2014 ASHS Annual Conference

2014 ASHS Annual Conference

Sunday, July 27, 2014

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8:00 AM-2:00 PM

General Contractor Set Up - Sunday

8:00 AM-4:15 PM

Organic and Urban Farm Tour in Central Florida

2:00 PM-5:00 PM

Exhibitor Set-Up - Sunday

Poster Set Up

3:00 PM-6:00 PM

Registration Open - Sunday

3:00 PM-7:00 PM

Speaker Ready Room - Sunday

4:00 PM-5:00 PM

Moderator Training Session - Sunday

Monday, July 28, 2014

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6:30 AM-9:30 AM

Service Project - Student Activity

7:00 AM-5:15 PM

Florida Citrus Production Practices: New Possibilities

7:00 AM-6:00 PM

Speaker Ready Room - Monday

7:30 AM-6:00 PM

Registration Open - Monday

8:00 AM-8:30 AM

Graduate and UnderGraduate Student Morning Gathering - Monday

8:00 AM-9:00 AM

Moderators Training Session - Monday

Working Group Chairs and Chairs-Elect Business Meeting

8:00 AM-10:00 AM

Leafy Vegetable Crop Germplasm Committee Meeting

8:15 AM-10:00 AM

Fruit Breeding 1 (Oral Session)

Vegetable Crops Management 1 (Oral Session)

8:30 AM-9:30 AM

Water Utilization and Management 1 (Oral Session)

8:45 AM-9:45 AM

Propagation (Oral Session)

9:00 AM-10:00 AM

National Horticulture Initiative Focus Group - Graduate Student

Research Division Advisory Council Meeting

Workshop: Peer Review of Non-journal Article Teaching or Extension Tools: Should We, Shouldn't We, Could We? *CEU Approved
ASHS Board of Directors

9:00 AM-4:00 PM

Exhibits Open - Monday

Poster Hall Open - Monday

9:30 AM-10:00 AM

Break - Monday

10:00 AM-12:00 PM

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

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Awards Recipient Reception (By Invitation)

Computer Applications in Horticulture (COMP) Working Group Business Meeting

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

Propagation (PROP) Working Group Business Meeting

12:00 PM-2:00 PM

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

12:15 PM-1:00 PM

Citrus Crops (Poster)

Genetics and Germplasm 1 (Poster)

Graduate Student Poster Competition - Session 1

Nursery Crops (Poster)

Plant Nutrient Management 1 Poster)

Postharvest 1 (Poster)

Water Utilization and Management (Poster)

12:15 PM-1:45 PM

Undergraduate Student Oral Competition

1:00 PM-1:45 PM

Fruit Breeding (Poster)

Graduate Student Poster Competition - Session 2

Growth Chambers and Controlled Environments 1 (Poster)

Marketing and Economics (Poster)

Organic Horticulture 1 (Poster)

Propagation 1 (Poster)

Teaching Methods 1 (Poster)

Vegetable Crops Management 1 (Poster)

1:00 PM-2:00 PM

Environmental Stress Physiology (STRS) Working Group Business Meeting

History of Horticultural Science (HIST) Working Group Business Meeting

1:00 PM-3:00 PM

Open Meeting of U.S. Rosaceae Genomics, Genetics and Breeding Executive Committee

1:30 PM-2:30 PM

National Horticulture Initiative Focus Group - Undergraduate Student

1:45 PM-3:30 PM

Vegetable Crops Management 2 (Oral Session)

1:45 PM-3:45 PM

Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants Silent Auction

Roundtable Discussion on the Standardization of LED Lighting for Horticultural Applications

Workshop: Indigenous Herbal Medicine of Florida and Recent Developments in Cannabis Regulation and Cultivation *CEU Approved
Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants Working Group

Workshop: Technological Innovations in Smart Device and Computer Usage for Extension and Teaching *CEU Approved
Computer Applications in Horticulture Working Group

Workshop: USDA-ARS: Highlights on Citrus Research in Florida *CEU Approved
Federal Partners Working Group

2:00 PM-3:00 PM

Genetics and Germplasm (GG) Working Group Business Meeting

Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Working Group Business Meeting

2:00 PM-3:45 PM

Produce Quality, Safety, and Health Properties (Oral Session)

2:00 PM-6:00 PM

Colloquium: Recent Advances in Perennial Berry Crop Nutrition and Directions for Future Research *CEU Approved

