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Meeting
Participants...................................................................................................................... ix
Steering Committee..................................................................................................................... xvii
Sustaining Members.................................................................................................................... xix
Honorary Lifetime Members....................................................................................................... xxi
Symposia I: Advances in Fundamental and Commercial ABA Research
BIOSYNTHESIS AND CATABOLISM OF ABSCISIC ACID.................................................. 1
J.A.D. Zeevaart*
ABSCISIC ACID ANALOGS – TOWARD DEVELOPMENT OF ABA-BASED PLANT GROWTH REGULATION............................................................................................................................... 6
S. Abrams*, K. Nelson, Y. Gai, I. Zaharia, P. Galka and
CHALLENGES FOR THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
OF S‑ABSCISIC ACID (ABA)...................................................................................................... 7
P. D. Petracek*, D. Woolard, R. Menendez, and P. Warrior
ABSCISIC ACID SIGNALING NETWORKS IN ARABIDOPSIS......................................... 10
R. Finkelstein*, T. Lynch, I. Brocard-Gifford, M.E. Garcia, T.L. Thomas
Session I: Biotic and Abiotic Stress
SUGAR MOVER ENHANCES CROP PERFORMANCE, AND BIOTIC/ABIOTIC TOLERANCE OF PLANTS........................................................................................................................................ 19
J.H. Stoller, R. Salzman and A. Liptay*
THE ROLE OF ROOT TO SHOOT SIGNALING IN COORDINATING RESPONSES TO SOIL COMPACTION............................................................................................................................ 20
S.L. Aphale*, T.S. Stokes, C.R. Black, I.B. Taylor and J.A.
Roberts
ROOT FEED TM FOR ENHANCED CROP PERFORMANCE AND BIOTIC/ABIOTIC CROP PLANT TOLERANCE............................................................................................................................... 24
J.H. Stoller, R. Salzman* and A. Liptay
Session II: PGRS in Turfgrass and Vegetable Production
ANNUAL BLUEGRASS SEEDHEAD CONTROL IN OVERSEEDED PERENNIAL RYEGRASS WITH TURF GROWTH REGULATORS............................................................................................. 27
A. G. Estes* and L. B. McCarty
†‘TIFEAGLE’ BERMUDAGRASS RESPONSE TO THREE PLANT
GROWTH REGULATORS......................................................................................................... 28
T.G. Willis*, H. Liu, T. Whitwell, J.E. Toler, L.B. McCarty
MICROBIAL QUALITY AND SHELF LIFE OF HARPIN TREATED
HEAD LETTUCE......................................................................................................................... 29
J. Fonseca*, W. Kline, C. Wyenandt, M. Hoque, H. Ajwa and N.
French
†‘TIFWAY’ BERMUDAGRASS RESPONSE TO PRIMO AND CUTLESS......................... 30
F.W. Totten*, J.E. Toler, and L.B. McCarty
Symposium II : PGRS in Tree and Vine Crops
USES OF PGRS IN CITRICULTURE....................................................................................... 33
J. Burns*
DO HORMONES PLAY A ROLE IN ALTERNATE BEARING IN CITRUS?.................... 34
S. Verreynne
and C. Lovatt*
BENEFITS OF PRESTIGE (CPPU, Forchlorfenuron) USE IN CALIFORNIA
TABLE GRAPES ........................................................................................................................ 35
R. Hopkins*, R. Beach, and R. Menendez
USES OF PGRS IN TREE NUT CROPS................................................................................... 36
B. Beede*
Symposium III : Molecular and Morphological Aspects of Plant Hormones and Reproductive Development
MORPHOLOGY AND REGULATION OF FLOWERING IN APPLE.................................. 41
S. McArtney* and
GENETIC DISSECTION OF AUXIN BIOSYNTHESIS IN ARABIDOPSIS......................... 42
Y. Zhao*
HORmonal Regulation of Fruit Development................................................. 43
D. Reinecke, J. Ozga*
GENES CONTROLLING FRUIT DEVELOPMENT IN ARABIDOPSIS............................. 44
J. Dinneny, C. Ferrándiz, K. Gremski,
Symposium IV: Ornamental Plant Growth Regulation
CHEMICAL
REGULATION OF SENESCENCE IN ORNAMENTALS............................... 47
M. Reid*
ORNAMENTAL GROWTH RESPONSES FROM PROHEXADIONE-CA
APPLICATIONS.......................................................................................................................... 48
D. Barcel*
EFFICACY AND PHYTOTOXICITY OF FASCINATION (6-BENZYLADENINE AND GA4+GA7) ON A VARIETY OF ORNAMENTAL PLANTS................................................................................. 52
H. Lieth*
GROWTH REGULATION OF ORNAMENTALS IN EUROPE-FOCUS ON
