EVENTS & MEETINGS OF 2006

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• 4th ISHS International and 8th National Symposium on Seed, Transplant and Stand Establishment of Horticultural Crops, "Translating seed and seedling physiology into technology"
  December 3-6, 2006.
  San Antonio, Texas.
  
  Elio Jovicich.
  Predatory mites released on transplants can protect greenhouse-grown peppers from early broad mite infestations.

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• XXVII International Horticultural Congress.
  August 13-18, 2006.
  Seoul, Korea.
  
  Dan Cantliffe.
  Greenhouse cooling for production of peppers under hot summer conditions in a high-roof passively-ventilated
  greenhouse.

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• Cucurbitaceae 2006
  September 17-21, 2006.
  Asheville, N.C.
  Contact: Conference Coordinator - Jane Dove Long
  Department of Plant Pathology,
  Campus Box 7405, NC
  State University, Raleigh, NC 27695
  Phone:  (919)513-1343
  Fax: (919) 515-8795
  
  Jeanmarie Mitchell.
  Fruit yield, quality parameters, and powdery mildew (Sphaerotheca fuliginea) susceptibility of specialty melon
  (Cucumis melo L.) cultivars grown in a passively ventilated greenhouse.

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• Models for Plant Growth, Environmental Control & Farm Management in Protected Cultivation - HortiModel2006.
  October 29 - November 2, 2006.
  Wageningen, Netherlands.
  Contact: Dr. Ep Heuvelink,
  Horticultural Productions Chains Group,
  Wageningen University,
  Marijkeweg 22, 6709 PG Wageningen, Netherlands.
  Phone: (31)317483679
  Fax: (31)317484709
  E-Mail:  programme@hortimodel2006.nl

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• International Symposium on Advances in Soil and Soilless Cultivation under Protected Environment.
  February 19-24, 2006.
  Agadir, Morocco.
  Contact: Conveners Drs. A Hanafi and W.H. Schnitzler
  Institut Agronomique et Véterinaire Hassan II,
  Complexe Horticole,
  PO BOX 12042, Cité Balnéaire, Agadir 80.000, Morocco.
  Phone: (212)48248152 or 61177968
  Fax: (212)48248152
  

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• Symposium on Greenhouse Cooling: Methods, Technologies and Plant Response.
  April 24-27, 2006.
  Almería, Spain. 
  Contact: Dr. Jerónimo Pérez Parra,
  Estación Experimental de Cajamar, Autovía del Mediterráneo Km. 416,7,
  04710 El Ejido, Almería, Spain.
  Phone: (34)950580569, Fax: (34)950580450
  

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• International Pepper Conference.
  May 21-23, 2006.
  Palm Springs, CA.
  Contact: California Pepper Commission,
  Ken Melban
  Phone: (559) 591-3925
  
Elio Jovicich.
Broad mite biological control in greenhouse-grown bell pepper - pest management for transplant and fruit production.

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• 119th Annual Meeting of the Florida State Horticultural Society.
  June 4-6, 2006.
  Tampa, FL.
  Web: www.fshs.org>
  Betty Brew.
  
  
  Determination of optimum storage conditions for ‘baby’ summer squash fruit Cucubita pepo.