2:30 PM-4:00 PM

Undergraduate Student Poster Competition (Session 1)

3:00 PM-4:00 PM

Graduate Student (GRAD) Working Group Business Meeting

Horticultural Landmarks Selection Committee Meeting

Industry Division Advisory Council Meeting

International Horticulture and Issues (IHI) Working Group Business Meeting

4:00 PM-5:00 PM

Federal Partners (FP) Working Group Business Meeting

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

4:00 PM-5:15 PM

Temperate Tree Nut Crops and Tropical Horticultural Crops (Oral Session)

4:00 PM-5:30 PM

Water Utilization and Management 2 (Oral Session)

4:00 PM-6:00 PM

Certified Horticulturist (CH) Board Meeting

Crucifer Crop Germplasm Committee

Workshop: Gateways to International Horticulture--Potentials and Challenges
Working Group of Asian Horticulture

Workshop: Graduate Student Tool Kit
Graduate Student Working Group

Workshop: Nickolai Ivanovich Vavilov: Plant Genetic Resources Pioneer and Hero *CEU Approved
History of Horticultural Science Working Group

Workshop: Promoting Horticulture: A New National Initiative to Recruit the Next Generation of Horticulture Professionals
ASHS Board of Directors

6:00 PM-7:00 PM

Exhibits Open - Monday During Welcome Reception

Welcome Reception

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

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7:00 AM-6:00 PM

Speaker Ready Room - Tuesday

7:30 AM-5:00 PM

Registration Open - Tuesday

8:00 AM-8:30 AM

Graduate and Undergraduate Student Morning Gathering - Tuesday

8:00 AM-9:00 AM

Awards Committee Meeting

8:00 AM-9:15 AM

Plant Biotechnology 1 (Oral Session)

8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Pomology 1 (Oral Session)

8:00 AM-9:45 AM

Consumer Horticulture and Master Gardeners (Oral Session)

Ornamental Plant Breeding (Oral Session)

8:00 AM-10:00 AM

Administrators Working Group Breakfast

Horticultural Commodity Judging Contest and Plant Identification Contest Set-up

Workshop: Climate Change and the Role of Plasticulture to Help Mitigate the Impact on the Production of Vegetables and Berries *CEU Approved
Plasticulture Working Group

Workshop: Two-minute Teaching Tips
Teaching Methods Working Group

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Colloquium: The Importance of Light Quality for High Value Plant Products *CEU Approved

8:00 AM-5:00 PM

Three Facets of Public Horticulture

9:00 AM-10:00 AM

Graduate Student Activities Committee Meeting

International Division Advisory Council Meeting

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

Vegetable Breeding (VGBR) Working Group Business Meeting

9:00 AM-5:00 PM

Exhibits Open - Tuesday

Poster Hall Open - Tuesday

9:45 AM-10:15 AM

Break - Tuesday

9:45 AM-11:45 AM

Fruit Breeding 2 (Oral Session)

10:00 AM-11:00 AM

Fellows Screening Committee Meeting

National Horticulture Initiative Focus Group - Administrators

Plasticulture (PLAST) Working Group Business Meeting

10:00 AM-11:45 AM

Genetics and Germplasm 1 (Oral Session)

10:00 AM-1:00 PM

The Horticultural Commodity Judging Contest and Plant Identification Contest

The Horticultural Commodity Judging Plant Identification Written Examination

10:15 AM-12:00 PM

Plant Nutrient Management 1 (Oral Session)

Pomology 2 (Oral Session)

10:15 AM-12:15 PM

Hot Topic Workshop: Advancing Worldwide Research, Education, and Outreach with Massive Open Online Courses -- How Does It Work?
ASHS Education Division

Workshop: ASHS meets SWD: A New Pest of Small and Stone Fruits *CEU Approved
Viticulture and Small Fruits Working Group

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

Endowment Fund Committee Meeting

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

International Horticultural Consultants (ICON) Working Group Business Meeting

Teaching Methods (TCHG) Working Group Business Meeting

12:00 PM-2:00 PM

Membership Committee Meeting

Pi Alpha Xi Luncheon - Annual Meeting

12:15 PM-1:00 PM

Environmental Stress Physiology (Poster)

Genetics and Germplasm 2 (Poster)

Graduate Student Poster Competition - Session 3

Ornamentals/Landscape and Turf 1 (Poster)

Plant Nutrient Management 2 (Poster)

Postharvest 2 (Poster)

Viticulture and Small Fruits 1 (Poster)

1:00 PM-1:45 PM

Floriculture 1 (Poster)

Graduate Student Poster Competition - Session 4

Local Food Systems (Poster)

Propagation 2 (Poster)

Teaching Methods 2 (Poster)

Tropical Horticultural Crops (Poster)

Vegetable Crops Management 2 (Posters)

eXtension and International Horticultural Consultants (Poster)

1:00 PM-2:00 PM

Viticulture and Small Fruits (VSF) Working Group Business Meeting

1:45 PM-3:00 PM

Viticulture and Small Fruits 1 (Oral Session)

1:45 PM-3:15 PM

Local Food Systems and Human Issues in Horticulture (Oral Session)

Plant Nutrient Management 2 (Oral Session)

1:45 PM-3:45 PM

Workshop: A Research Update on the Use of Rootstocks in Fruit and Vegetable Crop Production *CEU Approved
Root Growth & Rhizosphere Dynamics Working Group

Workshop: Nuts and Bolts of Postharvest Shipping Around the World
Postharvest Working Group

Workshop: Production Water Impact on Produce Safety and Ways to Reduce Risks *CEU Approved
Produce Quality, Safety, and Health Properties Working Group

2:00 PM-3:00 PM

Horticulture Hall of Fame Selection Committee

National Horticulture Initiative Focus Group - Industry Group

Vegetable Crops Management (VCM) Working Group Business Meeting

2:00 PM-3:45 PM

Genetics and Germplasm 2 (Oral Session)

2:00 PM-4:00 PM

Undergraduate Student Poster Competition 2

3:00 PM-4:00 PM

Annual Conference Technical Program Committee Meeting

National Horticulture Initiative Focus Group - Teaching Faculty Group

Pomology (POM) Working Group Business Meeting

3:00 PM-5:00 PM

Certified Professional Horticulturist (CPH) Board Meeting

3:15 PM-4:45 PM

Plant Biotechnology 2 (Oral Session)

4:00 PM-5:00 PM

2014 B.Y. Morrison Lecture

Extension Division Advisory Council Meeting

Postharvest (PH) Working Group Business Meeting

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

4:00 PM-6:00 PM

Workshop: Advances in Commercial-ready LED Technologies for Horticulture *CEU Approved
ASHS Industry Division

Workshop: Impact of Utilizing Biodegradable Containers in Ornamental Crop Production Systems *CEU Approved
Nursery Crops Working Groups

Workshop: Invasive Plant Management and Restoration: Florida Regulations and Experiences *CEU Approved
Invasive Plants Research Working Group

Workshop: The Current Status of Precision Nutrition in Apples and Stone Fruit *CEU Approved
Pomology Working Group

Workshop: Type, Quality, and Quantity of Data Collection in Vegetable Cultivar Trials *CEU Approved
Vegetable Crops Management Working Group

5:00 PM-6:00 PM

B.Y. Morrison Reception

Undergraduate Student (UG) Working Group Business Meeting

5:00 PM-6:15 PM

Marketing and Economics 1 (Oral Session)

6:00 PM-7:00 PM

Floriculture (FLOR) Working Group Business Meeting

Invasive Plants Research (INPR) Working Group Business

Nursery Crops (NUR) Working Group Business Meeting

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

USDA�ARS All Employee Meeting

6:00 PM-9:00 PM

American Pomological Society (APS) Executive and Advisory Board Meeting

6:15 PM-9:15 PM

Scholars Ignite - Student Competition

Young or Early Career Faculty and Professional Leadership Symposium/Competition

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

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7:00 AM-6:00 PM

Speaker Ready Room - Wednesday

7:30 AM-5:00 PM

Registration Open - Wednesday

8:00 AM-9:00 AM

Crop Physiology (CRPP) Working Group Business Meeting

Education Division Advisory Council Meeting

Production and Harvest Mechanization (MECH) Working Group Business Meeting

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

8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Citrus Crops (Oral Session)

Marketing and Economics 2 (Oral Session)

Nursery Crops 1 (Oral Session)

8:00 AM-9:45 AM

Floriculture 1 (Oral Session)

8:00 AM-10:00 AM

Extension & Industry Division Breakfast

SR-ASHS Executive Committee Meeting

Workshop: Applying Sensory Aspects in Plant Breeding
Fruit Breeding and Vegetable Breeding Working Groups

Workshop: Improving Organic Vegetable Systems: Production Scale, Nutrient Management, and Integrated Approaches *CEU Approved
Organic Horticulture Working Group

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Colloquium: Toward Globalized Horticulture: Impact of Tropical Fruits and Vegetables in US Agriculture *CEU Approved

9:00 AM-10:00 AM

Collegiate Activities Committee (CAC) Meeting

Plant Nutrient Management (PNM) Working Group Business Meeting

Temperate Tree Nut Crops (NUTS) Working Group Business Meeting

9:00 AM-5:00 PM

Exhibits Open - Wednesday

Poster Hall Open - Wednesday

9:45 AM-10:15 AM

Break - Wednesday

9:45 AM-10:45 AM

International Horticulture and Issues (Oral Session)

9:45 AM-11:00 AM

Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants (Oral Session)

10:00 AM-11:00 AM

Citrus Crops (CITR) Working Group Business Meeting

HortScience Editorial Board Meeting

Organic Horticulture (ORGH) Working Group Business Meeting

Scholarship Awards Committee Meeting

10:15 AM-12:15 PM

Postharvest 1 (Oral Session)

Workshop: Advances/Challenges in Plant Biotechnology for Horticultural Crop Improvement
Plant Biotechnology Working Group

Workshop: Artificial Seed and Cryopreservation in Horticultural Crops *CEU Approved
Seed and Stand Establishment Working Group

Workshop: The Fate of Fertilizer Formulations and Fertilizer Applications for Nurseries and Landscapes Under Increasing Composition- and Use-restrictions Imposed by Governmental Agencies in Florida and Beyond: Problems, Perspectives, and Solutions *CEU Ap
Plant Nutrient Management Working Group

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

Commercial Horticulture (CHEX) Working Group Business Meeting

Emeriti (EMER) Working Group Business Meeting

Fruit Breeding (FRBR) Working Group Business Meeting

Journal of the ASHS Editorial Board Meeting

William A. ("Tex") Frazier Lecture Series Selection Committee

11:15 AM-12:15 PM

Plasticulture (Oral Session)

11:15 AM-12:30 PM

Weed Control & Pest Management (Oral Session)

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Consulting Editors Meeting

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

Tropical Horticultural Crops (TROP) Working Group Business Meeting

12:15 PM-1:00 PM

Genetics and Germplasm 3 (Poster)

Graduate Student Poster Competition - Session 5

Ornamentals/Landscape and Turf 2 (Poster)

Produce Quality, Safety, and Health Properties (Poster)

Vegetable Breeding (Poster)

Viticulture and Small Fruits 2 (Poster)

12:15 PM-1:15 PM

Seed and Stand Establishment (SSEST) Working Group Business Meeting

12:15 PM-1:45 PM

Association of Collegiate Branches (ACB) Annual Business Meeting

1:00 PM-1:45 PM

Consumer Horticulture, Master Gardeners and Public Horticulture (Poster)

Floriculture 2 (Poster)

Graduate Student Poster Competition - Session 6

Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants (Poster)

Plant Biotechnology (Poster)

Temperate Tree Nut Crops (Poster)

Vegetable Crops Management 3 (Poster)

Weed Control & Pest Management (Poster)

1:00 PM-2:00 PM

Nominations and Elections Committee Meeting

Waste Utilization in Horticulture (WUH) Working Group Business Meeting

eXtension (EEXT) Working Group Business Meeting

1:00 PM-5:00 PM

Certified Horticulturist Examination

1:45 PM-3:15 PM

Workshop: Presentations on Use of Mutation Breeding in Cultivar Development
Ornamental Plant Breeding Working Group

1:45 PM-3:30 PM

Floriculture 2 (Oral Session)

1:45 PM-3:45 PM

Workshop: Extension Outreach for Irrigation Management of Horticultural Crops *CEU Approved
Commercial Horticulture Working Group

Workshop: New Innovations in Commercial Horticultural Applications
Industry Division

2:00 PM-3:00 PM

BioEnergy (BioE) Working Group Business Meeting

Public Horticulture (PUBHORT) Working Group Business Meeting

Working Group of Asian Horticulture (WGAH) Business Meeting

2:00 PM-4:00 PM

Student Career Workshop: Speed-dating on Career Options: 2nd Edition
ASHS Industry Division

Workshop: Cultivating Horticulture as a National Priority
National Issues Committee

Workshop: Unique Blueberry Production Practices for Subtropical and Tropical Climates *CEU Approved
American Pomological Society

2:00 PM-6:00 PM

Precision Breeding of Muscadine Grapes for Disease Resistance and Seedlessness

3:00 PM-4:00 PM

Association of Horticulturists of Indian Origin (AHIO) Business Meeting

Local Food Systems (LOCSY) Working Group Business Meeting

3:15 PM-4:00 PM

Ornamental Plant Breeding (OPB) Working Group Business Meeting

4:00 PM-5:00 PM

APS Tropical Fruit Tasting

4:00 PM-5:30 PM

Presidential Address and ASHS Annual Business Meeting

5:00 PM-6:30 PM

American Pomological Society (APS) Annual Business Meeting

5:30 PM-6:30 PM

Student Reception

6:30 PM-9:45 PM

Controlled Environments Student Competition

Thursday, July 31, 2014

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7:00 AM-2:00 PM

Speaker Ready Room - Thursday

7:00 AM-2:30 PM

The Mosaic Company Phosphate Mine Tour

7:30 AM-3:00 PM

Registration Open - Thursday

8:00 AM-9:45 AM

Growth Chambers and Controlled Environments 1 (Oral Session)

8:00 AM-10:00 AM

International Division Breakfast

Postharvest 2 (Oral Session)

Project Leaders � National Strawberry Sustainability Initiative Program

Teaching Methods (Oral Session)

Vegetable Crops Management 3 (Oral Session)

Workshop: Spotlight on Centers for Innovation in Research and Development
ASHS Industry Division

Workshop: The Role of Qualitative Research to Further the Understanding of the Horticultural Lived Experience
Human Issues in Horticulture Working Group

Workshop: The Science of Consumer Horticulture
Consumer Horticulture and Master Gardeners Working Group

9:00 AM-1:45 PM

Poster Hall Open - Thursday

9:00 AM-2:00 PM

Exhibits Open - Thursday

9:45 AM-10:15 AM

Break - Thursday

10:00 AM-11:00 AM

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

Human Issues in Horticulture (HIH) Working Group Business Meeting

10:00 AM-11:15 AM

Crop Physiology (Oral Session)

10:00 AM-12:00 PM

USDA SCRI Eastern Broccoli Project Working Group Meeting

10:15 AM-11:30 AM

Organic Horticulture (Oral Session)

10:15 AM-11:45 AM

Public Horticulture (Oral Session)

10:15 AM-12:15 PM

Genetics and Germplasm 3 (Oral Session)

Ornamentals/Landscape and Turf (Oral Session)

Workshop: Eye Tracking Technology Revolutionizes Horticultural Consumer Research
Marketing and Economics Working Group

Workshop: Irrigation Systems and Current Technologies Available for Use in Vegetable Crop Production *CEU Approved
Water Utilization and Management Working Group

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

Plant Biotechnology (BTCH) Working Group Business Meeting

11:30 AM-12:45 PM

Viticulture and Small Fruits 2 (Oral Session)

12:00 PM-5:00 PM

ASHS Board of Directors Meeting

12:15 PM-1:00 PM

Crop Physiology (Poster)

Genetics and Germplasm 4 (Poster)

Growth Chambers and Controlled Environments 2 (Poster)

Ornamental Plant Breeding (Poster)

Vegetable Crops Management 4 (Poster)

12:15 PM-1:15 PM

Marketing and Economics (MKEC) Working Group Business Meeting

Water Utilization and Management (WUM) Working Group Business Meeting

1:00 PM-1:45 PM

BioEnergy (Poster)

Floriculture 3 (Poster)

Organic Horticulture 2 (Poster)

Plasticulture (Poster)

Pomology (Poster)

Viticulture and Small Fruits 3 (Poster)

1:45 PM-2:30 PM

Poster - Removal

1:45 PM-3:00 PM

Nursery Crops 2 (Oral Session)

Viticulture and Small Fruits 2 (Oral Session)

1:45 PM-3:15 PM

Floriculture 3 (Oral Session)

Plant Biotechnology 3 (Oral Session)

1:45 PM-3:30 PM

Environmental Stress Physiology (Oral Session)

1:45 PM-3:45 PM

Growth Chambers and Controlled Environments 2 (Oral Session)

Vegetable Breeding (Oral Session)

2:00 PM-5:00 PM

Exhibits Move Out - Thursday

Friday, August 1, 2014

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8:00 AM-5:45 PM

Fruit Processing, Marketing and Challenges in the Sunshine State