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2017 ASHS Annual Conference

Ficus: An Introduction to Its Natural History, Propagation, Selection, and Landscape Management

Objective(s):
The workshop objectives are to introduce the audience to the remarkable world of ornamental landscape species of the large and diverse genus Ficus, including its unusual natural history, propagation, selection of appropriate species, and landscape management.
Ficus, one of the largest and most diverse genera of woody plants, comprises about 750 species of mostly trees but also some shrubs and vines. In subtropical and tropical areas and indoors everywhere, species of Ficus are much used and highly valued as landscape subjects, typically as trees for shade, park, homes, and streets but also as shrubs for groundcovers, borders, hedges, and topiary, and vines for covering walls, barriers, and other structures. The vast diversity in habit, from vines to trees, and environmental adaptation, from deserts to rain forests, means that there is a species of Ficus for nearly every landscape situation. Many people who study, grow, and/or maintain species of Ficus in landscape settings are probably not too familiar with their natural history (especially its unusual pollination biology) and would likely benefit from timely, applied information about propagation, selection, and landscape management (especially new, emerging pests and diseases).
Tuesday, September 19, 2017: 12:45 PM
King's 1 (Hilton Waikoloa Village)
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1:30 PM
Acanthococcus lagerstroemia, an Emerging Potential Threat to Ficus carica
Mengmeng Gu, Texas A&M AgriLife Reseach & Extension; Haijie Dou, Texas A&M University; Erfan Vafaie, Texas A&M AgriLife Research & Extension; Michael Merchant, Texas A&M AgriLife Research & Extension; Zinan Wang, Louisiana State University; Yan Chen, Louisiana State University Agriculture Center & Research Station; James A Robbins, University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension
1:45 PM
Management of Gall Wasps and Lobate Lac Scale on Ficus
Zhiqiang Cheng, University of Hawaii; Bishnu Bhandari, University of Hawaii; Matthew Kellar, University of Hawaii
2:00 PM
Ficus Branch Dieback
A. James Downer, University of California Cooperative Extension
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