Cover

Editors

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Tables of Contents

Table of Contents

iv

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Board of directors

ii

Presidential Address

vi

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Keynote Address

ix

Breakfast address

xv

Awards Ceremony

xxi

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List of presidents

xxiii

Endowment Fund Contributions

xxiv

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By-Laws

441-445

Board of directors meetings

445-446

Annual Meeting

447

Membership list

454-461

Responding to the threat of alien invasive species in the caribbean sub-region

Gene V. Pollard

ix

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Agclimate: a climate forecast information system for agricultural risk management in the Southeastern USA

C. W. Fraisse

xv

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Fruit and juice quality of seedless pineapple oranges on four rootstocks

McCollum T. Gregory, Kim D. Bowman

1-3

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Rootstock effects on 'Hamlin' and 'Valencia' orange trees growing at central ridge and flatwoods locations

William S. Castle, James C. Baldwin

4-14

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Economic longevity of citrus trees on swingle citrumelo rootstock and their suitability for soils in the indian river region

Mace Bauer, William S. Castle, Brian J. Boman, Thomas A. Obreza

15-18

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Leaf and fruit mineral content and peel thickness of 'Hamlin' orange

Kelly T. Morgan, Robert E. Rouse, Fritz M. Roka, Stephen H. Futch, Mongi Zekri

19-21

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Mechanical harvesting of Florida citrus trees has little effect on leaf water relations or return bloom

Kuo-Tan Li, Jim Syvertsen, Jackie Burns

22-24

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Mechanical harvesting without abscission agents-yield impacts on late season 'Valencia' oranges

Frita M. Roka, Jacqueline K. Burns, Richard S. Buker

25-27

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Growth conditions, crop load and fruit size affect sheepnosing in grapefruit

James P. Syverstsen, L. Enea Albrigo, Jill M. Dunlop, Mark A. Ritenour, R. C. Vachon

28-34

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Citrus blight incidence under different fertilization and liming programs in Florida flatwoods

Brian J. Boman, Richard D. Berger, Ken S. Derrick, Anwar M. Battikhi

35-39

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Survey of stem pitting citrus tristeza virus in commercial citrus groves in Florida

Peggy J. Sieburth, Karen G. Nolan

40-42

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Accumulation of sucrose and other soluble solids in citrus juice cells

Ed Etxeberria, Pedro Gonzalez

43-48

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Chemical control and management approaches of the Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri kuwayama (Homoptera: psyllidae) in Florida citrus

Carl C. Childers, Michael E. Rogers

49-53

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Thrips (thysanoptera: thripidae) pests of Florida grapefruit: biology, seasonal and relative abundance, fruit damage and monitoring

Carl C. Childers, Philip A. Stansly

54-61

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Effect of application time and glyphosate formulations on weed control efficacy in young citrus groves

Samunder Singh, Megh Singh, Steve Futch

62-65

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The Impact of four hurricanes in 2004 on the Florida Citrus Industry: Experiences and lessons learned

L. Gene Albrigo, Richard S. Buker, Jacqueline K. Burn, William S. Castle, Stephen Futch, Calyton W. McCoy, Ronald P. Muraro, Michael E. Rogers, James P. Syvertsen, L. W. Timmer, John Attaway, Kim Bowman, K. W. Hancock, Mark A. Ritenour, Peter D. Spyke, R. C. Vaghon

66-74

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THE EFFECT OF THE 2004 HURRICANES ON CITRUS FLOWERING POTENTIAL FOR THE 2005 SEASON

James J. Salvatore

75-79

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The 10-year performance and survival of 'marsh' grapefruit trees on sun chu sha mandarin and various citrumelo rootstocks on riviera sand, depressional, an alfisol

William S. Castle, Mace G. Bauer

80-84

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Oblano pepper (capsicum annuum) cultivar evaluation for north Florida in the spring of 2004

Robert C. Hochmuth, Wanda L. Laughlin, Eric H. Simonne

85-87

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Growth and yield of hurricane-damaged tomato plants

