Keynote Presentation “Horticulture in Florida A Pensacola to Key West Perspective from Tallahassee” Charles Bronson ix-xii PDF
Breakfast Address “Horticultural Challenges and Opportunities: 2008 and Beyond” Terril A. Nell xv-xvi PDF
Effects of pesticides on pests affecting tropical fruit Jorge E. Pena, Rita E. Duncan, Charles W. Meister 1-4 PDF
Biology, parasitoids, and damage of Leptoglossus zonatus and Leptoglossus gonagra (Heteroptera: Coreidae) on citrus Irwin Duarte S., Ligia Nunez B., Jorge E. Pena, Libardo Pinto 5-9 PDF
Microlepidoptera complex affecting sapodilla (Manilkara zapota van royen) in Florida Lisa Myers, Jorge E. Pena, Rita Duncan, John B. Heppner 10-13 PDF
Response of mamey sapote (Pouteria sapota) trees to flooding in a very gravelly loam soil in the field Mark T. Nickum, Jonathan H. Crane, Bruce Schaffer, Frederick S. Davies 14-18 PDF
Effect of foliarly applied acids and ferrous sulfate on leaf ferrous iron content and leaf greenness of lychee trees Jonathan S. Crane, Bruce Schaffer, Yuncong Li, Eduard A. Evans, Wanda Montas, Chunfang Li 19-23 PDF
Challenges for high tunnel production of white guava in southern Virginia A. R. Rafie, Chris Mullins 24-25 PDF
Control of the Caribbean fruit fly on three peach cultivars in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico Sara Ramos, Maria Del Carmen Libran, Angel Gonzalez, Robert Rouse, Phil Stansly, Annette Wszelaki, Pablo Morales-Payan, Evelio Hernandez 26-27 PDF
Monitoring and phenology of thrips in southern highbush blueberries Oscar E. Liburd, Teresa W. Nyoike, Hector A. Arevalo 30-32 PDF
Performance of highbush blueberries in north Florida Peter C. Andersen, Jeff G. Williamson, E. Paul Miller, Paul M. Lyrene 33-35 PDF
Application of embryo rescue in grape (Vitis) cultivar development Xia Xu, Jiang Lu, Danae Dalling, Huang Hong, Clifford Louime, Zhongbo Ren, Fitz Bradley, Rashad Reed 38-40 PDF
Chestnut (Castanea sp.) cultivar evaluations for north Florida Robert C. Hochmuth, Lei Lani Davis, Wanda L. Laughlin, April L. Warner 41-42 PDF
Preliminary results on the performance of low-chill peach cultivars in north-central Florida Paul Miller, Jeffrey G. Williamson, Luis Mejia 43-45 PDF
Flower and vegetative bud set of four low-chill peach cultivars at three locations in Florida Jeffrey G. Williamson, Todd W. Wert, Jose X. Chaparro, Paul Miller, R. E. Rouse 46-48 PDF
Climate affects fruit shape of four low-chill peach cultivars in Florida Jeffrey G. Williamson, Todd W. Wert, Jose X. Chaparro, Paul Miller, Robert E. Rouse 49-51 PDF
Carbon sequestration in an oil palm crop system (Elaeis guineensis) in the Caribbean lowlands of Costa Rica Humberto A. Leblanc, Ricardo O. Russo 52-54 PDF
Scheduling the harvest of Florida oranges to maximize juice production Jacob Searcy, Fritz Roka, Thomas Spreen 55-60 PDF
Economic value of an abscission compound for mechanically harvested late-season ‘valencia’ oranges German Blanco, Fritz Roka, Jacqueline Burns, Richard Kilmer 61-64 PDF
Effects of short-term drought stress of ‘hamlin’ and ‘valencia’ trees and CMNP application on fruit detachment force, fruit drop, and fruit quality Bob Ebel, Kelly Morgan, Peter Newman, Jackie Burns, Jim Syvertsen 65-68 PDF
The Florida automated weather network: ten years of providing weather information to Florida growers William R. Lusher, John L. Jackson, Kelly T. Morgan 69-74 PDF
Citrus cold weather protection and irrigation scheduling tools using Florida automated weather network data John L. Jackson, Kelly T. Morgan, William R. Lusher 75-80 PDF
Glyphosate and carfentrazone herbicides for difficult-to-control weeds in citrus Shiv D. Sharma, Megh Singh, Steve H. Futch 81-84 PDF
Metabolite profiling of healthy and huanglongbing-infected citrus leaves Juan Manuel Cevallos-Cevallos, Edgardo Etxeberria, Russell Rouseff, Jose I. Reyes-De-Corcuera 85-89 PDF
How the Florida citrus production research advisory council works with other industry organizations for solutions to the greening crisis Steven Rogers 90-96 PDF
Citrus greening effects on fruit size distribution and yield in citrus trees Timothy M. Spann, W. Chris Oswalt 97-99
Progress in manipulating citrus defense pathways in favor of citrus resistance against greening and canker Abeer Khalaf, Vicente J. Febres, Gloria A. Moore, Frederick G. Gmitter Jr. 100-103 PDF
Greenhouse investigations on the effect of guava on infestations of Asian citrus psyllid in grapefruit D. G. Hall, T. R. Gottwald, N. C. Nguyen, K. Ichinose, Q. D. Le, G. A. C. Beattie, Ed Stover 104-109 PDF
Evaluation of low volume application technologies for Asian citrus psyllid (Diaphorina citri Kuwayama) control: initial results Ryan Atwood, Lukasz Stelinski 110-112 PDF
Dynamics of mortality factors of the citrus psyllid in southern Florida Jorge E. Pena, R. E. Duncan, Josep A. Jacas 113-117 PDF
Streptomycin controls citrus canker on sweet orange in Brazil and reduces risk of copper burn on grapefruit in Florida James H. Graham, Rui P. Leite, Henry D. Yonce, M. Myers 118-123 PDF
Combating huanglongbing and canker via genetic engineering of citrus Manjul Dutt, Ahmad Omar, Vladimir Orbovic, Gary Barthe, Julie Gmitter, Monica Vasconcellos, Charles Dunning, Jude W. Grosser 124-129 PDF
Citrus yield, fruit quality, and nutrient levels using Nitamin, CitriBlen, or standard ground fertilizer L. Gene Albrigo 130-133 PDF
Microbial soil amendments do little to improve citrus tree performance in Florida soils Arnold W. Schumann, James P. Syvertsen, James H. Graham 134-139 PDF
Rootstocks affect the 17-year survival and performance of ‘valencia’ trees grown in Immokalee William S. Castle, James C. Baldwin 140-144 PDF
Tree survival, growth, and juice quality of early-season sweet orange selections on eight rootstocks in Immokalee William S. Castle, James C. Baldwin 145-147 PDF
The likelihood and consequences of introduction of the spherical mealybug, Nipaecoccus viridis (newstead), into Florida, and its potential effect on citrus production Denise D. Thomas, Norman C. Leppla 152-154 PDF
The citrus grove of the future and its implications for huanglongbing management Ed Stover, William S. Castle, Peter Spyke 155-159 PDF
Incorporation of air temperature into a model that predicts loosening of sweet oranges by the abscission agent CMNP Bob Ebel, Jackie Burns 160-163 PDF
Evaluation of nitrogen rates and irrigation programs for tomato production in west central Florida Bielinski M. Santos 164-166 PDF
Plant tumor development on tomato derived from Lycopersicon hirsutum Xin Zhao, Jeremy D. Edwards, Byung-Ho Kang, Eric H. Simonne, Karen E. Koch, Robert C. Hochmuth, Stephen M. Olson, John W. Scott 167-169 PDF
Yield, chemical composition, and eating quality of heirloom tomatoes grown in the subtropical climate of Florida Danielle D. Treadwell, Amy H. Simonne, Thabile P. Nkambule, Robert C. Hochmuth, Wanda L. Laughlin, Teresa Olczyk, Corstiana Peavy, Catherine J. Rogers 170-174 PDF
Response of ‘Fla. 8153’ tomato to nitrogen fertilization programs and in-row distances Bielinski M. Santos, John W. Scott 175-177 PDF
Sensory evaluation of red and yellow grape tomato varieties Eric Simonne, Reva Datar, Amy Simonne, Robert Hochmuth, Aparna Gazula 178-182 PDF
Fate and movement of nitrogen and phosphorus in deep creek in the lower St. Johns river basis of northeast Florida Christine M. Worthington, Chad M. Hutchinson 183-186 PDF
Evaluation of alternative fertilizer programs in seepage irrigated potato production Zhiwei Chen, Chad M. Hutchinson 187-190 PDF
Increased net profits result from greenhouse-grown colored pepper compared to field production in Florida Daniel J. Cantliffe, James E. Webb, John J. VanSickle, Nicole L. Shaw 194-200 PDF
Horticultural potential of producing Florida strawberry cultivars under high tunnels Teresa P. Salame, Bielinski M. Santos, Craig K. Chandler, Steven A. Sargent 201-203 PDF
Potential profits from greenhouse-grown organic strawberries are greater than conventional greenhouse or field-grown strawberries in Florida Daniel J. Cantliffe, James E. Webb, John J. VanSickle, Nicole L. Shaw 208-213 PDF
Growing and marketing basil at local green markets in southeast Florida Kenneth D. Shuler, Pei-Ann N. Shuler, Stephen J. Nie, Deanna V. Shuler 204-207 PDF
Growing and marketing collards and kale at local green markets in southeast Florida Kenneth D. Shuler, Pei-Ann N. Shuler, Stephen J. Nie, Deanna V. Shuler 214-218 PDF
Ethnic crop opportunities for growers on the East Coast: a demand assessment Ramu Govindasamy, Richard VanVranken, William Sciarappa, Albert Ayenni, Venkata S. Puduri, Kim Pappas, James E. Simon, Frank Mangan, Mary Lamberts, Gene McAvoy 219-221 PDF
The economic feasibility of greenhouse-grown cucumbers as an alternative to field production in north-central Florida Daniel J. Cantliffe, James E. Webb, John J. VanSickle, Nicole L. Shaw 222-227 PDF
The south west Florida small farmer network: a participatory and regional approach to diversified horticultural production extension Robert Kluson, Roy Beckford, Robert Halman 228-229 PDF
Greenhouse production of the famous St. Augustine hot pepper, the datil (Capsicum chinense var.) Nicole L. Shaw, Daniel J. Cantliffe, Chad M. Hutchinson, Steven A. Sargent, David Dinkins 230-233 PDF
Artificial and natural pollination of sunn hemp in Florida Romy Krueger, Koon-Hui Wang, Robert McSorley, Raymond N. Gallaher 234-237 PDF
Tolerance of fresh market dill, parsley, and cilantro to potential herbicides in Florida Eugene J. McAvoy, William M. Stall 238-240 PDF
Comparative activity of registered and experimental miticides to control twospotted spider mite [Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae)] in Plant City area strawberry James F. Price, Curtis A. Nagle 241-243 PDF
Tomato, pepper, and watermelon tolerance to EPTC applied under mulch in Florida Eugene J. McAvoy, William M. Stall 244-245 PDF
Resistance of Strawberry cultivars and advanced selections to anthracnose and botrytis fruit rots Teresa E. Seijo, Craig K. Chandler, James C. Mertely, Catalina Moyer, Natalia A. Peres 246-248 PDF
Application of imidacloprid and cultural techniques for management of whiteflies in cucurbits Teresia W. Nyoike, Oscar E. Liburd 249-251 PDF
Effectiveness of biological insecticides in controlling the diamondback moth (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) using Bacillus thuringiensis, Azadirachtin, and new insecticides on cabbage Dakshina R. Seal 252-259 PDF
Optimization of strawberry volatile sampling by direct gas chromatography olfactometry Celine Joaquand, Craig Chandler, Kevin Goodner, Anne Plotto 260-264 PDF
Effect of early detection huanglongbing on juice flavor and chemistry Anne Plotto, Elizabeth A. Baldwin, T. Greg McCollum, Jan A. Narciso, Mike Irey 265-269 PDF
The potential use of a microsensor to measure endogenous oxygen content in fresh fruit Adrian D. Berry, Steven A. Sargent 270-273 PDF
Fruit quality and aroma characteristics of a specialty red-fleshed melon (Cucumis melo L.), ‘Red Moon’ Jeanmarie M. Mitchell, Daniel J. Cantliffe, Harry J. Klee, Steven A. Sargent, Peter J. Stoffella, Denise Tieman 274-280 PDF
Is strawberry fruit firmness associated with tissue Ca concentration? Camille E. Esmel, John R. Duval, Bielinski M. Santos, Steven A. Sargent, Eric H. Simonne 281-284 PDF
Differences in secondary metabolites in leaves from orange (Citrus sinensis L.) trees affected with greening disease (huanglongbing) (HLB) John A. Manthey 285-288 PDF
Impact of environmental conditions during distribution on tomato fruit quality and decay Sharon Dea, Jeffrey K. Brecht, M. Cecilia Do Nascimento Nunes, Jean-Pierre Emond, Khe V. Chau 289-296 PDF
