 PM

Exhibitor Set-Up - Sunday

Poster Set Up

Monday, July 22, 2013

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7:00 AM-5:00 PM

Huntington Gardens

7:30 AM-6:00 PM

Registration Open - Monday

8:00 AM-9:00 AM

Undergraduate Student (UG) Working Group Business Meeting

Working Group Chairs and Chairs-Elect Business Meeting

8:00 AM-10:00 AM

Leafy Vegetable Crop Germplasm Committee Meeting

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

NC1186: Water Management and Quality for Ornamental Crop Production and Health

8:15 AM-8:45 AM

Graduate Student Working Group Morning Gathering - Monday

8:30 AM-9:30 AM

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

8:30 AM-2:30 PM

Exhibits Open - Monday

8:30 AM-5:00 PM

Poster Hall Open - Monday

9:00 AM-10:00 AM

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

Human Issues in Horticulture (HIH) Working Group Business Meeting

Marketing and Economics (MKEC) Working Group Business Meeting

Moderators Training Session

9:30 AM-10:00 AM

Break - Monday

10:00 AM-12:00 PM

ASHS Opening Plenary Session and William A. (Tex) Frazier Lecture

10:00 AM-5:00 PM

Service Project - Undergraduate Student Activity

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Awards Recipient Reception (By Invitation)

Emeriti (EMER) Working Group Business Meeting

Organic Horticulture (ORGH) Working Group Business Meeting

12:00 PM-1:30 PM

Undergraduate Student Oral Competition

12:15 PM-1:00 PM

Bioenergy (Poster)

Floriculture (Poster)

Genetics and Germplasm (Poster)

Graduate Student Poster Competition - Session 1

Human Issues in Horticulture (Poster)

Plant Biotechnology (Poster)

Postharvest (Poster)

Propagation (Poster)

Vegetable Crops Management (Poster)

Viticulture and Small Fruits (Poster)

Waste Utilization in Horticulture (Poster)

1:00 PM-1:45 PM

Computer Applications in Horticulture (Poster)

Environmental Stress Physiology (Poster)

Floriculture (Poster)

Graduate Student Poster Competition - Session 2

Growth Chambers and Controlled Environments (Poster)

Local Food Systems (Poster)

Nursery Crops (Poster)

Ornamentals/Landscape and Turf (Poster)

Produce Quality, Safety, and Health Properties (Poster)

Public Horticulture (Poster)

Small Fruit Breeding (Poster)

Vegetable Crops Management (Poster)

eXtension (EEXT) Working Group Business Meeting

1:00 PM-2:00 PM

Propagation (PROP) Working Group Business Meeting

1:00 PM-2:45 PM

Genetics and Germplasm (Oral)

1:00 PM-4:00 PM

Workshop: SCRI Project Directors
USDA NIFA

1:45 PM-3:30 PM

Viticulture and Small Fruits (Oral)

1:45 PM-3:45 PM

Ten Great Ideas for Your Master Gardener/Consumer Horticulture Program
Consumer Horticulture/Master Gardener Working Group

Workshop: Contributions of Luther Burbank: Plant Breeding Artist and Legend
Working Group. History of Horticultural Science (HIST)

Workshop: How to Get in (and Succeed in) Graduate School
Undergraduate and Graduate Student Sponsored Activity

2:00 PM-3:00 PM

Floriculture (FLOR) Working Group Business Meeting

Journal of the ASHS Editorial Board Meeting

Public Horticulture (PUBHORT) Working Group Business Meeting

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

Palm Spring Aerial Tram

3:00 PM-4:00 PM

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

HortTechnology Editorial Board Meeting

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

3:00 PM-4:45 PM

Postharvest (Oral)

4:00 PM-5:00 PM

Fellows Screening Committee Meeting

Fruit Breeding (FRBR) Working Group Business Meeting

Plant Biotechnology (BTCH) Working Group Business Meeting

4:00 PM-6:00 PM

SRASHS Executive Committee Meeting

Undergraduate Poster Competition

Workshop: How Public Policy Engagement Helps Horticultural Scientists
National Issues Task Force

Workshop: Sustainable Production of Essential Oils
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
Growth Chambers and Controlled Environments Working Group.

Workshop: eXtension/Ecampus/On Campus: Synergies in Curriculum Development
eXtension working group

4:15 PM-6:00 PM

Organic Horticulture (Oral)

5:00 PM-5:30 PM

History of Horticultural Science (HIST) Working Group Business Meeting

5:00 PM-6:00 PM

Education Division Advisory Council Meeting

Scholarship Awards Committee Meeting

Viticulture and Small Fruits (VSF) Working Group Business Meeting

5:00 PM-6:30 PM

Vegetable Breeding (Oral)

5:30 PM-7:30 PM

SoCal Advisors and Specialists

6:00 PM-6:30 PM

Research Division Advisory Council Meeting

6:30 PM-7:30 PM

Welcome Reception

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

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7:00 AM-8:00 AM

Golf Course and Irrigation Tour

7:00 AM-9:00 AM

Horticultural Commodity Judging Contest and Plant Identification Contest Set-up

7:30 AM-5:00 PM

Registration Open - Tuesday

8:00 AM-9:00 AM

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

Seed and Stand Establishment (SSEST) Working Group Business Meeting

8:00 AM-9:15 AM

Growth Chambers and Controlled Environments (Oral)

8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Citrus and Other Fruit and Nut Crops (Oral)

8:00 AM-9:45 AM

Ornamental Plant Breeding (Oral)

Postharvest (Oral)

SCRI-MINDS Water Utilization and Management (Oral)

8:00 AM-10:00 AM

Extension & Industry Division Breakfast

International Division Advisory Council Meeting

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Colloquium: Integrated Pest Management for Vegetable Crops in the Tropics

Whitewater Preserve & Wind Farms

8:15 AM-8:45 AM

Graduate Student Working Group Morning Gathering - Tuesday

8:30 AM-2:30 PM

Exhibits Open - Tuesday

8:30 AM-5:00 PM

Poster Hall Open - Tuesday

9:00 AM-10:00 AM

Bioenergy (BioE) Working Group Business Meeting

Nursery Crops (NUR) Working Group Business Meeting

Vegetable Breeding (VGBR) Working Group Business Meeting

9:00 AM-12:00 PM

The Horticultural Commodity Judging Contest and Plant Identification Contest

The Horticultural Commodity Judging Plant Identification Written Examination

9:45 AM-10:15 AM

Break - Tuesday

9:45 AM-11:45 AM

Floriculture (Oral)

10:00 AM-11:00 AM

Consulting Editors Meeting

Genetics and Germplasm (GG) Working Group Business Meeting

10:00 AM-11:15 AM

Bioenergy (Oral)

10:15 AM-12:00 PM

Viticulture and Small Fruits (Oral)

10:15 AM-12:15 PM

Workshop: Consumer Research on Sustainability
MKEC

Workshop: Perspectives on Building Strong University�Industry Research Relationships
Industry Division

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

HortScience Editorial Board Meeting

Plasticulture (PLAST) Working Group Business Meeting

11:30 AM-1:00 PM

Fruit Breeding (Oral)

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

2013 B.Y. Morrison Lecture

Horticultural Landmark Selection Committee Meeting

William A. (Tex) Frazier Lecture Selection Committee

12:15 PM-1:00 PM

Consumer/Commercial Horticulture and Master Gardeners (Poster)

Crop Physiology (Poster)

Genetics and Germplasm (Poster)

Graduate Student Poster Competition - Session 3

Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants (Poster)

Marketing and Economics (Poster)

Ornamentals/Landscape and Turf (Poster)

Plasticulture (Poster)

Pomology (Poster)

