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Tropical Horticultural Crops (Oral)

Thursday, August 6, 2015: 8:00 AM
Maurepas (Sheraton Hotel New Orleans)
Moderator:
8:00 AM
Pitahaya or Dragon Fruit: A New Crop with a Future for Southern California Small-scale Farmers
Ramiro Lobo, UC Cooperative Extension; Jose Fernandez de Soto, Academic Coordinator, UC Hansen Agricultural Research & Extension Center; Jose L Aguiar, University of California Davis; Gary Tanizaki, Staff Research Associate, University of California Cooperative Extension
8:15 AM
Assessment of Phenological and Morphological Characteristics of Banana (Musa sp.) to Determine Potential for Fruit Production in Coastal Alabama
Edgar L. Vinson III, Auburn University; Elina D. Coneva, Auburn University; Joseph M. Kemble, Auburn University; Floyd M. Woods, Auburn University; Esendugue G. Fonsah, University of Georgia, Tifton Campus; Penelope Perkins-Veazie, North Carolina State University; Jeff L. Sibley, Auburn University
8:30 AM
Potential Ethnic Vegetable Crops for Production in the Southeastern United States
Rao S Mentreddy, Alabama A&M University; Lavanya Abburi, Graduate Student, Alabama A&M UNiversity; Robert Spencer, Alabama Cooperative Extension System; Julio Correa, Alabama A&M University; Radhika Kakani, Indigo Market LLC; Eddie Wheeler, County Extension Coordinator, Alabama Cooperative Extension System
9:00 AM
Tropical Cover Crop Mulch Systems for Low-external-input Reduced-tillage Vegetable Production
Stuart Weiss, Assistant Professor of Agronomy, Agricultural Experiment Station, University of the Virgin Islands, University of the Virgin Islands; Danielle Dion Treadwell, University of Florida; K. Paul Beamer, University of the Virgin Islands; Rhuanito S. Ferrarezi, University of the Virgin Islands
9:15 AM
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