Effects of laser labeling on the quality of tangerines during storage Preeti Sood, Chris Ference, Jan Narciso, Ed Etxeberria 297-300 PDF
Microbiological evaluation of mechanically harvested citrus fruit Michelle D. Danyluk, Loretta M. Friedrich, Reza Ehsani 301-303 PDF
Detection of microbial populations on freshly packed Florida ‘valencia’ oranges Jiuxu Zhang 304-306 PDF
Developments in ethanol production from citrus peel waste Weiyang Zhou, Wilbur Widmer, Karel Grohmann 307-310 PDF
Biosorption properties of citrus peel derived oligogalacturonides, enzyme-modified pectin and peel hydrolysis residues Randall G. Cameron, Gary A. Luzio, Wilbur W. Widmer, Muhammad Iqbal 311-314 PDF
Microwave release of pectin from orange peel albedo using a closed vessel reactor system Gary A. Luzio 315-319 PDF
Removal of grapefruit juice furanocoumarins by four edible fungi Kyung Myung, Jan A. Narciso, John A. Manthey 320-321 PDF
Effect of pre- and postharvest factors on fresh grapefruit peel breakdown Mark A. Ritenour, Brian J. Boman, Cuifeng Hu, Jacqueline K. Burns, Jean Bertrand Contina 322-325 PDF
Evaluation of cow and swine manures to grow Impatiens (Impatiens wallerana Hook. f.) in container production Kimberly Moore 326-330 PDF
Irrigation application using evapotranspiration-based irrigation controllers Stacia L. Davis, Michael D. Dukes, Grady L. Miller 334-337 PDF
Growing medium effects on the establishment of Muhlenbergia capillaris James J. Muchovej, Oghenokome U. Onokpise, Mary J. Williams, Kenneth Livingstone 338-339 PDF
Effect of irrigation control on St. Augustine grass quality and root growth Mary Shedd, Michael D. Dukes, Grady L. Miller 340-345 PDF
Evaluations of new controlled-release fertilizers for use in production of interiorscape and landscape plants Robert H. Stamps, Jianjun Chen, Seenivasan Natarajan, Juanita Popenoe 346-349 PDF
Update on turf fertilizer rules and regulations and how to conduct a green industry best management practices training Laurie Trenholm, Donald P. Rainey 350-352 PDF
Cercospora leaf spot caused by Cercospora dendrobii on Dendrobium antennatoum Lindl. and its control Robert T. McMillan Jr., Aaron J. Palmateer, Wagner A. Vendrame 353-355 PDF
Designing an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program for hispanic landscapers Henrique Mayer, Edward Skvarch, Pam Mattis, Rebecca Jordi 356-357 PDF
Developing a bilingual video/video podcast to teach clients how to apply a soil drench insecticide to control a new pest, the fig whitefly Mary Lamberts, Henrique Mayer, Ruben Regaldo, Adrian Hunsberger, Catharine Mannion 358-359 PDF
Staining associated with Oxhorn bucida (“Black Olive”) trees (Bucida buceras): The caterpillar and eriophyid mite connection Douglas L. Caldwell 360-362 PDF
Erythrina gall wasp, Quadrastichus erythrinae (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in Florida, and susceptibility of Erythrina herbacea (Fabaceae) Forrest W. Howard, Robert R. Pemberton, Hong Liu 363-369 PDF
Response of cut flowers and bedding plants to root-knot nematodes Namgay Om, Robert McSorley, John J. Frederick 370-373 PDF
Trap cropping system to suppress stink bugs in the southern coastal plain Russell F. Mizell, III, T. Charles Riddle, Ann S. Blount 377-382 PDF
Comparison of ramet and “wild type” establishment for cogongrass, Imperata cylindrica James J. Muchovej, Oghenokome U. Onokpise, Susan Bambo 383-384 PDF
Evaluation of biofungicides for control of powdery mildew of gerbera daisy Catalina Moyer, Natalia A. Peres 389-394 PDF
Caladium breeding: progress in developing lance-leaved cultivars Zhanao Zheng, Brent K. Harbaugh 395-398
Comparing the costs and educational value of delivering distance education programming versus traditional face-to-face classroom education Edward A. Skvarch 399-401 PDF