Postharvest (Poster)

Root Growth and Rhizosphere Dynamics (Poster)

Vegetable Crops Management (Poster)

12:30 PM-1:30 PM

Association of Collegiate Branches (ACB) Annual Business Meeting

1:00 PM-1:30 PM

B.Y. Morrison Reception

1:00 PM-1:45 PM

Citrus Crops (Poster)

Graduate Student Poster Competition - Session 4

Nursery Crops (Poster)

Organic Horticulture (Poster)

Propagation (Poster)

Seed and Stand Establishment (Poster)

Vegetable Breeding (Poster)

Viticulture and Small Fruits (Poster)

Weed Control and Pest Management (Poster)

1:00 PM-2:00 PM

Project Leaders � National Strawberry Sustainability Initiative Program

1:00 PM-3:00 PM

Endowment Fund Committee Meeting

1:30 PM-2:30 PM

USDA–ARS All Employee Meeting

1:45 PM-3:00 PM

Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants (Oral)

1:45 PM-3:30 PM

Public/Commercial Horticulture/Computer Applications in Horticulture (Oral)

1:45 PM-3:45 PM

Workshop: Plasticulture Technologies for Expanding the Season and Improving the Sustainability of Eastern U.S. Strawberry Production
Plasticulture Working Group (PLAST)

Workshop: Potential Impact of Precision Agriculture Methods on Roots and Root Function
Root Growth & Rhizosphere Dynamics

Workshop: Teaching Online�What's Working, What's Not Working
Teaching Methods Working Group

2:00 PM-3:00 PM

Awards Committee Meeting

Postharvest (PH) Working Group Business Meeting

2:00 PM-6:00 PM

Palm Springs Art Museum

3:00 PM-4:00 PM

Crop Physiology (CRPP) Working Group Business Meeting

Federal Partners (FP) Working Group Business Meeting

Graduate Student Activities Committee Meeting

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

4:00 PM-5:00 PM

Commercial Horticulture (CHEX) Working Group Business Meeting

Invasive Plants Research (INPR) Working Group Business

4:00 PM-5:30 PM

Annual Conference Technical Program Committee Meeting

Crop Physiology (Oral)

Propagation (Oral)

Vegetable Breeding (Oral)

4:00 PM-6:00 PM

Environmental Stress Physiology (Oral)

Workshop: Challenges in Seedling Production and Establishment in Organic and Sustainable Production Systems
Seed & Stand Establishment

Workshop: Create an Impact!
Vice President for Research Initiative

Workshop: The Role and Importance of Polyploidy in Ornamental Plant Breeding
Ornamental Plant Breeding (OPB) Working Group

5:00 PM-6:00 PM

Collegiate Activities Committee (CAC) Meeting

Pomology (POM) Working Group Business Meeting

6:00 PM-9:00 PM

Controlled Environments Student Competition

6:00 PM-10:00 PM

American Pomological Society (APS) Executive and Advisory Board Meeting

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

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7:00 AM-8:00 AM

Landscape and Ornamentals

7:30 AM-1:30 PM

Joshua Tree National Park

7:30 AM-5:00 PM

Registration Open - Wednesday

8:00 AM-9:00 AM

ASHS Finance Committee Meeting

Water Utilization and Management (WUM) Working Group Business Meeting

8:00 AM-9:15 AM

Plant Biotechnology (Oral)

8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Vegetable Crops Management (Oral)

8:00 AM-10:00 AM

Postharvest (Oral)

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

SCRI-MINDS Nursery Crops (Oral)

Workshop: I�ve Earned My Degree�What�s Next?
Graduate Student Working Group

Workshop: Sustainable Weed Management
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

8:15 AM-9:45 AM

Graduate Student Working Group Morning Gathering - Wednesday

8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Administrators Working Group Breakfast

8:30 AM-1:45 PM

Poster Hall Open - Wednesday

8:30 AM-2:30 PM

Exhibits Open - Wednesday

9:00 AM-10:00 AM

International Horticulture and Issues (IHI) Working Group Business Meeting

Nominations and Elections Committee Meeting

9:00 AM-11:00 AM

Extension Division Advisory Council Meeting

9:00 AM-12:00 PM

Coachella Valley Tour

9:30 AM-12:15 PM

Scholars Ignite - Student Competition

9:45 AM-10:15 AM

Break - Wednesday

10:00 AM-11:00 AM

Tropical Horticultural Crops (TROP) Working Group Business Meeting

10:00 AM-12:00 PM

Certified Professional Horticulturist (CPH) Board Meeting

Crucifer Crop Germplasm Committee

Workshop: Waste Utilization in Horticulture Walking Tour of Related Posters
Waste Utilization in Horticulture

10:15 AM-11:45 AM

Ornamentals/Landscape and Turf (Oral)

Pomology (Oral)

10:15 AM-12:15 PM

Genetics and Germplasm (Oral)

Workshop: Challenges and Opportunities of Operating a University Garden
Public Horticulture

Workshop: Organic Agriculture in Southern California—Producing Organic Products in the Low Desert
Organic Working Group

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

Industry Division Advisory Council Meeting

Working Group of Asian Horticulture (WGAH) Business Meeting

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Association of Horticulturists of Indian Origin (AHIO) Business Meeting

Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Working Group Business Meeting

Local Food Systems (Oral)

12:00 PM-1:30 PM

Pi Alpha Xi Luncheon - Annual Meeting

12:15 PM-1:00 PM

Crop Physiology (Poster)

Environmental Stress Physiology (Poster)

Floriculture (Poster)

Fruit Breeding (Poster)

Graduate Student Poster Competition - Session 5

Growth Regulators in Fruit and Nut Production (Poster)

Plant Nutrient Management (Poster)

Pomology (Poster)

Postharvest (Poster)

Viticulture and Small Fruits (Poster)

12:30 PM-1:30 PM

Workshop: International Consultation, Outreach & Capacity Building Lead
International Consultants International Horticulture and Issues Working Group of Asian Horticulture Postharvest

1:00 PM-1:45 PM

Graduate Student Poster Competition - Session 6

Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants (Poster)

Organic Horticulture (Poster)

Ornamental Plant Breeding (Poster)

Teaching Methods (Poster)

Temperate Tree Nut Crops (Poster)

Vegetable Crops Management (Poster)

Water Utilization and Management (Poster)

1:00 PM-2:00 PM

Local Food Systems (LOCSY) Working Group Business Meeting

Production and Harvest Mechanization (MECH) Working Group Business Meeting

1:00 PM-3:00 PM

Workshop: Fantastic Fruits Grown in California
American Pomological Society

1:30 PM-2:00 PM

Horticulture Hall of Fame Selection Committee

1:45 PM-3:30 PM

Poster - Removal

1:45 PM-3:45 PM

Workshop: A Speed Dating Approach to Career Options
Industry Division

Workshop: Current Techniques for Non-destructive Quality Evaluation of Postharvest Horticultural Commodities
Postharvest

Workshop: Horticultural Substrates: Current Research, Development, and Characterization for Improved Crop Production
Nursery Crops

Workshop: Intellectual Property Fundamentals and Current Issues
IPR

Workshop: The Challenges of Using Alternative and Recycled Water Sources for Horticultural Use
Water Utilization and Management

2:00 PM-3:00 PM

Membership Committee Meeting

Plant Nutrient Management (PNM) Working Group Business Meeting

Temperate Tree Nut Crops (NUTS) Working Group Business Meeting

2:00 PM-6:00 PM

Certified Horticulturist Examination

Palm Spring Air Museum

2:30 PM-5:00 PM

Exhibits Move Out - Wednesday

3:00 PM-3:30 PM

APS Tropical Fruit Tasting

3:00 PM-4:00 PM

Citrus Crops (CITR) Working Group Business Meeting

International Horticultural Consultants (ICON) Working Group Business Meeting

3:30 PM-4:30 PM

American Pomological Society (APS) Annual Business Meeting

4:00 PM-5:30 PM

Presidential Address and ASHS Annual Business Meeting

4:00 PM-7:00 PM

Graduate Student Jeep Tour

7:00 PM-8:00 PM

Student Reception

Thursday, July 25, 2013

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7:00 AM-8:00 AM

Water Features Tour

7:15 AM-7:45 AM

Graduate Student Working Group Morning Gathering - Thursday

7:30 AM-11:30 AM

The Living Desert

7:30 AM-3:00 PM

Registration Open - Thursday

8:00 AM-9:00 AM

Graduate Student (GRAD) Working Group Business Meeting

Waste Utilization in Horticulture (WUH) Working Group Business Meeting

8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Vegetable Crops Management (Oral)

Viticulture and Small Fruits (Oral)

8:00 AM-9:45 AM

Consumer Horticulture and Master Gardeners (Oral)

8:00 AM-10:00 AM

International Division Breakfast

Teaching Methods (Oral)

Workshop: Citrus Breeding
Fruit Breeding (FRBR) Working Group

Workshop: New Innovations in Commercial Horticultural Applications
Technical Program Committee

9:00 AM-10:00 AM

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

9:45 AM-10:15 AM

Break - Thursday

9:45 AM-11:00 AM

Ornamentals/Landscape and Turf (Oral)

10:00 AM-11:00 AM

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

Vegetable Crops Management (VCM) Working Group Business Meeting

10:00 AM-12:00 PM

Certified Horticulturist (CH) Board Meeting

USDA SCRI Eastern Broccoli Project Working Group Meeting

10:00 AM-4:00 PM

ASHS Board of Directors Meeting

10:15 AM-11:15 AM

Workshop: Commercial Use of PGRs to Increase Color Development of Fruit
PGR

10:15 AM-11:30 AM

Plant Biotechnology (Oral)

Weed Control and Pest Management (Oral)

10:15 AM-12:00 PM

Water Utilization and Management (Oral)

10:15 AM-12:15 PM

Workshop: Teaching with Tablets and Apps
Computer Applications in Horticulture

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

Ornamental Plant Breeding (OPB) Working Group Business Meeting

11:15 AM-12:15 PM

Nursery Crops (Oral)

11:30 AM-1:30 PM

Workshop: RosBREED Fruit Quality QTLs: From Publications to Applications
Genetics and Germplasm

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

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

12:30 PM-2:00 PM

Environmental Stress Physiology (Oral)

Organic Horticulture (Oral)

Plasticulture (Oral)

12:30 PM-2:30 PM

Floriculture (Oral)

Marketing and Economics (Oral)

1:00 PM-2:00 PM

Computer Applications in Horticulture (COMP) Working Group Business Meeting

1:00 PM-5:00 PM

Certified Horticulturist Examination Thursday

1:45 PM-4:00 PM

Produce Quality, Safety, and Health Properties (Oral)

2:00 PM-3:00 PM

Environmental Stress Physiology (STRS) Working Group Business Meeting

Teaching Methods (TCHG) Working Group Business Meeting

2:15 PM-3:45 PM

Vegetable Crops Management (Oral)

2:15 PM-4:00 PM

Human Issues in Horticulture (Oral)

Pomology (Oral)

2:45 PM-3:45 PM

Propagation (Oral)

2:45 PM-4:30 PM

Plant Nutrient and Horticultural Waste Management (Oral)

Friday, July 26, 2013

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8:00 AM-5:00 PM

NE-1036 Technical Committee Meeting

Saturday, July 27, 2013

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8:00 AM-12:00 PM

NE-1036 Technical Committee Meeting - Day 2