Day 3: Wednesday, 7 September 2011

0730-1730 Congress registration and Speaker Support Centre open

SESSION 1: Concurrent sessions
  Concurrent 1: 
Jan Toerien Hall		 Concurrent 2: 
Hank Brokaw Hall		 Concurrent 3:
Rudolph Hass Hall		 Concurrent 4: 
Wilson Popenoe Hall
  PESTS & DISEASES Insects pests and their management CULTURAL MANAGEMENT Alternate bearing, growth regulators POST HARVEST / PROCESSING Postharvest storage and ripening MARKETING & SUPPLY CHAIN
0840-0900 Ruth Huwer
A multi target approach to fruit spotting bug management

PPT Presentation		 Carol Lovatt
Mitigating alternate bearing of ‘Hass’ avocado in California		 Jose Marques
Rootstocks affect quality of ‘Hass’ avocado fruit after storage		 Edward Evans
US Avocado (Persea Americana Mill.) price trend analysis and forecase, 2011- 2014

PPT Presentation
0900-0920
                      		 Elba Lidia Castaneda
Associated thrips to avocado in the state of Mexico

PPT Presentation
                                 		 Henry Pak
Influence of wood age on xylem starch content		 Peter Hofman
Storage of ‘Hass’ avocado below 5°C		 James BosworthCrovetto 
Peru Country Report

PPT Presentation
0920-0940 Hector Gonzalez-Hernandez 
Natural parasitism on armored scales (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) on Hass avocado in Michoacan, Mexico		 Carol Lovatt
Effect of foliar-applied plant bioregulators on ‘Hass’ avocado yield		 Richard Kok
Enhancement of 'Hass' avocado shelf life using ultra-low temperature shipping or 1-MCP treatment and cold chain management
                                                 		 Gabi Naamani
Global trends in the main Avocado Markets

PPT Presentation
0940-1000 Salvador Aguirre
Biological control avocado stem borer 
 		 Vered Irihimovitch
Cloning of distinct cell-proliferation-related genes from avocado and molecular characterization of their expression, as related to small and normal-'Hass' fruit phenotype development		 Andre Lütge
An investigation into ultra-low temperature shipping, 1-MCP use and cold chain management of 'Fuerte' avocados - an opportunity to reduce shipping costs		 Stewart White
Foodservice Avocado Masterclass

PPT Presentation               
1000-1030 Morning tea (Industry exhibition) - Sponsored by Primor Produce

SESSION 2: Concurrent sessions
  Concurrent 1: Jan Toerien Hall Concurrent 2: Hank Brokaw Hall Concurrent 3: 
Rudolph Hass Hall		 Concurrent 4: 
Wilson Popenoe Hall
  PESTS & DISEASES Insects pests and their management cont. CULTURAL MANAGEMENT Flowering / pollination  POST HARVEST / PROCESSING Postharvest storage and ripening MARKETING & SUPPLY CHAIN cont.
1030-1050 Elba Lidia Castaneda
Population fluctuation and thrips species on avocado in Coatepec Harinas, Estado de Mexico

PPT Presentation		 Gad Ish-Am
Major role of honeybee pollination in avocado as compared to wind

PPT Presentation                               		 Andre Ernst
Interaction of storage, ethylene and ethylene inhibitors on post harvest quality of Maluma		 Derek Donkin 
South Africa Marketing Program

PPT Presentation
1050-1110 Américo Florez
Avocado idioblasts cells: source of natural products with biological activity in the control of spodophetra frugiperda		 Lisa Evans
The role of insect pollinators in avocado (Persea americana) pollination in New Zealand and Australia		 Frans Kruger
Ripening patterns of South African export ‘Hass’ avocado hold-back samples from commercial 1-methylcyclopropene (SmartFreshSM) applications

PPT Presentation		 Emiliano Escobedo
Mexico Marketing Report

PPT Presentation                                
                                         
1110-1130 Greg Fraser
Plant biosecurity in Australia – a powerful government-industry partnership		 Iñaki Hormaza
Implications of starch content in the flower at anthesis on final fruit set in avocado		 Jose Marques
How to store partially ripened ‘Hass’ avocado fruit		 Adolfo Ochagavia
Marketing as a tool to develop the Hass avocado market in different countries: the Chilean

PPT Presentation
1130-1150
                    		 Launch of Australian Avocado Biosecurity Plan
                            

 		 Samuel Salazar-García 
Vegetative and reproductive growth of ‘Hass’ avocado in various climates of Michoacan, Mexico

PPT Presentation		  
 		 Lisa Cork 
Bullseye! Using packaging to drive consumer demand for avocados
1150-1210 Tatiana Cantuarias-Aviles
Phenological model for ‘Margarida’ and ‘Hass’ avocado cultivars in Sao Paulo State, Brazil		 Wes Bray
The sustainable avocado value chain

PPT Presentation
1210-1230 Poster presentation - Sheridan street foyer
1230-1400 Lunch (Industry exhibition) - Sponsored by California for 2015

SESSION 3: Concurrent sessions
  Concurrent 1:
Jan Toerien Hall		 Concurrent 2: 
Hank Brokaw Hall		 Concurrent 3: Rudolph Hass Hall Concurrent 4: Wilson Popenoe Hall
  PESTS & DISEASES Quarantine / energing diseases CULTURAL MANAGEMENT  Irrigation / water relations GENETIC RESOURCES Molecular biology and propagation MARKETING & SUPPLY CHAIN cont.
1400-1420
                    		 Randy Ploetz
Pathogen exclusion: options and implementation		 Avner Silber
Response of ‘Hass’ avocado to temporal stresses: role of irrigation management and root constraint		 Alejandro F. Barrientos-Priego
Phylogenetic analysis the subgenus Persea and Eriodaphne (Persea, Lauraceae) using sequences of nuclear, mitochondrial and chloroplast DNA

PPT Presentation		 Mike Conybeare
Australian Avocado Marketing Creative Development
1420-1440 Elizabeth Dann
The ‘cylindro’ complex of avocado root pathogens		 Pilar Gil
Determining the effect of different amounts of water on the physiology, yield and postharvest avocado cv. Hass 

PPT Presentation
                                               		 Raymond Schnell
Identification of a Quantitative Trait Locus (QTL) for Cold Tolerance and Marker Trait Association for Flower Type in a Florida Avocado Mapping population		 Shane Lennon
Australian Avocado Media Plan
1440-1500 Akif Eskalen
Identification and Distribution of Botryosphaeria spp. Associated with Avocado Branch Cankers in California		 Adolfo Gabriel Levin
Potential water saving in avocado during the summer period		 Neena Mitter
A new regeneration method for avocado somatic embryos		 Samantha Pearce
Digital: Online Marketing and Social Media for Australian Avocados

PPT Presentation
1500-1520 Nicanor Liquido
Quarantine security: Mitigating the risk of Ceratitis capitata, Anastrepha fraterculus, and Anastrepha striata (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Persea Americana ‘Hass’		 Pilar Gil
Effect of the soil water-to-air ratio on water status, leaf gas exchange and biomass of avocado trees

PPT Presentation		 Tatiana Cantuarias-Aviles
Use of gamma-irradiation on seeds of different avocado cultivars for propagation purposes		 Frances Dwyer
PR for Australian Avocados

PPT Presentation
                                 
1520-1540 Randy Ploetz
Laurel wilt: A global threat to avocado production		 Luis Tapia Vargas
Hydrologic characterization of avocado in Michoacan

PPT Presentation		  
 		 Lisa Yates
Promoting Avocados to Australian Health Professionals
1540-1600 Paul Campbell
Biosecurity capacity building for Australian avocados		 Ted Johnson
Successful, sustainable growing in South Australia		 Gunjan Tandan
Eat your colorful veggies and fruit for early childhood centres

PPT Presentation
1600-1630 Afternoon tea (Industry exhibition) - Sponsored by Avocados from Mexico

SESSION 4: Concurrent sessions
  Concurrent 1: 
Jan Toerien Hall		 Concurrent 2: 
Hank Brokaw Hall		 Concurrent 3: 
Rudolph Hass Hall		 Concurrent 4: Wilson Popenoe Hall
  PESTS & DISEASES CULTURAL MANAGEMENT  POST HARVEST / PROCESSING MARKETING & SUPPLY
1630-1730
                     		 Pest and diseases workshop Cultural management workshop Postharvest - Processing workshop Marketing and promotion workshop