(www.fshs.org
and
scssf.org)
This year again
FSHS and SCSSF will meet jointly at
the Ft. Lauderdale Marriott North, 6650 N. Andrews Ave., Ft. Lauderdale (http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/fllcc-fort-lauderdale-marriott-north/). This year’s meeting will offer many opportunities
for all attending. In addition to over 170
technical presentations, there will be two evening receptions to get together
with friends and colleagues, and special sessions with invited speakers. This
non-smoking Hotel sits on a six-acre nature preserve near the city’s business
district and is centrally located off of I-95, minutes from the airport, beach,
local recreations and attractions.
The Joint Meeting of FSHS and SCSSF will feature presentations of applied research pertaining to horticultural
and agronomic crops and products, and new developments and practices that have
been put into use by growers, processors, allied industries, and other
horticultural interests in
This
year again, the 2008 FSHS meeting has been approved as an in-service training. In addition, there will also be a combined
in-service training on the afternoon of Tuesday June 3 and all day Wednesday
June 4 (sponsored by
the fruit and vegetable, citrus, small farms, ornamentals and turf focus teams)
entitled “Phytosanitary inspections and quarantine treatments of imported fruits,
vegetable, and floral crops” (S. Sargent, T. Olczyk, and E. Simonne
co-organizers). The purpose of this IST
is to provide an update on tool, strategies and examples of phytosanitary
inspections and quarantine treatments of imported fruits, vegetable, and floral
crops. This IST will present and discuss
(1) the potential, importance and control of invasive species and diseases, (2)
the principles and current practices employed by APHIS phytosanitary
inspectors, and (3) will include a tour of an inspection facility. County faculty should sign up at the
Authors are encouraged to
submit abstract titles to section-VPs on Feb 15, 2008. The
list of titles is used for advertising the meeting. Abstracts are due by
March 10 to the respective society sections’ vice presidents and will be published on the FSHS web site
(http://www.fshs.org). See instructions
for each society section below. Papers presented through FSHS and SCSSF at the
Annual Meeting will be published in the Proceedings of the FSHS and SCSSF
separately; manuscripts are due at the time of the presentation for FSHS. Papers presented through SCSSF will be due
by August 1, 2008.
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Ft. Lauderdale Marriott North
Abstract Submission Deadline: March 10, 2008
Abstract Submission Guidelines
The abstract limit is 250 words. Abstracts should
be e-mailed (in MS Word or Rich Text Format only) to the appropriate sectional
Vice President listed below. See the FSHS web site for complete format
instructions for abstract and manuscript preparation (http://www.fshs.org). The sectional Vice Presidents
will notify senior authors concerning the acceptance, handling and scheduling
of their papers by April 1.