ALTERNATIVE METHODS...................................................................................................... 53
C. Wang Hansen*
Session III: Regulation of Growth and Development/Analytical Methods
COMPARISON OF COTTON VARIETAL RESPONSES TO APPLICATION OF
AUXI-GRO® WP PLUS CAL-MAX............................................................................................ 57
M. D. Rethwisch*, M. Reay, J. Grudovich, J. Wellman and D. M Ramos
SALICYLATE ACTIVITY. 4 ROLE OF ETHYLENE IN PARAQUAT DAMAGE............... 58
F. P. Silverman, P. D. Petracek*, Z. Ju, D.F. Heiman, and P. Warrior
ETHEPHON DEFOLIATION OF PLUMERIA Plumeria rubra for
WINTER FLOWERING............................................................................................................. 65
R. Criley*
GIBBERELLIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR AFFECTS ANNUAL XYLEM PRODUCTION AND VESSEL ELEMENT ANATOMY IN SOME TREES.............................................................................. 69
W.R. Chaney*, D.M. Mickey, H.A. Holt
IMMUNOSENSOR ASSAY: A NOVEL METHOD TO ANALYZE
PHYTOHORMONES.................................................................................................................. 74
L. Xiao*,
R. Wang, J. Li , G. Sheng
Session IV: Flowering/Seed and Fruit Development
POST ANTHESIS PGR APPLICATION AND FIRST AND SECOND CROP PRODUCTION IN DRILL-SEEDED RICE............................................................................................................................. 79
R. Dunand*
REGISTRATION OF 2,4-D FOR INCREASING FRUIT SIZE OF MANDARINS AND
MANDARIN HYBRIDS IN CALIFORNIA...................................................................................................... 80
C. Thomas Chao*, L. Ferguson, and C.J. Lovatt
PEACH FLOWER BUD THINNING BY DORMANT SEASON APPLICATIONS OF VEGETOILTM 81
G. L. Reighard*, D. R. Ouellette, and K. H. Brock
FLORIGENIC PROMOTER OF LYCHEE (Litchi
chinensis, Sonn) SYNTHESIZED
IN LEAVES.................................................................................................................................. 87
T.L. Davenport* and Z. Ying
Contributed Papers
EFFECTS OF LIQUID FERTILIZER CONTAINING
5-AMINOLEVULINIC ACID ON THICKENING GROWTH IN TULIP BULBS................ 91
R.Yoshida*, E.Ohta, K.Iwai, T.Tanaka and H.Okada
†DEVELOPING IMPROVED NURSERY CULTURE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ROOTED CUTTINGS OF CANADA YEW (Taxus canadensis)..................................................................................... 95
L. Webster*, R.F. Smith, S.I. Cameron and M. Krasowski
NEW INNOVATIONS WITH FLURPRIMIDOL USE ON TURFGRASS,
CONTAINERIZED ORNAMENTALS, AND LANDSCAPE ORNAMENTALS................ 101
B.T. Bunnell* and S.D. Cockreham
STUDIES ON PLANT-ASSOCIATED ACTINOMYCETES AND THEIR
SECONDARY METABOLITES............................................................................................... 102
Y. Igarashi*, S. Miura, M. Azumi, T. Furumai and R. Yoshida
DEVELOPMENTAL REGULATION OF THE GA BIOSYNTHESIS GENES, GA20ox,
GA3ox, AND GA2ox DURING GERMINATION AND YOUNG
SEEDLING GROWTH OF PEA (Pisum sativum L.).............................................................. 106
B. Ayele, J. Ozga*, and D. Reinecke
GIBBERELLIN AND AUXIN LEVELS IN MATURE EMBRYOS AND YOUNG SEEDLINGS OF Pisum sativum L..................................................................................................................................... 107
B. Ayele, J. Ozga*, and D. Reinecke
IMPROVEMENT OF YIELD IN GREENHOUSE GROWN DETERMINATE MULTIFLOWERED PEAS WITH GIBBERELLIN TREATMENTS................................................................................. 108
Sonja L. Maki*, H. Mullen, R. Pharis and S. Singer
ETHYLENE SENSITIVITY OF CUT RACEMES OF ADVANCED BREEDING
LINES OF PINK FLOWERED BLUEBONNET..................................................................... 121
W.A. Mackay*, N. Sankhla and T.D. Davis
EFFECT OF NITRIC OXIDE GENERATING COMPOUNDS ON FLOWER SENESCENCE IN CUT
RACEMES OF PINK FLOWERED LUPINUS
HAVARDII WATS..................................................................................................................... 126
N. Sankhla, W.A. Mackay* and T.D. Davis
COMPATIBILITY OF SALAD CROPS GROWN IN MIXED CROP
\HYDROPONIC SYSTEMS...................................................................................................... 133
S.L. Edney, J. T. Richards, M. D. Sisko, N.C. Yorio, G. W.
Stutte*, and R. M. Wheeler
SENSITIVITY SCREENING OF RADISH SEEDLINGS TO SPACECRAFT VOCs......... 141
I. Eraso*, G.W. Stutte, O. Monje,
ROOTSTOCK EFFECTS ON GROWTH OF APPLE SCION WITH DIFFERENT
GROWTH HABITS................................................................................................................... 142
T. Tworkoski* and S. Miller
†Embryogenesis induction with IAA and IAA Conjugates in Carrots 143
K. Tworkoski*, A. Newton, and E. Shea
Author Index............................................................................................................................... 151