Preliminary Schedule 2011

3:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Pre-conference Tour: Chicago Architecture River Cruise
3:00 pm: Meet in InterContinental Hotel Lobby
3:30 pm: Chicago Architecture Foundation River Cruise

Contributed Papers (** Student travel award paper)
Moderator: Subbaiah Chalivendra (Valent BioSciences Corporation, Long Grove, Illinois)
10:30 to 10:45 Paul Staswick (University of Nebraska, Lincoln): The biological activity of hormone amino acid conjugates
10:45 to 11:00 ** Rupesh Kariyat (Pennsylvania State University, University Park): Plant defense signaling disruption due to inbreeding depression
11:00 to 11:15 Fred Davies (University of Florida, Gainesville): Gibberellic acid increases post-freeze juice content and kilogram-solids of processing oranges in Florida
11:15 to 11:30 ** Gurreet Brar (University of Florida, Lake Alfred): Photoperiod affects growth and non-structural carbohydrates in containerized citrus nurseries
11:30 to 11:45 Open
11:45 to 12:00 Zhaohu Li (China Agricultural University, Beijing, China): Coronatine alleviates environmental stresses in crops

Symposium: 1-MCP and Crop Physiology
Moderator: John Harden (BASF Corporation, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina)
1:30 to 1:55 Derrick Oosterhuis (University of Arkansas, Fayetteville): Effect of 1-methylcyclopropene on the growth and yield of cotton and response to water and high temperature stresses
1:55 to 2:20 Vara Prasad (Kansas State University, Manhattan): Effect of salinity stress and 1-MCP on photosynthesis, shoot and root growth of rice
2:20 to 2:45 Fred Below (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign): Managing ethylene to achieve 300 bushel corn
2:45 to 3:10 David Ross (Syngenta Corporation, Greensboro, North Carolina): Syngenta update on azoxystrobin crop enhancement and Invinsa development

Contributed Papers
Moderator: Tim Spann (University of Florida, Lake Alfred)
4:30 to 4:45 Tim Spann (University of Florida, Lake Alfred): Effects of spray residues on the efficacy of the citrus abscission agent 5-chloro-3-methyl-4-nitro-1H-pyrazole
4:45 to 5:00 Steve McArtney (North Carolina State University, Mills River): Stimulation of fruit abscission in apple with the ethylene precursor ACC or the PSII inhibitor metamitron
5:00 to 5:15 ** Celia Cantin (University of California, Davis): Postharvest application of 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) extends shelf life of ‘Hayward' kiwifruit
5:15 to 5:30 Jason Haegele (University of Illinois, Urbana): Changes in maize growth and reproductive development associated with aminoethoxyvinylglycine application

Poster Session/Reception: Eleventh Floor Exchange Room (** Student travel award paper)

1. Fernando Cant o (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign): Use of chlorophyll fluorescence to detect drought stress in corn
2. ** Christopher Currey (Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana): Herbaceous foliage annuals vary in their responses to pre-plant plant growth retardant liner dip applications
3. Jyldyz Egemberdieva (Kyrgyz Research Institute of Livestock Breeding and Pastures of Agrarian University, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan): New endemic plants with growth regulation and pesticidal properties
4. John Grabber (USDA-ARS, Madison, Wisconsin): Economics of growth regulator treatment for forage legumes interseeded into silage corn
5. Naoko Iwata (University of Tokyo): The magnesium uptake and transport manner in rice root
6. Natsuko Kobayashi (The University of Tokyo, Japan): Magnesium deficiency responses in rice
7. Albert Liptay (Stoller Enterprises Inc., Houston, Texas) Stoller's hormone model for crop productivity
8. Daniel Leskovar (Texas A&M, Uvalde): 1-MCP spray for cantaloupe: fruit set and yield
9. Jerry Mayeux (Plant Biotech Inc., Deming, New Mexico) Nutrient stress relief response of silage corn to C.A.L.F.A.® and Cytoplex® HMS® applied through pivot irrigation
10. Jeff Norrie (Acadian Seaplants Ltd., Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada): Impact of Ascophyllum nodosum extract on diseases of carrot and cucumber
11. Alexander Pavlista (University of Nebraska, Scottsbluff): Gibberellic acid promotion of late-planted winter wheat
12. Wilhelm Rademacher (BASF, Limburgerhof, Germany): Prohexadione-Ca and pest incidence in pome fruit trees
13. Greg Reighard (Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina): Six-year results of thinning peach flower buds with ethephon plus Vegetoil®
14. Salvador Salas-Quintana (University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez): Increasing the numbers of plantain (Musa acuminata x balbisiana var. Maricongo) suckers using glyphosate, 2,4-D, and TIBA
15. Carl Sams (University of Tennessee, Knoxville): Titanium applications impact fruit tissue calcium and lutein in ‘Micro-Tina’ tomato
16. ** Jessica Taft (Michigan State University, East Lansing): Effects of floral primordia-targeted expression of ACS on sex expression and native sex genes in melon
17. Brian Whipker (North Carolina State University, Raleigh) Branching enhancement and growth control of Clerodendrum thomsoniae
18. Langtao Xiao (Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, China): Tissue culture and rapid propagation of a new energy herb Triarrhena lutarioriparia L. Liu, sp. Nov.
19. Guochen Yang (North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro): Balanced seedling development of Alexandrian laurel under different in vitro PGR treatments
20. Jean Yong (Singapore University of Design and Technology, Republic of Singapore): The composition of plant growth regulators in coconut
21. ** Lingwei Liu (University of Manitoba, Canada): Gibberellin inactivation: role and regulation during cereal grain development

Contributed Papers
Moderator: Michele Loewen (National Research Council of Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada)
11:00 to 11:15 Karsten Melcher (Van Andel Research Institute): Structural mechanism of ABA signaling by SnRK2 kinases and PP2C phosphatases
11:15 to 11:30 Daniel Leskover (Texas A&M, Uvalde): Applications of ABA for vegetable transplants: physiological conditioning, development and survival
11:30 to 11:45 Marc van Iersel (University of Georgia, Athens): Abscisic acid related gene expression and physiological responses of petunia at different substrate water contents
11:45 to 12:00 Carl Sams (University of Tennessee, Knoxville): Effects of exogenous abscisic acid application on carotenoids and fruit quality in 'Micro-Tina' tomatoes

Contributed Papers (** Student travel award paper)
Moderator: Sonja Maki (Carlton College, Northfield, Minnesota)
4:15 to 4:30 ** Shinsuke Agehara (Texas A&M, Uvalde): Exogenous abscisic acid as a size control agent for pepper and watermelon transplants
4:30 to 4:45 Christopher Gunter (North Carolina State University, Raleigh): Exogenous ABA and height control in three pepper types
4:45 to 5:00 Joyce Latimer (Virginia Tech, Blacksburg): Evaluating plant growth regulators for growth control of herbaceous perennials
5:00 to 5:15 ** Shawn Appling (Virginia Tech, Blacksburg): Plant growth regulation of three herb species
5:15 to 5:30 Alexander Pavlista (University of Nebraska, Scottsbluff): Gibberellic acid sensitivity of common bean types (P. vulgaris)
5:30 to 5:45 Zahir Zahir (University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan): Microbial ACC-deaminase biotechnology for sustainable production of chickpea

Dinner on your own

Contributed Papers
Moderator: Xiaozhong Liu (Valent BioSciences Corporation, Long Grove, Illinois)
11:00 to 11:15 Jim Barrett (University of Florida, Gainesville): S-ABA induced flower abscission of three common bedding annuals
11:15 to 11:30 Michael Rethwisch (University of Nebraska, Lincoln): Comparative evaluation of Vitazyme, Optimize 400 and Vault HP on Pioneer 93m11 soybean development
11:30 to 11:45 Richard Woodward (Stoller Enterprises): Reduction of crop fertility by high temperature: The role of cytokinins
11:45 to 12:00 Jerry Mayeux (Plant Biotech Inc., Deming, New Mexico): Evaluation of C.A.L.F.A.® and Cytokin® bioregulator concentrate on cotton production under dryland, 60 percent and full (ET) replacement regime
12:00 to 12:15 Langtao Xiao (Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, China): Gold nanoparticles enhanced piezoelectric immunosensor for the quantification of IAA
12:15 to 12:30 Sardar Farooq (Sultan Qaboos University, Al Khod PC123, Oman): In vitro propagation of Punica granatum L.