Sunday, July 9, 2006

8:00 AM

Participant arrival at the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport.  (A shuttle bus will be transporting participants from airport to hotel from 12:00 to 10:00 PM)

2:00PM – 7:00 PM       Registration (Hotel Lobby) (Windward Foyer)

3:00

Exhibitors set up on designated spaces on conference floor

3:30

Technical Committee meeting with section moderators (El Yunque Room)

4:00

CFCS Board of Directors and Council Meeting (El Yunque Room)

8:00-10:30PM

Welcome Cocktail Party Reception

(Hotel Beach Boardwalk)

Monday, July 10, 2006

7:00 AM – 5:00 PM      Registration  (Hotel Lobby) (Windward Foyer)

7:00-9:00 AM

Exhibitors set up on designated spaces on conference floor (Grand Foyer)

9:00-10:30AM

Welcome and opening remarks (Grand Ballroom)

Master of Ceremonies: Dr. Héctor L. Santiago Anadón, Associate Dean for Research, College of Agricultural Sciences, Mayagüez Campus of the University of  Puerto Rico

Dr. Alberto J. Beale Cosío, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

Prof. Lucas N. Avilés Rodríguez, President of the Organizing Committee and Director of Planning and Budget, College of Agricultural Sciences, Mayagüez Campus of the University of Puerto Rico

Dr. John Fernández Van Cleve, CFCS President and Dean and Director of the College of Agricultural Sciences, Mayagüez Campus of the University of  Puerto Rico

Dr. Bruce Lauckner, President of the Caribbean AgroEconomic Society, CFCS Board Member, and Manager for Research and Development, Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute, Trinidad and Tobago

Dr. H. Arlington Chesney, Director of Caribbean Operation, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation of Agriculture (IICA) and Advisory Board Member

Dr. Jorge I. Vélez Arocho, Chancellor, Mayagüez Campus of the University of Puerto Rico

Hon. José O. Fabre Laboy, Secretary Department of Agriculture of Puerto Rico

10:30

Coffee Break

11:00

Caribbean Development in the Post Washington Consensus Period.  B.W. Blake, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of Jamaica to The United Nations 

12:00

Lunch  (on your own)

1:30 - 5:00 PM                        ?Concurrent Technical Sessions>

Room A:  Technical Session: Animal Science                               (1:30 – 3:00 PM)   

                  Moderator: Dr. Abner A. Rodríguez Carías

1:30

ANSC 1 -  Evaluación de la prolificidad, comportamiento higiénico y de defensa de la abeja (Apis mellifera), en el núcleo genético de la Regional Norte de República Dominicana.  H. A. Almonte, T. Kenol, C. M. De Jesús y R. A. Vásquez.  Instituto Superior de Agricultura (ISA) de la República Dominicana.

1:45

ANSC 2 - Efecto de calidad genética en tilapia  nilotica (Oreochromis niloticus) sobre la producción de larvas en Higüey, República Dominicana.  Y. Dávila,  M. García y D. Castillo.  Instituto Dominicano de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales (IDIAF).

2:00

ANSC 3 -  Influencia de la alimentación con pollinaza fresca o fermentada en la incidencia de parásitos gastrointestinales en ovinos de engorde.  S. A. Mena, V. De Jesús, D. Gelabert, F. Villamil y J. Bueno. Instituto Superior de Agricultura (ISA) de la República Dominicana.

2:15

ANSC 4 - Genotyping of a Hind III RFLP at the IGFBP-2 locus in bulls divergently selected for serum IGF-I and its effects on carcass and meat quality traits.  M. Pagan¹, K. Kizilkaya² , M.E. Davis³, N.E. Raney⁴, and C.W. Ernst⁴.  ¹University of Puerto Rico -  Mayagüez Campus, ²Adnan Menderes University, Aydin, Turkey, ³The Ohio State University, Columbus, ⁴Michigan State University, East Lansing.

2:30

ANSC 5 -  Digestibilidad "in situ" y parámetros químicos de ensilaje de maíz (Zea mays) fresco, prehenificado y prehenificado con urea utilizando ovinos.  A. Santana, E. Blanco y R. Batista.  Universidad ISA, Santiago, República Dominicana.

2:45

ANSC 6 - Efecto de la adición de Avizyme^® en la dieta sobre el desempeño productivo y la composición de la canal de gallinas de guinea (Numida meleagris).  H. L. Santiago, J. A. Orama y A. A. Rodríguez.  Departamento de Industria Pecuaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Estación Experimental Agrícola.

3:00

Coffee Break

Room A:  Technical Session: Food Safety and Value Added Products

                  Moderator:  Dr. Edna Negrón de Bravo                    (3:15 – 5:00 PM)

3:15

FS-VA 1 - Research on Salmonella Incidence in Parent Breeding Flocks for Layer eggs in Suriname.  M. Ramdin. University of Suriname.

3:30

FS-VA 2 - Food safety concerns and fertilizer-use potential of food processing biosolids for vegetable and forage production.  M. St. Luce, G. Gouveia, and G. Eudoxie. University of West Indies.

3:45

FS-VA 3 - Improving food safety management practices a consumer oriented approach.  M. Gosein. Caribbean Industrial Research Institute.

4:00

FS-VA 4 - Food safety problems found in SMEs in the agro-processing and food service sectors in the Caribbean and strategies in finding solutions. M. Taylor, S. Mohammed, and S. Peart. Caribbean Food Safety Centre (CFSC).

4:15

FS-VA 5 - Food safety in farmer participatory learning: The trinidad and tobago experience.  D. V. Ramroop. Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Marine Resources - Trinidad and Tobago.

4:30

FS-VA 6 - The role of probiotics as functional food components.  M. Velázquez.  Food Science and Technology Program.  University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus.      

4:45

FS-VA 7 - Auditing food safety for produce. R. E. Costa. President Environ Health Associates, Inc.  

Caribbean Room:  Technical Session: Crop Protection                (1:30 – 5:00 PM)

Moderator:  Dr. Lydia I. Rivera Vargas

1:30

CP 1 - Biological attributes of chilli thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood, on four crops.  D. Seal and W. Klassen.  University of Florida.

1:45

CP 2 -  Control químico de la mosca (Melanagromyza obtusa Malloch) de la vaina del guandul (Cajanus cajan L. Millspaug).  J. R. Cedano,  Y. Segura y S. Nova. Instituto Dominicano de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales (IDIAF).

2:00

CP 3 - Mitigating the impact of bacterial wilt and bacterial spot on tomatoes by integrated and biorational approaches.  P. Ji, F. B. Iriarte, M. T. Momol, S. M. Olson, and J. B. Jones. University of Florida.

2:15

CP 4 - Entomology training and education opportunities in the National Plant Diagnostic Network (NPDN).  A. Hodges. University of Florida.

2:30

CP 5 - Influencia de la fumigación de suelos sobre la residualidad en el suelo de 2,4-d y dicamba en tomate.  J. P. Gilreath, B. M. Santos, C. A. Chase y S. J. Locascio.  Gulf Coast REC, IFAS, University of Florida.

2:45

CP 6 - Characterization of Phytophthora capsici on diverse hosts, its survival and management.  P.D. Roberts, E. R. Marquez, and R.D. French-Monar. SWFREC, University of Florida.

3:00

Coffee Break

Caribbean Room:  Technical Session: Crop Protection                 (3:15 – 5:00 PM)

Moderator:  Dr. Alejandro Segarra Carmona

3:15

CP 7- Population dynamics of the exotic coffee leaf miner parasitoid, Mirax insularis Muesebeck, in a sunlight coffee plantation in Puerto Rico.  F. Gallardo. Crop Protection Department, University of Puerto Rico, Agricultural Experiment Station.

3:30

CP 8 - Effectiveness of poultry litter for the control of plant-parasitic nematodes on tropical crops.  J. A. Chavarría¹, N. Vicente¹; J. Ortiz², and C. Flores³. ¹Department of Crop Protection, ²Department of Agricultural Economics and, ³Department of Horticulture. University of Puerto Rico, Agricultural Experiment Station.

3:45

CP 9 - Head capsule width as an instar indicator for larvae of the coffee leafminer Leucoptera cofeella (Guerin-Meneville) (Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae). P. Navarro and F. Gallardo. Department of Crop Protection, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus.

4:00

CP 10 - Genetic analysis of resistance to bacterial spot in solanaceous crops with molecular markers.  C. E. Vallejos¹, V. Jones¹, G. Minsavage², D. Schultz¹, R. Rodrigues³, J. B. Jones², and R. E. Stall². ¹Deptartment of Horticultural Sciences and ²Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida. ³Department of Crop Science and Plant Breeding, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Brasil.

4:15

CP 11 -  LC, un atrayente a partir de material disponible en la República Dominicana con diferentes niveles del aditivo Bórax para capturar moscas de la fruta.  F. R. Ogando y C. A. Serra. Instituto Dominicano de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales (IDIAF/UNPHU).

4:30

CP 12 -  Plantas hospederas de la Mosca Asiática, Melanagromyza obtusa (Malloch) (Diptera: Agromyzidae) y susceptibilidad de variedades tradicionales de Guandul.  C. A. Serra¹, S. García¹, J. Arias² y Y. Segura².  ¹Estación Experimental Mata Larga (EEML), San Francisco de Macorís, Estación. Experimental Arroyo Loro (EEAL), San Juan de la Maguana, Programa Nacional de Protección Vegetal, CENTA, Instituto Dominicano de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales (IDIAF).

4:45

CP 13 -  Efecto de Beauveria bassiana sobre la mortalidad del picudo Cosmopolistes sordidus Germ. y Metamasius hemipterus en banano orgánico.  R. Taveras y A. Cuevas.  Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo.                                                                   

Rooms B & C: Technical Session: Caribbean Agro Economic Society

Session A: Competitiveness of Caribbean Agriculture          

                                    Moderator:  Gregg Rawlins               (1:30  – 3:00 PM)

1:30

CAES 1 - Puerto Rico’s agricultural economy: from traditional agriculture to value added agriculture.  G. González. Associate Dean, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Mayagüez Campus of the University of Puerto Rico.

2:00

CAES 2 - CARICOM countries agricultural sector competitiveness position with reference to the export of specialty crops to the US import market.  G. G. Lowe and C. G Davis. University of Florida.

2:30

CAES 3 - Alternatives to sugar cane in St Kitts: Competitiveness studies of four crops in St Kitts/Nevis.  A. Edwards and A. Jacque. Ministry of Agriculture, St. Kitts, Ministry of Agriculture, Rood and Marine Resources, Trinidad and Tobago.

3:00

Coffee Break

Rooms B & C: Technical Session: Caribbean Agro Economic Society

Session A: Competitiveness of Caribbean Agriculture         

                                    Moderator:  Carlton Davis                (3:15  – 5:15 PM)

3:15

CAES 4 - Competitiveness of Jamaican tropical crops after implementing SPS measures.  K. Hyatt.  Minitry of Agriculture. Jamaica.

3:45

CAES 5 - A competitiveness study of rice production systems in Trinidad and Tobago.  D. Seecharan and A. Jacque.

4:15

CAES 6 - Understanding the decline of cocoa production in Trinidad and Tobago.   L. Neptune and A. Jacque.  Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Marine Resources, Trinidad and Tobago.

4:45

CAES 7 - An approach to measuring the true contribution of the agricultural sector to the economy.   E. Harry

2:00 –  4:00

Meeting of Agricultural Experiment Stations Director (El Yunque Room)

          Moderator: Dr. Altagracia Rivera de Castillo

3:00 –  5:00

Scientific Poster set up (Atlantic Room)  Moderators:  Dr. Rosa Franqui Rivera and Dr. Melvin Pagán Morales

6:30

Transportation outside hotel

7:30

Cocktail and Cultural Activity (Puerto Rico Night) -  Botanical Garden of the University of Puerto Rico

10:30 – 11:00

Transportation back to hotel

Tuesday, July 11, 2006

8:00 AM – 10:00 AM      Registration  (Hotel Lobby) (Windward Foyer)

8:00 - 5:00 PM

Open Scientific Poster Session (Atlantic Room)

8:00 - 5:00 PM                          ?Concurrent Technical Sessions>

Caribbean Room     T-STAR : Invasive Species Symposium

8:00

Welcome:   Moderator:  Dr. William Brown, Program Director, Tropical & Subtropical Agriculture Research (TSTAR), University of Florida.

Dr. Alberto Beale Cosío, Chairman of the Board, Caribbean Food Crops Society & Professor, University of Puerto Rico.

Dr. Mark McLellan, Dean for Research and Director, Florida Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Florida.

Dr. Larry R. Arrington, Dean for Extension and Director, Florida

Cooperative Extension Service, University of Florida.

Dr. John Fernandez Van Cleve, Dean and Director, College of

Agricultural Sciences, Mayagüez Campus, University of Puerto Rico.

Hon. José O. Fabre Laboy, Secretary Department of Agriculture of Puerto Rico.

Keynote Address: Introduction of Keynote Speaker and Moderator:  Dr. Arlington Chesney, Director of Regional Operations and Integration for the Caribbean Region, IICA, San Juan, Costa Rica.

8:45

The Jagdeo Initiative: CARICOM’s Perspective on Enhancement of Sustainable Growth and Development in Regional Agriculture, by the Honorable Roger Clarke, Minister of Agriculture and Land, Government of Jamaica.

9:15

Discussion

Session I: Background to the Issues Moderator:  Dr. William Brown, Program Director, Tropical & Subtropical Agriculture Research (TSTAR), University of Florida.

9:30

Recent Initiatives on Invasive Species Safeguarding Efforts in the Caribbean Region, by Caribbean Invasive Species Working Group, presented by Mr. Bruce Lauckner, Chair, Caribbean Invasive Species Working Group and Manager, Research and Development, CARDI, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.

9:45

Coffee Break

Session II: Regional and National Coordination Challenges Facing the Implementation of a Caribbean Invasive Species Strategy Moderator:  Dr. Lloyd Webb, Advisor on Veterinary Public Health, PAHO, WHO, Barbados.

10:00

Overview of the Legal and Regulatory Challenges Faced by CARICOM in the Implementation of an Invasive Species Strategy: The Case of CAHFSA, by Mr. Irwin LaRocque, Assistant Secretary General for Trade and Regional Integration, CARICOM (invited) and Ms. Margaret Kalloo, Sr. Project Officer, Agricultural Development Unit, CARICOM, Georgetown, Guyana, SA.

10:15

Perspective of the French Overseas Departments with Respect to Regional Coordination of an Invasive Species Strategy, by Mr. Jean-Marc Bournigal, General Director, Direction Générale de l'Alimentation, Government of France, France (invited).

10:30

Regulatory/Coordination Considerations Facing the Implementation of a Caribbean Invasive Species Strategy from the FAO Perspective, by Dr. Gene Pollard, Regional Plant Protection Specialist, FAO, Barbados.

10:45

Regulatory/Coordination Considerations Facing the Implementation of a Caribbean Invasive Species Strategy from the USDA-APHIS Perspective, by Dr. Richard (Ric) L. Dunkle, Deputy Administrator of Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) Program, USDA, APHIS, Washington, DC.

11:00

Regulatory/Coordination Considerations Facing the Implementation of a Caribbean Invasive Species Strategy from a Ministry of Agriculture Perspective, by Ms. Cynthra Persad, Director of Research, Ministry of Agriculture, Lands and Marine Resources, Trinidad and Tobago.

11:15

CABI Proposal: “Mitigating the Threats of IAS in the Insular Caribbean”, by Dr. Vyju Lopez, Coordinator – Sustainable Pest and Crop Management and Dr. Ulrike Krauss, Director (ad interim), CABI Caribbean and Latin American Regional Centre, Trinidad and Tobago; Dr. Moses Kairo, Director for Biological Control, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Florida; Dr. Marion Seier, Senior Weed Pathologist – Invasive Species and Dr. Sean Murphy, Research Group Leader – Invasive Species, CABI, Ascot, United Kingdom

11:00

Discussion

12:00

Lunch (on your own)

Session III: Technical Challenges Facing the Implementation of a Caribbean Invasive Species Strategy. Moderator:  Dr. Rosa Franqui, Professor, Department of Crop Protection, and Director of the Entomology Museum, University of Puerto Rico.

1:30

Proposed Caribbean Invasive Species Surveillance and Information Program, by Dr. Waldemar “Waldy” Klassen, Professor and Program Director, Tropical Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Homestead and Dr. Carlton G. Davis, Distinguished Professor, Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida, Gainesville.

1:45

Towards a Caribbean Regional Diagnostic Network, by Dr. M. Timur “Tim” Momol, Associate Professor of Plant Pathology, North Florida Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Quincy and Dr. Jiannong Xin, University of Florida – IFAS Information Technology, Gainesville.

2:00

USDA-APHIS Pest Surveillance and Detection Activities in the Caribbean Region, by Mr. John Stewart, Agricultural Attache’, USDA, APHIS, San Jose, Costa Rica, Mr. Robert J. Balaam, Offshore Initiatives Coordinator, USDA, APHIS, Key Largo, Florida and Mr. Russell Duncan, Caribbean Area Safeguarding Officer, USDA, APHIS, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

2:15

French Overseas Department Pest Surveillance and Detection Activities in the Caribbean Region, by Mr. Claude Vuillaume, Chargé de coopération régionale Caraïbe, CIRAD Direction Régionale Guadeloupe, and Dr. Sophie Molia, CaribVET, CIRAD-EMVT, Guadeloupe.

2:30

Training in Support of Pest Surveillance and Detection in the

Caribbean Region, by Dr. Consuelo Estevez de Jensen, SPDN Diagnostician for Puerto Rico, University of Puerto Rico and Dr. Rosa Franqui, Professor, Department of Crop Protection, and Director of the Entomology Museum, University of Puerto Rico.

2:45

An Information System to Support Pest Surveillance and

Detection in the Caribbean Region, by Dr. Ron Stinner, Professor of Entomology and Biomathematics, North Carolina State University and Director, NSF Center for IPM, Raleigh, North Carolina, and Dr. Karl Suiter, Associate Director, NSF Center for IPM, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina.

3:00

Coffee Break

3:15

Session IV: Panel Discussion: Strategies for Mobilizing Resources to Implement a Caribbean Invasive Species Strategy. Moderator: Dr. Wendel Parham, Executive Director, CARDI, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.

Panel Member Comments:

Mr. Irwin LaRocque, Assistant Secretary General for Trade and Regional Integration, CARICOM, Georgetown, Guyana, SA (invited).

Dr. David Sammons, Sr. Advisor, University Relations and Agricultural Research, Training and Outreach, USAID, Washington, DC and Director (designated), International Agricultural Programs, University of Florida.

Dr. Gene Pollard, Regional Plant Protection Specialist, FAO, Barbados.

Dr. Arlington Chesney, Director of Regional Operations and Integration for the Caribbean Region, IICA, San Juan, Costa Rica.

4:15

Discussion

4:45

Reflections and the Way Forward, by Ms. Margaret Kalloo, Sr. Project Officer, Agricultural Development Unit, CARICOM Georgetown, Guyana S.A.

Room A:  Technical Session: Forages                                           (8:00  –  9:45 AM)

                  Moderator:  Dr. Elide Valencia Chin

8:00

FOR 1 - Potential leguminous shrubs for meat goat production in Florida.  M.B. Adjei¹ and E. Valencia².  ¹University of Florida, Range Cattle REC Experiment Station, Ona, FL and ²University of Puerto Rico,  Agricultural Experiment Station.

8:15

FOR 2 - Effect of cattle manure application rate and strategy on Bahiagrass yield and nutritive value.  K. Obour¹, M. B. Adjei¹, E. Valencia² and J. E. Rechcigl³.  ¹University of Florida, Range Cattle REC, Ona, FL, ²University of Puerto Rico – Agricultural Experiment Station, and ³University of Florida, Gulf Coast REC, FL.

8:30

FOR 3 - Persistence and yield of Brachiaria cultivars on an ultisol in Puerto Rico.  R. Ramos¹, E. Valencia¹, A. A. Rodríguez², and H. Díaz². 1Department of Agronomy and Soils and ²Department of Animal Industry, University of Puerto Rico – Mayagüez Campus.

8:45

FOR 4 - Evaluation of MS yield and nutritional composition of Digitaria decumbens hay “cultivar transvala” with three mowing frequency and fertilizer levels.  J. M. Isma, N. Daniel, A. Santana, C. M. De Jesús, and R. A. Vásquez.  Instituto Superior de Agricultura (ISA) de la República Dominicana.

9:00

FOR 5 - Efecto de niveles de altura de corte en la relación hoja - tallo  y materia seca total de morera (Morus alba).  E. J. Almánzar, B. Wagner y J. Melidiana. UASD. República Dominicana.

9:15

FOR 6 - Efecto de los bloques multi-nutricionales vs. una premezcla mineral comercial en novillas añojas.  J. Caridad.  Instituto Dominicano de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales (IDIAF).

9:30

FOR 7- Dairy waste effluent effects on forage yield of tropical grasses and soil P.  E. Valencia¹, R. Ramos¹, R. Tirado¹, and H. Diaz².  ¹Agronomy and Soils Department, ²Department of Animal Industry, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus.

9:45

Coffee Break

Room A: Technical Session: Roots and Tubers                      (10:00  – 12:00 M )

                   Moderator: Dr. Alberto J. Beale Cosío

10:00

R&T 1 - Gustos y preferencias por raíces y tubérculos en Puerto Rico.  M. Cortés y L. Gayol.  Universidad de Puerto Rico, Estación Experimental Agrícola.

10:15

R&T 2 - Distancia de siembra y fuente del material de propagación en el rendimiento de yautía (Xanthosoma spp.) en la zona central de Puerto Rico.  A. González.  Universidad de Puerto Rico, Estación Experimental Agrícola.

10:30

R&T 3 - Evaluación de características hortícolas asociadas al rendimiento de la yuca (Manihot esculenta).  M. Díaz¹ y M. L. Lugo². Universidad de Puerto Rico, ¹Servicio de Extensión Agrícola  ²Estación Experimental Agrícola.

10:45

R&T 4 - Cloning and characterization of B-cyanoalanine synthase in cassava: An avenue for both cyanide detoxification and enhanced amino acid content.  J. Marrero and D. Siritunga.  Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus.

11:00

R&T 5 - Evaluating sweet potato (Ipomea batatas) for utilisation properties.  P. Titus¹, N. Ali², J. O. Akingbala². ¹Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) St. Vincent and the Grenadines; ²Department of Chemical Engineering, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad.

11:15

R&T 6 - Effect of seed sett weight of ginger (Zingiber officinale) on yield.  A. J. Beale, L. Ramírez, M. Díaz, M. Muñoz, and C. Flores. University of Puerto Rico, Agricultural Experiment Station.

11:30

R&T 7 - Safer cassava food: The production of transgenic cassava with accelerated cyanogenesis.  D. Siritunga¹ and R.  Sayre². ¹Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus. ²Deparment of Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology, The Ohio State University.

11:45

R&T 8 - Developing systems for sustainable production of export grade dasheen (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott var. esculenta) in Dominica.  G. C. Robin.  Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI).

12:00

Lunch (on your own)

Room A: Technical Session: Horticulture                                  (1:30  – 3:00 PM)

                      Moderator: Prof. Sally González Miranda

1:30

HORT 1 -  El bronceado de la habichuela (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) y su control en el Valle de San Juan.  V. Morillo y J. Cepeda. Instituto Dominicano de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales (IDIAF).

1:45

HORT 2 - Development and marketing of selected fresh-cut tropical crops in Trinidad. G. Henry, A. Mootoo, R. Mamchan, and L. Harrynanan. Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Marine Resources - Trinidad and Tobago.

