SUNDAY |
7:30 - 9:30 pm | Genomics and proteomics in postharvest biology |
| Discussion Leader: Don Grierson (Nottingham University, UK) |
| Speaker: Jim Giovannoni (USDA-ARS/BTI, Cornell University)
Genomics in postharvest biology - new tools, new discoveries |
| Respondent: Nurit Katzir (Volcani Institute, ARO, Israel) |
| Speaker: Jocelyn Rose (Cornell University)
Proteomics analysis of fruit ripening |
| Respondent: Ann Powell (University of California, Davis) |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
8:45 am | Group Photo |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Regulation of ripening and senescence |
| Discussion Leader: Jean-Claude Pech (University of Toulouse, INRA/ENSAT, France) |
| Speaker: Jimmy Botella (University of Queensland, Australia)
Non-Climacteric ripening: The good, the bad and the ugly (truth) |
| Respondent: Albert Purvis (The University of Georgia) |
| Speaker: Russell Jones (University of California, Berkeley)
Reactive Oxygen, Viability and Cell Death in Cereal Aleurone |
| Speaker: Harry Klee (University of Florida)
Climacteric ripening |
| Respondent: Vasantha Rupasinghe (University of Guelph, Canada) |
| Speaker: Ernst Woltering (ATO Wageningen UR, The Netherlands)
Plant Apoptosis: About the Bullets and the Gun |
| Respondent: Jocelyn Eason (New Zealand Institute for Crop & Food Research) |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 - 9:30 pm | Genetic and chemical technologies for ethylene control |
| Discussion Leader: Margrethe Serek (University of Hanover, Germany) |
| Speaker: Randolph Beaudry (Michigan State University) 1-Methylcyclopropene: One ring to rule them all? |
| Respondent: Robert Saftner (USDA Agricultural Research Service) |
| Speaker: Edward Sisler (North Carolina State University)
New chemistries |
| Respondent: Harlow Warner (AgroFresh, Inc.) |
| Speaker: Caren Chang (University of Maryland)
Molecular mechanisms of ethylene receptor action |
| Respondent: Kathleen Brown (Pennsylvania State University) |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Genetic approaches to improving postharvest performance |
| Discussion Leader: Ian Ferguson (HortResearch, Auckland, New Zealand) |
| Speaker: Asaph Aharoni (Wageningen, The Netherlands)
Fruit Flavour Genes: From Gene Expression to Metabolic Pathways |
| Respondent: Bruno Defilippi (University of California, Davis) |
| Speaker: Roger Harker (HortResearch, Auckland, New Zealand)
Texture |
| Respondent: John Labavitch (University of California, Davis) |
| Speaker: Graham King (Horticulture Research International, UK)
Resolving genetic components of variation for texture |
| Respondent: Greg McCollum (USDA Agricultural Research Service) |
| Speaker: Henrik Stotz (Oregon State University)
Plant resistance to necrotrophic fungal pathogens |
| Respondent: Ron Porat (Volcani Center, ARO, Israel) |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 - 9:30 pm | Non-chemical tools in postharvest technology |
| Discussion Leader: John Fellman (Washington State University) |
| Speaker: Samir Droby (The Volcani Center, Israel)
Biological control of postharvest diseases: advances and challenges |
| Respondent: Mary Lu Arpaia (University of California,
Davis) |
| Speaker: Herman Peppelenbos (ATO Wageningen, The Netherlands)
Controlling the Atmosphere |
| Respondent: Art Cameron (Michigan State University) |
| Speaker: Allan Woolf (HortResearch, Auckland, New Zealand)
Exploiting Temperature: illustrations using Avocado |
| Respondent: Mikal Saltveit (University of California, Davis) |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Critical issues in postharvest technology |
| Discussion Leader: John Faragher (Dept of Natural Resources and Environment, Australia) |
| Speaker: Véronique Bellon-Maurel (Cemagref, France)
Non-destructive quality measurement |
| Respondent: Arthur Cameron (Michigan State University) |
| Speaker: Josse DeBaerdemaeker (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium) Mechanization of postharvest handling |
| Respondent: Eugene Kupferman (Washington State University) |
| Speaker: Beth Mitcham (University of California, Davis)
Advances in Quarantine Research |
| Respondent: Christian Chervin (Toulouse University, France) |
| Speaker: Robert Premier (Dept of Natural Resources and Environment, Australia) Food safety |
| Respondent: Adel Kader (University of California, Davis) |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 - 9:30 pm | Postharvest challenges around the world |
| Discussion Leader: Marita Cantwell (University of California, Davis) |
| Speaker: Luis Luchsinger (University of Chile) Present and new trends in postharvest research and technology in Latin America |
| Respondent: Eduardo Kerbel (Dole Fresh Fruit International) |
| Speaker: Francois Mazaud (Postharvest Management Group, FAO, Rome) How to improve the efficincy of the postharvest system: an FAO approach |
| Respondent: Vinod Kochhar (Nat'l Botanical Research Institute, India) |
| Speaker: Tie-Jin Ying (Zhejiang University, China)
Current research focuses and strategies on postharvest handling of perishables in China |
| Respondent: Jingtair Siriphanich (Kasetsart University, Thailand) |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Crop postharvest physiology |
| Discussion Leader: Robert Paull (University of Hawaii) |
| Speaker: Stanley Kays (University of Georgia)
Roots and tubers postharvest physiology |
| Respondent: Sophia Biemelt (IPK, Gatersleben, Germany) |
| Speaker: Susheng Gan (University of Kentucky) Integrated analysis of leaf senescence |
| Respondent: Evy Mathas (Horticulture Research Int'l, UK) |
| Speaker: Don Hunter (University of California, Davis)
Flower physiology and senescence |
| Respondent: Shimon Meir (Volcani Center, ARO, Israel) |
| Speaker: Pietro Tonutti (University of Padua, Italy)
Fruit postharvest physiology |
| Respondent: David Dilley (Michigan State University |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 - 9:30 pm | Nutritional genomics and postharvest biology |
| Discussion Leader: Angelos Kanellis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece) |
| Speaker: Steffen Abel (University of California, Davis) Glucosinates |
| Respondent: Robert Premier (Dept. of Natural Resources & Environment, Australia) |
| Speaker: Nicholas Smirnoff (University of Exeter, UK) Ascorbic acid biosynthesis |
| Respondent: Beata Wolucka (University of Gent, Belgium) |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |