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31st ANNUAL MEETING
PLANT GROWTH REGULATION SOCIETY OF AMERICA |
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August 1-4, 2004
Charleston Riverview Hotel Charleston, SC |
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Saturday, July 31
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| 1400 - 1700 | Pre-Conference PGRSA Steering Committee Meeting (Little David Room #225) |
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Sunday, August 1
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| 1245 - 1730 | Optional Tour of Confederate Submarine, H.L. Hunley and Patriots
Point Bus pickup at the hotel entrance at 12:45 pm |
| 1300 - 2000 | Registration (Promenade A) |
| 1900 - 2100 | Opening Reception (Rainbow Room & Adjoining Courtyard) |
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Monday, August 2
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| 0700 - 1730 | Registration (Promenade A) |
| 0800 - 0810 | Opening Remarks (Cotillion B) Dr. Eric Curry, President PGRSA |
| 0810 - 0830 | Opening Address (Cotillion B) Dr. R. Woodson |
| 0830 - 1000 | SYMPOSIUM I: (Cotillion B) TRENDS AND USES OF PGRS IN ORNAMENTALS AND GREENHOUSES |
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Moderators
Dr. Brian Whipker and Dr. J. Raymond Kessler Jr. |
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| 0830 | TRENDS
AND USES OF PGRS ON HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS (1) Dr. Joyce Latimer |
| 0900 | THE
DEVELOPMENT OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS FOR NURSERY AND GREENHOUSE CROPS
(2) Dr. James Barrett |
| 0930 | PLANT
GROWTH REGULATORS IN FLORICULTURE (3) Dr. Brian Whipker |
| 1000 - 1030 | Break (Cotillion A) |
| 1030 - 1200 | Session I - Contributed Papers (Cotillion B) |
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Moderator
Dr. Carol Lovatt |
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| 1030 | CLONING CITRUS SINENSIS
FLORAL TIMING AND MERISTEM IDENTITY GENES TO IDENTIFY PGRS TO REGULATE FLOWERING
(4) Lynn J. Pillitteri, Linda L. Walling and Carol J. Lovatt* |
| 1045 | FLORIGENIC
PROMOTER OF LYCHEE (Litchi chinensis, Sonn) SYNTHESIZED IN LEAVES
(5) T.L. Davenport* and Z. Ying |
| 1100 | CHEMICAL
REGULATION OF TIMING AND SYNCHRONY OF BUD BREAK AND FLOWERING IN DIFFERENT
WOOD TYPES OF APPLE (6) S. McArtney*, J. Palmer, R. Diack and S. Ward |
| 1115 |
COMPARISON
OF MULTIPLE RATES OF APOGEE® AND PALISADE® FOR 'CHEYENNE' BERMUDA-GRASS
SEED PRODUCTION (7) |
| 1130 |
DEVELOPMENT
OF ALTERNATIVE METHODS FOR PLANT GROWTH REGULATION IN EUROPE (8) |
| 1145 | †EFFECTS
OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS ON THE INCIDENCE OF POWDERY MILDEW ON RUDBECKIA
AND PHLOX (9) S. Hill* and J. Latimer |
| 1200 - 1330 | Lunch (Citadel A & B) |
| 1330 - 1530 | SYMPOSIUM II: (Cotillion B) WATER RELATIONS, PGRs AND PLANT GROWTH |
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Moderator
Dr. Ed Stover |
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| 1330 | CAN
WE DELIVER ENHANCED WATER USE EFFICIENCY, SUSTAIN YIELDS AND ENHANCE YIELD
QUALITIES BY EXPLOITING ROOT-TO SHOOT SIGNALLING MECHANISMS IN CROP PLANTS?
