(L to R) Brianna Haynes, Gina Fernandez, and Patrick Veazie at the 2024 American Society of Horticultural Science conference | North Carolina State University (NC State)
North Carolina State University’s Department of Horticultural Science was present at the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) annual conference held in Honolulu, HI from Sept. 23-27, 2024, with 11 graduate students, five faculty, one extension associate, and five research scholars sharing their research and information through posters and talks.
2024 ASHS Conference – Graduate Student Awards, Topics and Titles
Annie Vogel (Oral Presentation): Prohexadione Calcium Does Not Affect Thinning Efficacy of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic Acid in ‘Golden Delicious’
Madison Love (Poster Presentation): Facilitating Pollinator Conservation in Agriculture: Understanding Grower Needs in Obtaining IPM Certification
James Duduit (Oral Presentation): Functional Characterization of a Candidate Bacterial Wilt Resistance Gene in Tomato
Amanda Solliday (Oral Presentation): Sustainability Beliefs and Practices in the United States Floriculture Industry
Stuart Michel (Oral Presentation): Watermelon Cultigen Yield Response to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum Incidence in North and South Carolina, U.S.
André Truter (First Place, Oral Floriculture Competition): Stratification Significantly Reduces the Phytotoxic Effects of Fresh Hardwood
Patrick Veazie (Second Place, Oral Floral Competition): The Use of Machine Learning to Develop Refined Foliar Tissue Analysis Standards and Diagnostic Tools for Petunia
2024 ASHS Conference – Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) Recognition
Four NC State students, past and present, earned spots in the Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) competition, with all talks focused on strawberry propagation and production.
Moein Moosavi-Nezhad (Honorable Mention, Oral Presentation): Unraveling Strawberry Stock Plant Architecture, Morphology, and Tips’ Spatial Distribution under Three Photoperiods to Facilitate Future Propagation System Design: A Comparative Study on Monterey as a Long-day Cultivar
Brandan Shur (Honorable Mention, Oral Presentation): Stratified Wood Substrates for Optimizing Growth of Greenhouse-Grown Strawberries and Blueberries
Michael Palmer (Second Place, Oral Presentation): Impact of Diurnal Chilling on Vegetative and Floral Development of Strawberry (Fragaria x annanassa) cvs. ‘Albion’, ‘Chandler’, ‘Monterey’, ‘Sensation’ Tray Plants in a Controlled Environment
Samson Humphrey (First Place, Oral Presentation): Impact of Elevated CO2 and Two Daily Light Integrals on the Production Efficiency of Strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa ‘Monterey’) Daughter Plants
Additional information and the full list of NC State awards and honors from the 2024 American Society for Horticultural Science conference can be found here.
