PGRSA 2005 Program and Abstracts

32nd ANNUAL MEETING PLANT GROWTH REGULATION SOCIETY OF AMERICA

July 24-July 27, 2005 Radisson Newport Beach Hotel Newport Beach, CA


Saturday, July 23, 2005


1600-2000	PGRSA Steering Committee Meeting (Emerald Bay Room)


Sunday, July 24, 2005


0800-1800	Local Tour to Catalina Island - Departure from Hotel Lobby

1300-1800	Registration Open (Pacific Ballroom Foyer)

1900-2100	Opening Reception (Pacific Ballroom 1 and 2)


Monday, July 25, 2005


0700-1730	Registration (Pacific Ballroom Foyer)

0800-0815	Welcoming Remarks (Pacific Ballroom 4 and 5)

0815-0830	Remarks from the President (Pacific Ballroom 4 and 5) Dr. Louise Ferguson, President PGRSA

0830-0900	Opening Address (Pacific Ballroom 4 and 5) Dr. Marcus Heisler

0900-1115	SYMPOSIUM I: (Pacific Ballroom 4 and 5) ADVANCES IN FUNDAMENTAL AND COMMERCIAL ABA RESEARCH


Moderator Dr. Jeff Norrie

0900	BIOSYNTHESIS AND CATABOLISM OF ABSCISIC ACID (1) Dr. Jan Zeevaart

0930	ABSCISIC ACID ANALOGS – TOWARD DEVELOPMENT OF ABA-BASED PLANT GROWTH REGULATION (2) Dr. Sue Abrams

1000-1015	Break (Pacific Ballroom 3)

1015-1045	CHALLENGES FOR THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF S-ABSCISIC ACID (ABA) (3) Dr. Peter Petracek

1045-1115	ABSCISIC ACID SIGNALING NETWORKS IN ARABIDOPSIS (4) Dr. Ruth Finkelstein

1115-1200	Contributed Paper Session I (Pacific Ballroom 4 and 5)

Moderator Dr. Thomas Tworkoski

1115	SUGAR MOVER ENHANCES CROP PERFORMANCE, AND BIOTIC/ABIOTIC TOLERANCE OF PLANTS (5) Jerry H. Stoller, Ron Salzman and Albert Liptay*

1130	THE ROLE OF ROOT TO SHOOT SIGNALING IN COORDINATING RESPONSES TO SOIL COMPACTION (6) S.L. Aphale, T.S. Stokes, C.R. Black, I.B. Taylor and J.A. Roberts*

1145	ROOT FEED TM FOR ENHANCED CROP PERFORMANCE AND BIOTIC/ABIOTIC CROP PLANT TOLERANCE (7) Ron Salzman and Albert Liptay*

1200-1330	LUNCH

1330-1445	Contributed Paper Session II (Pacific Ballroom 4 and 5)

Moderator Dr. Todd Bunnell

1330	ANNUAL BLUEGRASS SEEDHEAD CONTROL IN OVERSEEDED PERENNIAL RYEGRASS WITH TURF GROWTH REGULATORS (8) A. G. Estes and L. B. McCarty*

1345	†'TIFEAGLE’ BERMUDAGRASS RESPONSE TO THREE PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS (9) T.G. Willis, H. Liu, T. Whitwell, J.E. Toler, L.B. McCarty*

1400	MICROBIAL QUALITY AND SHELF LIFE OF HARPIN TREATED HEAD LETTUCE (10) Jorge Fonseca, Wesley Kline, Christian Wyenandt, Murshidul Hoque, Husein Ajwa and Ned French*

1415	†‘TIFWAY’ BERMUDAGRASS RESPONSE TO PRIMO AND CUTLESS (11) F.W. Totten, J.E. Toler, and L.B. McCarty*

1430	EFFECT OF INOCULATION WITH ACC-DEAMINASE CONTAINING RHIZOBACTERIA ON ETIOLATED PEA SEEDLINGS (12) M. Arshad, B. Shaharoona, and Zahir A. Zahir*

1445-1500	BREAK

1500-1700	SYMPOSIUM II: (Pacific Ballroom 4 and 5) PGRs IN TREE AND VINE CROPS

Moderator Dr. C. Thomas Chao and Dr. Carol Lovatt

1500	USES OF PGRS IN CITRICULTURE (13) Dr. Jackie Burns

1530	DO HORMONES PLAY A ROLE IN ALTERNATE BEARING IN CITRUS? (14) Dr. Carol Lovatt

1600	BENEFITS OF PRESTIGE (CPPU, Forchlorfenuron) USE IN CALIFORNIA TABLE GRAPES (15) R. Hopkins, R. Beach, and R. Menendez*

1630	USES OF PGRS IN TREE NUT CROPS (16) B. Beede



Tuesday, July 26, 2005

0700-0830	SUSTAINING MEMBER BREAKFAST (Emerald Bay Room)

0730-1700	Registration open - Pacific Ballroom Foyer

0900-1145	SYMPOSIUM III: (Pacific Ballroom 4 and 5) MOLECULAR AND MORPHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF PLANT HORMONES AND REPRODUCTIVE DEVELOPMENT

	Moderator Dr. Jocelyn Ozga

0900	MORPHOLOGY AND REGULATION OF FLOWERING IN APPLE (17) Dr. Steve McArtney

0930	GENETIC DISSECTION OF AUXIN BIOSYNTHESIS IN ARABIDOPSIS (18) Dr. Yunde Zhao

1000-1030	BREAK

1030-1100	HORMONAL REGULATION OF FRUIT DEVELOPMENT (19) Dr. Jocelyn Ozga

1100-1130	GENES CONTROLLING FRUIT DEVELOPMENT IN ARABIDOPSIS (20) Dr. Martin Yanofsky

1200-1330	LUNCH

1330-1545	SYMPOSIUM IV: (Pacific Ballroom 4 and 5) ORNAMENTAL PLANT GROWTH REGULATION

Moderator Dr. Conny Wang Hansen

1330	CHEMICAL REGULATION OF SENESCENCE IN ORNAMENTALS (21) Dr. Michael Reid

1400	ORNAMENTAL GROWTH RESPONSES FROM PROHEXADIONE-CA APPLICATIONS (22) David Barcel

1430-1445	BREAK

1445	EFFICACY AND PHYTOTOXICITY OF FASCINATION (6-BENZYLADENINE AND GA4+GA7) ON A VARIETY OF ORNAMENTAL PLANTS (23) Dr. Heiner Lieth

1515-1545	GROWTH REGULATION OF ORNAMENTALS IN EUROPE-FOCUS ON ALTERNATIVE METHODS (24) Dr. Conny Wang Hansen

1545-1715	Contributed Paper Session III (Pacific Ballroom 4 and 5)

Moderator Kyle Coleman

1545	COMPARISON OF COTTON VARIETAL RESPONSES TO APPLICATION OF AUXI-GRO ® WP PLUS CAL-MAX. (25) M. D. Rethwisch, M. Reay, J. Grudovich, J. Wellman and D. M Ramos*

1600	ETHYLENE MODULATES THE HERBICIDAL ACTIVITY OF PARAQUAT (26) F. P. Silverman, P. D. Petracek, Z. Ju, D.F. Heiman, and P. Warrior*

1615	*ETHEPHON DEFOLIATION OF PLUMERIA Plumeria rubra* for WINTER FLOWERING (27)** R. Criley*

1630	GIBBERELLIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR AFFECTS ANNUAL XYLEM PRODUCTION AND VESSEL ELEMENT ANATOMY IN SOME TREES (28) W.R. Chaney, D.M. Mickey, H.A. Holt*

1645	IMMUNOSENSOR ASSAY: A NOVEL METHOD TO ANALYZE PHYTOHORMONES (29) Langtao Xiao, Ruozhong Wang, Jin Li , Guoli Sheng*

1700	INDUCING SALT TOLERANCE IN MAIZE THROUGH INOCULATION WITH ACC-DEAMINASE CONTAINING RHIZOBATERIA (30) Z.A. Zahir, B. Shaharoona, and M. Arshad*

1900-2100	POSTER SESSION RECEPTION (Pacific Ballroom 3)

Moderator Dr. Gary Custis

EFFECTS OF LIQUID FERTILIZER CONTAINING 5-AMINOLEVULINIC-ACID ON THICKENING GROWTH IN TULIP BULBS (31) 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) (32)* L. Webster

NEW INNOVATIONS WITH FLURPRIMIDOL USE ON TURFGRASS, CONTAINERIZED ORNAMENTALS, AND LANDSCAPE ORNAMENTALS (33) B.T. Bunnell and S.D. Cockreham*

STUDIES ON PLANT-ASSOCIATED ACTINOMYCETES AND THEIR SECONDARY METABOLITES (34) Y. Igarashi, S. Miura, M. Azumi, T. Furumai and R. Yoshida*

*GIBBERELLIN AND AUXIN LEVELS IN MATURE EMBRYOS AND YOUNG SEEDLINGS OF Pisum sativum* L. (36)** B. Ayele, J. Ozga, and D. Reinecke*

*DEVELOPMENTAL REGULATION OF THE GA BIOSYNTHESIS GENES, GA20ox, GA3ox, AND GA2ox* DURING GERMINATION AND YOUNG SEEDLING GROWTH OF PEA ( Pisum sativum) L. (36*) B. Ayele, J. Ozga, and D. Reinecke

IMPROVEMENT OF YIELD IN GREENHOUSE GROWN DETERMINATE MULTIFLOWERED PEAS WITH GIBBERELLIN TREATMENTS Sonja L. Maki , H. Mullen, R. Pharis and S. Singer*

ETHYLENE SENSITIVITY OF CUT RACEMES OF ADVANCED BREEDING LINES OF PINK FLOWERED BLUEBONNET (38) 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. (39)** N. Sankhla, W.A. Mackay * and T.D. Davis

COMPATIBILITY OF SALAD CROPS GROWN IN MIXED CROP HYDROPONIC SYSTEMS (40) Sharon L. Edney, Jeffrey T. Richards, Matthew D. Sisko, Neil C. Yorio, Gary W. Stutte, and Raymond M. Wheeler*

SENSITIVITY SCREENING OF RADISH SEEDLINGS TO SPACECRAFT VOCs (41) I. Eraso, G.W. Stutte, O. Monje,* S. Anderson and R. D. Hickey

ROOTSTOCK EFFECTS ON GROWTH OF APPLE SCION WITH DIFFERENT GROWTH HABITS (46) T. Tworkoski and S. Miller*

IMMUNOSENSOR ASSAY: A NOVEL METHOD TO ANALYZE PHYTOHORMONES (47) Langtao Xiao, Ruozhong Wang*, Jin Li , Guoli Sheng

Wednesday, July 27, 2005

0730-1000	Registration Opens - Pacific Ballroom Foyer

0800-1000	INDUSTRY UPDATE SESSION (Pacific Ballroom 4 and 5)

Moderator Dr. Ricardo Menendez

	Gary Custis - PBI Gordon Kevin Forney - Fine Americas, Inc. Jeff Dobbs - Olympic/Bayer Kyle Coleman - Amvac Chemical Jerry Stoller - Stoller Enterprises, Inc.

1000-1015	BREAK

1015-1115	Contributed Paper Session IV (Pacific Ballroom 4 and 5)

	Moderator Dr. Thomas Davenport


1015	POST ANTHESIS PGR APPLICATION AND FIRST AND SECOND CROP PRODUCTION IN DRILL-SEEDED RICE (42) R. Dunand*

1030	REGISTRATION OF 2,4-D FOR INCREASING FRUIT SIZE OF MANDARINS AND MANDARIN HYBRIDS IN CALIFORNIA (43) C. Thomas Chao,* L. Ferguson, and C.J. Lovatt

1045	PEACH FLOWER BUD THINNING BY DORMANT SEASON APPLICATIONS OF VEGETOIL TM (44) G. L. Reighard*, D. R. Ouellette, and K. H. Brock

1100	*FLORIGENIC PROMOTER OF LYCHEE (Litchi chinensis, Sonn) SYNTHESIZED IN LEAVES (45)* T.L. Davenport and Z. Ying*

1130-1300	Business Luncheon

1400-2100	CONFERENCE EXCURSION - Departure from Hotel Lobby
	Conference Exursion and Final Reception-Bus Charter to the Huntington Library Botanical Gardens for tour and catered dinner in the gardens (included in registration).

Thursday, July 28, 2005

0800-1100	PGRSA Steering Committee Meeting

†Graduate Student Presentation Award Candidate