ISCN XI CONGRESS Mildura 2017 ISCN PROGRAM Speakers - Sessions - Tours WWW.ISCN.CO
MONDAY 24TH JULY MORNING 9.00am 9.50am 10.20am > Registration and Executive Committee meeting Time to visit sponsor display and talk to fellow delegates Morning Tea Session Moderator / Gary Eyles > Welcome to the Region Glenn Milne Mayor Mildura Rural City Council Acknowledgement of Country Official opening by ISCN President Veronica Herrera 10.50am > The Eternal Tale of the Dragon and the Phoenix Keynote address Current Chapter on HLB in Florida Dr Fred Gmitter 40 mins including questions 11.30am > Citrus Nursery Scene in Australia Tim Herrmann 11.50am > Supply of Healthy Propagation Material to Australian Citrus Nurseries Dr Nerida Donovan 12.10pm > Variety Evaluation in Australia Graeme Sanderson 12.30pm Lunch
MONDAY 24TH JULY AFTERNOON 1.30pm Session Moderator / Nate Jameson > Citrus Australia National Overview Nathan Hancock 1.50pm > New Cultivars and the Challenge on the Obtention, Distribution and Commercialisation Veronica Herrera 30 mins including questions 2.20pm > Citrus Nursery Industry in China Dr. Wu Houjiu 2.40pm > Californian Citrus Protection Program and Californian Citrus Nursery Diagnostics Dr Georgios Vidalakis 3.00pm 3.30pm Afternoon tea Session Moderator / Nate Jameson > Soil Substrates for Certified Citrus Nursery Trees Klaus Bederski 3.50pm > Question time for the days speakers Sessions Speakers 10 mins 4.00pm > Close 5.20pm > Murray River Cruise Buses depart at 5.20pm sharp for short trip to River Boat
TUESDAY 25TH JULY MORNING 9.00am Session Moderator / Veronica Herrera > Global Trends in Citrus Varieties Dr Graham Barry 30 mins including questions 9.30am > Citrus Variety Development: From experiment to commercial Dr Graham Barry 9.50am > University of Florida-CREC Breeding program: New Scion and Rootstock Cultivars Dr Fred Gmitter 10.10am > Inovation Strategy for Cultivars and Rootstocks for the Chilean Citrus Industry Juan Ortuzar 10.30am 11.00am Morning Tea Session Moderator / Steve Burdette > Treatments to Improve shoot growth of newly budded nursery plants Dr Kim Bowman 11.20am > Rootstock effects on Substrate ph Nate Jameson
TUESDAY 25TH JULY 11.40am > Citrus Nursery Management and Production Practices in Pakistan Dr Tahir Khurshid 12.00pm > Seed and cultivar selection Ian Tolley OAM 12.20pm > Question time for the morning speakers Sessions Speakers 12.30pm Lunch AFTERNOON 1.30pm Session Moderator / Wayne Parr > Nursery Production Farm Management System in Australia John McDonald 30 mins including questions 2.00pm > Nursery Techniques: Results of small trials run in the nursery situation Jose Lima 15 mins including questions 2.15pm > Production of Citrus Trees in Greenhouses Erik Valle 15 mins including questions 2.30pm > Citrus Nursery Tree Certification System in Brazil Cesar Graf 30 mins including questions
3.00pm 3.30pm Afternoon Tea Session Moderator / Roger Smith > Question time for the previous sessions speakers 3.40pm > Interactive Workshop Session 1 Round table exchange of ideas specific to 1. Citrus Nursery Nutrition 5.00pm > Close
WEDNESDAY 26TH JULY 8.30am > Field Trip start. Bus 1 Start End Depart Mildura accomodation 8:00 Travel to Auscitrus 8:00 8:20 Tour Auscitrus 8:20 10:20 Travel to NSW DPI 10:20 1 Morning tea 1 11:00 Tour NSW DPI 11:00 12:30 Travel to Arts Centre 12:30 13:00 Lunch 13:00 14:00 Travel to VCF 14:00 14:30 Tour VCF 14:30 16:30 Travel to accomodation 16:30 17:00 Duration Bus 2 Start End Depart Mildura accomodation 8:00 Travel to NSW DPI 8:00 8:30 Tour NSW DPI 8:30 10:00 Morning tea 10:00 1 Travel to Auscitrus 1 10:40 Tour Auscitrus 10:40 12:40 Travel to Arts Centre 12:40 13:00 Lunch 13:00 14:00 Travel to VCF 14:00 14:30 Tour VCF 14:30 16:30 Travel to accomodation 16:30 17:00 Duration 5.00pm > Field Trip finish. 0:20 2:00 0:10 1:30 1:00 2:00 1:30 0:10 2:00 0:20 1:00 2:00
THURSDAY 27TH JULY MORNING 8.50am Session Moderator / Veronica Herrera > ISCN Members General meeting Next Congress Decision 80 mins 10.00am > Plate to tree: World trends John Chavarria 10.20am 11.00am Morning Tea Session Moderator / Greg Chislett > Dynamic growth in South African citrus industry coping with the demand for propagation material Paul Fourie 11.20am > Identification Technology of Citrus Seedlings Dr Dazhi Li 11.40am > Successful Propagation of Rootstock Stem Cuttings Dr Kim Bowman 12.00pm > Evaluation of rootstocks for abiotic stress tolerance Dr Zhao Xiaochun
12.20pm > Question time for the morning speakers Sessions Speakers 12.30pm Lunch THURSDAY 27TH JULY AFTERNOON 1.30pm Session Moderator / Tim Herrmann > IPM and Biological control in Citrus Nurseries Roger Smith/Erik Valle 30 mins including questions 2.00pm > Profitability = % of A grade trees in the shortest time Klaus Bederski 15 mins including questions 2.15pm > The effects of using Valencia interstock on the vigour of Nadorcot Mandarin at Nursery Level Scott McKenzie 15 mins including questions 2.30pm > Inter American Citrus Network Horacio Mederos Acosta 15 mins including questions 2.45pm > Question time for the afternoon speakers Sessions Speakers 3.00pm Afternoon Tea
Session Moderator / Jose Lima / Nate Jameson 3.30pm > Interactive Workshop Session 1 Round table exchange of ideas specific to 1. Nursery Management Structures 5.00pm 6.30pm > Close > Gala Dinner Grand Hotel Grand Ballroom FRIDAY 28TH JULY 8.30am > Field Trip start. Bus 1 From To Duration Item Depart Mildura accomodation 8:00 8:00 9:30 1:30 Travel Mildura to Boundary Bend 9:30 11:30 2:00 Boundary Bend Estate olive oil processing 11:30 12:00 Travel Boundary Bend to Kenley 12:00 13:30 1:30 Lunch Chislett Nuseries 13:30 15:00 1:30 Chislett Nurseries Tour 15:00 15:30 Chislett Farms Afourer rootstock plantings 15:30 17:30 2:00 Travel Kenley to Mildura Bus 2 Start End Duration Depart Mildura accomodation 8:00 8:00 10:00 2:00 Travel Mildura to Kenley 10:00 1 Chislett Farms Afourer rootstock plantings 1 12:00 1:30 Chislett Nurseries Tour 12:00 13:30 1:30 Lunch Chislett Nuseries 13:30 14:00 Travel Kenley to Boundary Bend 14:00 16:00 2:00 Boundary Bend Estate olive oil processing 16:00 17:30 1:30 Travel Boundary Bend to Mildura 5.30pm > Field Trip finish.
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ISCN XI CONGRESS Mildura 2017 WWW.ISCN.CO