Kent Cushman, Ronald French, Eugene McAvoy

88-92

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The effects of the 2004 hurricane season on greenhouse vegetable production in Florida

Jeanmarie M. Mitchell, Daniel J. Cantliffe

93-97

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Accumulated growing degree days as a model to determine key developmental stages and evaluate yield and quality of potato in Northeast Florida

Christine M. Worthington, Chad M. Hutchinson

98-101

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Distribution of seed mineral nutrients and their correlation in phaseolus vulgaris

Gokhan Hacisalihoglu, C. Eduardo Vallejos

102-105

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Nitrogen fertilization scheduling of hydroponically grown "Galia" muskmelon

Juan C. Rodriguez, Nicole L. Shaw, Daniel J. Cantliffe, Zvi Karchi

106-112

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Evaluation of strawberry cultivars grown under a high plastic tunnel in west central Florida

Craig K. Chandler, James C. Sumler, Jr., Silvia I. Rondon

113-114

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Determination of the cause of phylloid strawberry fruit in annual strawberry production in central Florida

Natalia A. Peres, John R. Duval, Teresa E. Seijo

115-118

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Management of melon thrips, thrips palmi karny (thysanoptera: thripidae) using various chemicals

Dakshina R. Seal

119-124

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Integrated management of onion thrips (thrips tabaci) in onion (allium cepa l.)

Ludger Jean-Simon, Jean Robert Victor

125-126

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Using banker plants to control insects in greenhouse vegetables

Lance S. Osborne, Zdenek Landa, Debora J. Taylor, Richard V. Tyson

127-128

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Evaluation of chloropicrin soil fumigation programs for potato (solanum tuberosum l.) Production

Chad M. Hutchinson

129-131

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Crop and insect response to horticultural mineral oil on tomato and pepper

Philip A. Stansly, James M. Conner

132-141

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Evaluation of 25 entries of race 3 bacterial spot resistant bell peppers

Darrin Parmenter, Russel L. Nagata, Ken Pernezny, Eugene McAvoy, Kent Cushman

142-145

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Impacts of extreme weather and soil management treatments on disease development of pythium spp. In field grown pepper

Shubin K. Saha, Robert McSorley, Koon-Hui Wang, Robert J. McGovern

146-149

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Differential response of common bean genotypes to mycorrhizal colonization

Gokhan Hacisalihoglu, Edwin R. Duke, Liam M. Longo

150-152

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A biologically-based system for winter production of fresh-market tomatoes in South Florida

Aref A. Abdul-Baki, Waldemar Klassen, Herbert H. Bryan, Maharanie Codallo, Beth Hima, Qingren R. Wang, Yuncong Li, Yao-Chi Lu, Zafar Handoo

153-159

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Nutsedge (cyperus spp.) Control and methyl bromide retention with different mulches

James P. Gilreath, Myriam N. Siham, Bielinski M. Santos

160-162

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Effects of time of emergence on yellow and purple nutsedge area of influence in bell pepper

Bielinski M. Santos, James P. Gilreath, Gamille E. Esmel, Myriam N. Siham

163-165

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Tomato nutrient absorption and nutsedge and sting nematode management with propylene oxide

Bielinski M. Santos, James P. Gilreath

166-168

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Nutsedge resurgence in double-cropped cucumber after methyl bromide chemical alternatives and solarization in tomato

James P. Gilreath, Timothy N. Motis, Bielinski M. Santos

169-171

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Impact of solarization and methyl bromide alternatives on greenhouse hot pepper production in Costa Rica

Bielinski M. Santos, James P. Gilreath, Jorge E. Mora-Bolanos, J. Arturo Solorzano-Arroyo

172-173

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Determining sublethal glyphosate rates for fresh market tomato

Bielinski M. Santos, James P. Gilreath, Camille E. Esmel, Myriam N. Siham

174-176

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Influence of cover crops in rotation on improving okra (abelmoschus esculentus l.) Yield and suppressing parasitic nematodes

Qingren Wang, Waldemar Klassen, Yuncong Li, Zafar Handoo, Teresa Olczyk, Maharainie Codallo

177-183

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On-farm demonstration of soil water movement in vegetables grown with plasticulture

Robert C. Hochmuth, Eric H. Simonne, David Studstill, Justin Jones, Cliff Starling, Jason Chandler, Allen Tyree

184-186

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Williams grove genetic resource center: a scientific and outreach facility for South Florida

Noris Ledesma, Richard Campbell

187-188

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Why would we breed cacao in Florida?

Raymond J. Schnell, J. Steven Brown, David N. Kuhn, Cuauhtemoc Cervantes_Martinez, Cecile T. Olano, Juan Carlos Motamayor

189-191

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Pedigree analysis of Florida mango cultivars

Cecile T. Olano, Raymond J. Schnell, Wilber E. Quintanilia, Richard J. Campbell

192-197

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Inheritance of fruit color in surinam cherry (eugenia uniflora l.)-a preliminary study

John L. Griffis, Malcolm M. Manners

198-199

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Tracing the pedigree of cynthiana grape by DNA microsatellite markers

Lelan Parker, Patricia Bordallo, Violeta Colova

200-204

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A novel form of caribbean fruit fly (Tephritidae) suppression: classical biological control of the preferred host psidium cattleianum sabine (myrtaceae)

Frank J. Wessels, James P. Cuda, M. Tracy Johnson

205-207

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Use of plant pathogens as bioherbicides to manage weeds in horticultural crops

Raghavan Charudattan

208-214

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Exotic scale insects (Hemiptera: coccoidea) and whiteflies (Hemiptera: aleyrodidae) in Florida's tropical fruits: an example of the vital role of early detection in pest prevention and management

Amanda C. Hodges, Gregory S. Hodges, Gail C. Wisler

215-217

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Chemsearch: a searchable pesticide database for tropical fruit crops

Daniel J. Sonke, Jennifer J. Gillett, Norman C. Leppla

218-220

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Homopteran and mite pests of papaya and their control

Jorge E. Pena, Alberto Pantoja, Lance Osborne, Rita Duncan, Martha De De Coss -Flores, Charles Meister, Susan Halbert, Greg Evans, Avas Hammon

221-227

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Mango bud mite, aceria mangiferae bionomics and control under Florida conditions

Jorge E. Pena, Eric Palevsky, Gabriel Otero-Colina, Ronald Ochoa, Charles W. Meister

228-234

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Effect of all purpose colloidal cleaner® on insect control and growth of containerized red sugar apple in a shade house and on growth, yield, and fruit rots of green sugar apple and 'gefner' atemoya under field conditions

Mark P. Kohout, Jonathan H. Crane, Aaron J. Palmateer

235-236

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Effect of soil water depletion on growth, yield, and fruit quality of carambola in gravelly loam soil

Rashid Al-Yahyai, Frederick S. Davies, Bruce Schaffer, Jonathan Crane

237-241

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Collecting mammea americana l. In tropical america: potential for Florida

Richard J. Campbell

242-243

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The introduction of West Indian avocados to south Florida

Gilberto Aleman, Noris Ledesma, Richard J Campbell

244-246

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Recent developments in world production and trade of lychee (litchi chinensis): implications for Florida growers

Edward A. Evans, Robert L. Degner

247-249

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Antioxidant potential of fruits: evaluation of two blueberry cultivars using an in vitro assay

Julianna Fant, Ben Grandon, Bala Rathinasabapathi, Steven M. Olson, Paul Lyrene

250-252

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Determination of color and fruit traits of half-sib families of mango (mangifera indica l.)

Tomas Ayala-Silva, Raymond J. Winterstein, Alan W. Meerow, Michael Winterstein, Cuauhtemoc Cervantes, J. Steven Brown

253-257

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Evaluation of banana and plantain (musa spp.) Cultivars in the south of Haiti

Ludger Jean-Simon

258-259

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Callus induction and somatic embryogenesis in muscadine and seedless bunch grapes (vitis) from immature ovule culture

Xia Xu, Jiang Lu, Zhongbo Ren, Stephen Leong

260-262

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Papaya transplant growth as affected by 5-aminolevulinic acid and nitrogen fertilization

J. Pablo Morales-Payan, William M. Stall

263-265

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Pruning intensity and fruit load influence on vegetative and fruit growth in 'alexandra' peach

Myriam Siham, Claude Bussi, Francoise Lescourret, Michel Genard, Robert Habib, James Gilreath

266-269

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Seasonal abundance of the caribbean fruit fly anastrepha suspensa in low-chill peaches in SW Florida and management with the spinosad bait spray gf-120

Philip A. Stansly, Robert E. Rouse

270-272

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Influences of pollinators on fruit setting and quality of muscadine cv. 'Pam'

Zhongbo Ren, Jiang Lu, Xia Xu, Steven Leong

273-274

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Toxicity of insecticide-treated spheres to caribbean fruit fly, anastrepha suspensa and mediterranean fruit fly, ceratitis capitata (diptera: tephritidae)

Oscar E. Liburd

275-278

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Diurnal changes in dewpoint temperature during the freeze season in North Florida

Paulm M. Lyrene

279-282

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Weed control using granular herbicides on container-grown ornamentals

Laura M. Miller, Juanita Popenoe, Robert H. Stamps, Raymond Miller, Darin Lickfeldt

283-284

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Evaluation of easter-lily, lilium longiflorum, as a perennial in South Florida

Joseph F. Garofalo

285-286

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Color break in orchid flowers

Robert T. McMillan Jr., Wagner A. Vendrame

287-288

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Fort lauderdale trial garden-year 3

Kimberly K. Moore, Luci Fisher

289-293

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Analysis of landscape palm species richness and diversity in Southeastern Florida

George E. Fitzpatrick

294-297

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Gardening for butterflies

Juanita S. Neal, Susan Brodeur

298-301

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Digital photography

Ian Maguire, Wagner A. Vendrame

302-305

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Effect of naturally-ocurring fungal pathogens from a cut flower production site on four cut flower species

Elizabeth R. Malek, Robert McSorley, Koon-Hui Wang

306-309

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Effects of adult diaprepes root weevil on leaf gas exchange and growth of buttonwood and live oak

Alex Diaz, Catharine Mannion, Bruce Schaffer

310-313

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Root drenches and topical insecticide treatments for control of the lobate lac scale, paratachardina lobata (chamberlin)

Forrest W. Howard, Bryan Steinberg

314-318

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Effects of the parasitic wasp, coccobius fulvus, on cycad aulacaspis scale, aulacaspis yasumatsui, at Montgomery Botanical Center, Miami, Florida

Christine Wiese, Divina Amalin, Roger Coe

319-321

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Observations on some insect pests of woody ornamentals: black olive caterpillar, geiger tree tortoise beetle and cycad aulacaspis scale in naples, florida

Doug L. Caldwell

322-325

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Iguana be gonna

Kim Gabel

326-327

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Computer generated signs for demonstration gardens

David B. Shibles, Anne Yasalonis

328-329

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Growing and marketing cilantro and italian parsley at local green markets in Southeast Florida

Kenneth D. Shuler, Stephen J. Nie, Deanna V. Shuler, Pei-Ann N. Shuler

330-341

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The landscape aftermath following hurricane charley in Charlotte county

Ralph E. Mitchell

342-343

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Communicating hurricane impacts on landscape plants to Florida's citizens

Daniel F. Culbert, Adrian Hunsberger, Pamela Crawford

344-348

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"Florida style gardening"-an educational series for new residents

Pamela Brown

349-350

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Certificated horticulturist course: a successful approach promoting professionalism among the horticultural industry in South Florida

Henrique Mayer, Adrian Hunsberger, Marguerite Beckford

351-352

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Growing and marketing green onions at local green markets in Southeast Florida

Kenneth D. Shuler, Stephen J. Nie, Deanna V. Shuler, Pei-Ann N. Shuler

353-360

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Pests, pathogens and their control in bromeliad hybrids a grower's perspective

Jim Steele

361-362

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The response of blood-lily, scadoxus multiflorus ssp katherinae, to daylength, shade, and other production variables

Joseph F. Garofalo, Wagner A. Vendrame

363-364

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Vase life comparison of ornamental asparagus species and cultivars

Robert H. Stamps, Diane K. Rock, Annette L. Chandler

365-367

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Growth of selected bedding plants as affected by different compost percentages

Wagner Vendrame, Ian Maguire, Kimberly K. Moore

368-371

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Influence of various phosphorus and potassium rates on juice vitamin c, [beta]-carotene, lycopene and sugar concentrations of flame grapefruit

Huating Dou, Shelley Jones, Thomas Obreza, Bob Rouse

372-375

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Field performance, chemical composition and sensory evaluation of red and yellow grape tomato varieties

Eric Simonne, Steven A. Sargent, David Studstill, Amy Simonne, Robert Hochmuth, Scott Kerr

376-378

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Forced-air cooling of strawberries in reusable plastic containers

Melvin B. Meana, Khe V. Chau, Jean -Pierre Emond, Michael T. Talbot

379-382

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1-methylcyclopropene delays ripening of the perishable 'donnie' avocado

Jonathan Arias, Jonathan Crane, Mark Kohout, Donald Huber, Steven Sargent

383-384

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Effects of pre- or postharvest gibberellic acid application on storage quality of florida 'fallglo' tangerines and 'ruby' red grapefruit

Mark A. Ritenour, Michael S. Burton, T. Gregory McCollum

385-388

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Quality attributes limiting papaya postharvest life at chilling and non-chilling temperatures

Emilie Proulx, M. Cecilia, N. Nunes, J. P. Emond, Jeffrey K. Brecht

389-395

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Simulated long-distance transport of strawberries in a passive modified atmosphere marine container

Gamal S. Riad, Jeffrey K. Brecht

396-399

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Optimizing the use of hydrolytic enzymes to facilitate peeling of citrus fruit

Mohamed A. Ismail, Huiqin Chen, Elizabeth A. Baldwin, Anne Plotto

400-402

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Changes in enzyme-assisted peeling efficiency and quality of fresh 'valencia' orange and of stored 'valencia' orange and 'ruby red' grapefruit

MOHAMED A. ISMAIL, MOHAMED CHEN, E LIZABETH A. BALDWIN, ANNE PLOTTO

403-405

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Production of narrow-range size-classes of polygalacturonic acid oligomers

Randall G. Cameron, Gary Luzio, Elizabeth Baldwin, Jan Narciso, Anne Plotto

406-409

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DIFFERENTIATING ORANGE JUICES USING FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY (FT-IR)

Kevin L. Goodner, John A. Manthey

410-413

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Volatile constituents and character impact compounds of selected Florida's tropical fruit

Kanjana Mahattanatawee, Kevin L. Goodner, Elizabeth A. Baldwin

414-418

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Effect of seasonal variation on enzymatic hydrolysis of valencia orange peel waste

Mark R. Wilkins, Wilbur W. Widmer, Randall G. Camero, Karel Grohmann

419-422

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Design of perforation-mediated modified atmosphere packaging for shredded carrots: mathematical modelling and experimental validation

Julio Montanez, Fernanda A.R. Oliveira, Jesus Frias, Manuel Pinelo, Pramod V. Mahajan, Luis M. Cunha, M. Conceicao Manso

423-428

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HPLC-MS analysis of coumarins and furanocoumarin dimers in immature grapefruit

John A. Manthey

429-436

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An assessment of methods to clean citrus fruit surfaces

Jan A. Narciso

437-440

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Manuscript Preparation Guide

448-451

List of available proceedings

452

Conversion Table

453

Index

462-480