(10) M.A.Bacon*, W.J. Davies, I.C. Dodd and D. Mingo |
| 1410 | EXPANSINS
AND THEIR ROLES IN REGULATING PLANT GROWTH (11) Y. Wu |
| 1450 | TRANSLATING
CHANGES IN WATER STATUS INTO COMMERCIAL BENEFIT: A REVIEW TO STIMULATE DISCUSSION
(12) E. W. Stover* and J.P. Syvertsen |
| 1530 - 1600 | Break (Cotillion A) |
| 1600 - 1730 | Session II - Contributed Papers (Cotillion B) |
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Moderator
Dr. Thomas Chao |
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| 1600 | MEPIQUAT
PENTABORATE FOR USE IN COTTON CULTIVATION (13) John S. Harden*, Richard R. Evans, R. Kober and W. Rademacher |
| 1615 | †THE
ROLE OF EXOGENOUSLY APPLIED JASMONIC ACID, SALICYLIC ACID AND ETHEPHON ON
PARTHENOLIDE CONTENT IN CLONED FEVERFEW (Tanacetum parthenium) PLANTS
(14) B. Ward* and A. Aguirre |
| 1630 | TRINEXAPAC-ETHYL,
PLANT POPULATION, NITROGEN FERTILITY, AND CROP PRODUCTION IN DRILL-SEEDED
RICE (15) R.T. Dunand |
| 1645 | EFFECT
OF GROWTH REGULATORS ON YIELD AND FIBER QUALITY AND QUANTITY IN FLAX (Linum
usitatissimum L.) (16) Ayala-Silva, Tomas*, D. E. Akin, Jonn Foulk and Roy B. Dodd |
| 1700 | SCREENING
OF ACC-DEAMINASE CONTAINING RHIZOBACTERIA FOR GROWTH PROMOTION IN ZEA
MAYS UNDER AXENIC CONDITIONS (17) Zahir A. Zahir*, M. Arshad and B. Shaharoona |
| 1715 | ROLE
OF ACC-DEAMINASE CONTAINING PLANT GROWTH PROMOTING RHIZOBACTERIA ON NODULATION
IN MUNG BEAN (VIGNA RADIATA) (18) B. Shaharoona, M. Arshad* and Zahir A. Zahir |
| Evening Free in Charleston (Use your CARTA pass to enjoy Old Charleston by Night) |
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Tuesday, August 3
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| 0700 - 0800 | Sustaining Members and PGRSA Steering Committee Breakfast
(Citadel A) |
| 0800 - 1730 | Registration (Promenade A) |
| 0800 - 1000 | SYMPOSIUM III: (Cotillion B) HORMONE DELIVERY SYSTEMS |
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Moderator
Dr. Sonja Maki |
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| 0800 | A
NEW GENERATION OF LIQUID CULTURE BIOREACTORS TO STUDY PGR'S DURING PLANT
ORGAN DEVELOPMENT (19) Jeffrey W. Adelberg |
| 0830 | EARLY
CONTROL OF SEEDLING GROWTH BY TREATING SEEDS WITH GROWTH REGULATORS
(20) S. Magnitskiy*, C. Pasian, M. Bennett and J. Metzger |
| 0900 | THE
EMBRYO MADS-DOMAIN PROTEIN AGL15 DIRECTLY REGULATES EXPRESSION OF A GENE
ENCODING A GIBBERELLIN 2-OXIDASE (21) H. Wang, L.V. Caruso, A.B. Downie and S.E. Perry* |
| 0930 | EFFECTS
OF A RANGE OF GIBBERELLIN STRUCTURES ON GROWTH OF PISUM SATIVUM GENOTYPES
DIFFERING IN SHOOT ARCHITECTURE (22) S. Maki*, H. Mullen, R. Pharis and S. Singer |
| 1000 - 1030 | Break (Cotillion A) |
| 1030 - 1200 | Session III - Contributed Papers (Cotillion B) |
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Moderator
Dr. Wayne MacKay |
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| 1030 | INTERACTION
OF COMPOUNDS WITH THE ETHYLENE BINDING SITE (23) Edward C. Sisler |
| 1045 | EVIDENCE
OF GROWTH STIMULATION BY LOW CONCENTRATION OF GIBBERELLIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS
(24) W.R. Chaney |
| 1100 | SENSITIVITY
OF RADISH TO VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS: TOLUENE, ETHANOL, AND ACETONE
(25) G.W. Stutte*, I. Eraso, S. Anderson and O. Van Den Ende |
| 1115 | RESPONSE
OF BLUEBERRY CULTIVARS TO THE NEW PLANT GROWTH REGULATOR, CPPU (26) M. Adair * and S. Nesmith |
| 1130 | FORTIFIED
ASCOPHYLLUM MARINE PLANT EXTRACTS IMPROVE YIELD AND QUALITY OF TOMATOS
AND PEPPERS (27) R. Garcia and J. Norrie* |
| 1145 | 5-AMINOLEVULINIC
ACID EFFECTS ON SQUASH, CUCUMBER, AND BELL PEPPER YIELD (28) J. Pablo Morales-Payan* and W. M. Stall |
| 1200 - 1330 | Hosted Lunch (Citadel A & B) |
| 1330 - 1500 | SYMPOSIUM IV: (Cotillion B) TREE ARCHITECTURE |
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Moderators
Dr. Hanne Rasmussen and Dr. Ron Smith |
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| 1330 | DISTRIBUTION
OF CYTOKININS AND AUXIN IN THE CONIFER CROWN (29) H. N. Rasmussen*, B. Veierskov, R. Nørbæk and J. Hansen-Møller |
| 1400 | A
SIMPLE MATHEMATICAL MODEL TO INVESTIGATE SHOOT:ROOT PARTITIONING IN RESPONSE
TO LIGHT AND NITROGEN (30) S. Cameron |
| 1430 | CHARACTERISTICS
AND MANAGEMENT OF PEACH AND APPLE TREE CROWNS (31) T. Tworkowski |
| 1500 | CROWN
MANAGEMENT IN CONIFER SEED ORCHARDS (32) Ron Smith |
| 1530 - 1600 | Break (Cotillion A) |
| 1600 - 1730 | Session IV Contributed Papers (Cotillion B) |
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Moderator
Dr. Eric Curry |
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| 1600 | †ROOTSTOCK
AND SHOOT PREFORMATION IN PISTACHIO AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON CANOPY ARCHITECTURE
AND YIELD COMPONENTS (33) T. Spann*, R. Beede, S. Weinbaum and T. DeJong |
| 1615 | LONG
DISTANCE NITROGEN SIGNALING VIA CYTOKININ IN POPLAR (34) M. Cline*, M. Thangavelu and K. Dong-Il |
| 1630 | PROHEXADIONE-CA
AND CROP PROTECTION IN POME FRUIT TREES (35) W. Rademacher |
| 1645 | RESPONSE
OF SIX CITRUS GENOTYPES TO PROHEXADIONE-CA (36) E. Stover |
| 1700 | PARTHENOLIDE
AND ABSCISIC ACID SYNTHESIS IN FEVERFEW ARE CONNECTED (37) Jorge M. Fonseca*, James W. Rushing, Nihal C. Rajapakse, Ronald L. Thomas and Melissa B. Riley |
| 1715 | POLLEN
FLOW IN MANDARIN ORCHARDS AND CROSS-POLLINATION EFFECT ON SEED CONTENT AND
FRUIT SIZE OF MANDARINS (38) C. T. Chao* and P. S. Devanand |
| 1830 - 2030 | Poster Session and Reception (Cotillion A) |
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Moderator
Dr. Steve McArtney |
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POSTERS
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| COMPARING PACLOBUTRAZOLS.
(39) Brian E. Whipker* and Ingram McCall |
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| FLURPRIMIDOL FOLIAR
SPRAYS CONTROL GROWTH OF FALL PANSIES. (40) Brian E. Whipker*, Ingram McCall, James L. Gibson, Todd J. Cavins and Michelle Bell |
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| POTENTIAL ADDITIVE GROWTH
REGULATOR EFFECTS OF TRIAZOLE FUNGICIDES ON PGR-TREATED BEDDING PLANTS.
(41) Thomas J. Banko |
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| GIBBERELLIC
ACID AND SUCROSE DELAY SENESCENCE OF CUT LUPINUS DENSIFLORUS BENTH
FLOWERS. (42) W. A. Mackay*, N. Sankhla, and T.D. Davis |
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| SALICYLIC
ACID INCREASES THE BIOMASS ACUMMULATION OF CHRYSANTHEMUM MORIFOLIUM.
(43) R. Martín-Mex, E. Villanueva-Couoh, S. Quijano-May. and A. Larqué-Saavedra* |
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| STANDING CYPRESS: A
POTENTIAL NEW SPECIALTY CUT FLOWER CROP. (44) N. Sankhla, W. A. Mackay*, C. B. McKenney and T. D. Davis |
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| INFLUENCE OF FERTILIZER
AND UNICONAZOLE ON GROWTH OF HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS. (45) Holly L. Scoggins and Joyce G. Latimer* |
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| EFFECT OF LIGHT
INTENSITY ON GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT, AND PIGMENTATION OF RED-LEAF AND RED ROMAINE
LETTUCE. (46) N.C. Yorio*, J. T. Richards, S.L. Edney and G.W. Stutte |
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| GREEN ONION YIELD
AS AFFECTED BY GIBBERELLIC ACID, ACETYLTHIPROLINE, AND A MIXTURE OF AMINO
ACIDS AND SHORT-CHAIN PEPTIDES. (47) J. Pablo Morales-Payan* and W. M. Stall |
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| EFFECTS OF PRUNING
ON AUXIN AND CYTOKININ LEVELS AND SUBSEQUENT SHOOT REGROWTH OF DIFFERENT
GROWTH HABITS OF PEACH. (48) T. Tworkoski*, S. Miller and R. Scorza |
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| CORONATINE: A POTENTIAL
ABSCISSION AGENT IN CITRUS. (49) L. Pozo*, J.K. Burns and C.L. Bender |
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| †EFFECTIVENESS
OF RETAIN® ON PISTILLATE FLOWER ABORTION AND ETHYLENE PRODUCTION OF
WALNUT FLOWERS. (50) H. Johnson* and V.S. Polito |
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| †EFFECT OF DEFICIT
IRRIGATION ON YIELD AND VEGETATIVE GROWTH IN ENGLISH WALNUTS.
