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ASHS 2015 Annual Conference

Tropical Horticultural Crops (Oral)

Thursday, August 6, 2015: 8:00 AM
Maurepas (Sheraton Hotel New Orleans)
Moderator:
Edgar L. Vinson III
8:00 AM
Pitahaya or Dragon Fruit: A New Crop with a Future for Southern California Small-scale Farmers
Ramiro Lobo, Farm Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension; Jose Fernandez de Soto, Academic Coordinator, UC Cooperative Extension; Jose L. Aguiar, Farm Advisor, University of California Davis; Gary Tanizaki, Staff Research Associate, UC 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
Audio File Recorded Presentation
8:30 AM
Potential Ethnic Vegetable Crops for Production in the Southeastern United States
Rao S. Mentreddy, Professor, 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
Audio File Recorded Presentation
8:45 AM
Sunn Hemp (Crotalaria juncea L.) Intercrop and Mulch Reduces Wind Stress and Increases Growth and Development of Papaya (Carica papaya L.)
Christopher Vincent, University of Florida; Bruce Schaffer, University of Florida; Diane Rowland, University of Florida
Audio File Recorded Presentation
9:00 AM
Tropical Cover Crop Mulch Systems for Low-external-input Reduced-tillage Vegetable Production
Stuart Weiss, Agronomy Program Leader, Agriculture Experiment Station, University of the Virgin Islands, University of the Virgin Islands; Danielle Dion Treadwell, Assoc. Prof. and State Extension Specialist, Horticultural Sciences, UF, University of Florida; K. Paul Beamer, University of the Virgin Islands; Rhuanito S. Ferrarezi, University of the Virgin Islands
Audio File Recorded Presentation
9:15 AM
Effect of Manuring with Commercial Products and with Local Resources on the Output of Organic Dragonfruit (Hylocereus undatus)
Roberta Martínez-Castillo, Universidad de Quintana Roo; Roland Ebel, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México
Audio File Recorded Presentation
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