(51) C. Little*, K. Shackel and B. Lampinen |
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| PROTEIN EXPRESSION OF FORCED
SOFTWOOD GROWTH IN RELATION TO PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS IN FORCING SOLUTION.
(52) Guochen Yang* and Paul E. Read |
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| BERMUDAGRASS GROWTH
REGULATION AND PURPLE NUTSEDGE CONTROL WITH TRINEXAPAC, IMAZAQUIN, AND HALOSULFURON.
(53) J. Pablo Morales-Payan |
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| BERMUDA TURFGRASS
RESPONSE TO BENZYLADENINE AND PHOSPHORUS FERTILIZATION. (54) J. P. Morales-Payan |
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| PROMOTING EFFECTS OF MEPIQUAT
CHLORIDE ON LATERAL ROOT INITIATION OF COTTON SEEDLINGS. (55) Sh. Duan*, Zh.H. Li, Y. X.L. Tian, Zh.X. Zhai and Zh.P. He |
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| THE
SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION OF AUXIN AND GIBBERELLINES IN SUNFLOWER
(Helianthus annuus L.). (56) Maria Duca* |
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| EGGPLANT YIELD ENHANCEMENT WITH
SELECTED CROP STIMULANTS IN A LOW-PESTICIDE SYSTEM. (57) J. Pablo Morales-Payan* and W. M. Stall |
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| INFLUENCE
OF WATERING REGIMES, A SEAWEED-DERIVED BIOSTIMULANT, AND TRICHODERMA SOIL
AMENDMENTS ON ORNAMENTAL PEPPER GROWTH AND FRUIT PRODUCTION (58) J. P. Morales-Payan* |
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Wednesday, August 4
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| 0800 - 1200 | Registration (Promenade A) |
| 0830 - 1000 | Session IV - Contributed Papers (Cotillion B) |
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Moderator
Dr. Ricardo Menendez |
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| 0830 | UNICONAZOLE
AND PACLOBUTRAZOL APPLICATION TO ANNUALS AS A LINER DIP. (59) J.E. Barrett*, C.A. Bartuska and R.K. Schoellhorn |
| 0845 | EFFECT
OF CYTOKININS ON YIELD OF ICEBERG LETTUCE. (60) Jorge M. Fonseca |
| 0900 | DELAYED
RIPENING OF APPLE AND PEAR FRUIT USING POSTHARVEST DIPS OF AMINOETHOXYVINYLGLYCINE
(AVG). (61) E.A. Curry |
| 0915 | EFFECT
OF RETAIN® ON REDUCING PISTILLATE FLOWER ABORTION (PFA) IN SERR WALNUT
USING SPEED SPRAYER APPLICATION (62) R.H. Beede |
| 0930 | 2,4-D
INCREASES THE YIELD OF COMMERCIALLY VALUABLE LARGE SIZE FRUIT OF CLEMENTINE
MANDARIN (63) Chih-Cheng T. Chao*, Louise Ferguson and Carol J. Lovatt |
| 1000 - 1030 | Break (Cotillion A) |
| 1030 - 1200 | Industry Session (Cotillion B) |
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Moderator
Dr. Jeff Norrie |
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| 1030 - 1045 | Sherry Leclere Stoller Enterprises, Inc. |
| 1045 - 1100 | Gary Custis PBI Gordon Corporation |
| 1100 - 1115 | Ricardo Menendez Valent Biosciences Corporation |
| 1115 - 1130 | Jerry Mayuex Plant Biotech Incorporated |
| 1130 - 1145 | Jeff Norrie Acadian Seaplants, Ltd. |
| 1145 - 1200 | Jeff Dobbs Olympic Horticultural Products |
| 1230 - 1400 | Hosted Business and Awards Luncheon (Citadel A & B) |
| 1500 - 1800 | PGRSA Steering Committee Meeting (Little David Room #225) |
| 1845 - 2130 | Hosted Gala Colonial Reception at the Old Exchange |
| 1830 | Pickup at Hotel Entrance |
| 2115 | Departure from Old Exchange or use your CARTA pass to return later. |
| †Graduate Student Presentation Award Candidate. | |