2:00

HORT 3 -  Efecto del descole y el desdede sobre el tamaño de la fruta del banano (Musa AAA), clon gran enano.  H. Ricardo, E. De Jesús, R. Castro y R. Ortiz, Instituto Dominicano de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales (IDIAF).

2:15

HORT 4 -  Influencia de métodos de desmucilaginado y reposo sobre la calidad del café (Coffea arabica) en Chene, Barahona, República Dominicana.  M. Cuevas, H. Jiménez, J. Candelario y B. Toral.  Instituto Dominicano de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales (IDIAF).

2:30

HORT 5 - Effects of drought on stomatal resistance, surface resistance and leaf temperature in four genotypes of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L) under greenhouse environment.  V. H. Ramirez, B. Timothy, G. Porch, and E. W. Harmsen, University of Puerto Rico – Mayagüez Campus.

2:45

HORT 6 - Influence of drip irrigation and nitrogen rates on strawberry cultivars.  B. M. Santos, E. H. Simonne, J. R. Duval, E. A. Golden, and A. J. Whidden. Gulf Coast REC, IFAS, University of Florida.

3:00

Coffee Break

Room A: Technical Session: Horticulture                                   (3:15 – 4:30 PM)

                      Moderator: Dr. Elvin Román Paoli

3:15

HORT 7 -  Efecto de las prácticas de desmane y desdede sobre el tamaño de la fruta del banano (Musa AAA), clon Gran Enano.  H. Ricardo, E. De Jesús y R. De la Paz.  Instituto Dominicano de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales (IDIAF).

3:30

HORT 8 - The effects of plant population on yield and fruit quality of hot pepper cv. local red.  T. Indalsingh and P. B. Antoine. Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Marine Resources, Trinidad and Tobago.

3:45

HORT 9 – Evaluación de germoplasma de heliconia stricta en Puerto Rico  ¹L. R. Santiago y  ²A. J. Beale. ¹Horticultor Asociado, Departamento de Horticultura.  ²Departamento de Agronomía y Suelos.  Colegio de Ciencias Agrícolas, Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez, Universidad de Puerto Rico.

4:00

HORT 10 - The generic tree-soil-crop interaction model WaNuLCAS for the evaluation of multi-species agro-ecosystems in the tropics: A case study with banana (Musa spp.)  H. Ozier, G. Damour, R. Tournebize, and B. Lusiana. INRA.

4:15

HORT 11 - Caracterización y nivel de deserción volátiles generados durante por la cocción de pulpa de batata.  J. A. Dumas y C. Ortiz. Universidad de Puerto Rico, Estación Experimental Agrícola.

Room A: Technical Session: General Agriculture                     (4:30 – 5:00 PM )

                           Moderator: Dr. Héctor L. Santiago Anadón

4:30

GENAG 1 - The importance of agricultural research institutions in Suriname.  L. Ori. University of Suriname.

4:45

GENAG 2 - An assessment of agricultural education in Suriname.  L. Ori and L. Soetosenojo. University of Suriname.

Rooms B & C: Technical Session: Caribbean Agro-Economic Society

  Session B: Marketing and Trade Issues                                      (1:30 – 3:00 PM) 

                           Moderator:  Emaline Harris-Charles 

1:30

CAES 7 - The creation of non-traditional agribusiness clusters and niche markets for sustainable development of Caribbean agriculture.   K. Amiel.

2:00

CAES 8 – The economics of the arrow root industry in St Vincent and the Grenadines.  M. Dalton.

2:30

CAES 9 – Trade liberalization and Barbado’s Special Products:  A closer look at four commodities.  E. Marcus-Burnett.

3:00

Coffee Break

Rooms B & C: Technical Session: Caribbean Agro-Economic Society

                Session C: Food Safety                                                  (3:15  – 5:15 PM)

                            Moderator:  Sarojini Ragbir

3:15

CAES 10 - An approach to a microbiological risk assessment in the poultry sector in Trinidad.   M. Dookeran, G. S. H. Baccus-Taylor and J. Akingbala.  University of West Indies.

3:45

CAES 11 - Food safety management systems: Initiatives of Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies, Philippines and Bangladesh  N. Badrie, S. Y. De Leon and Md R. Amin. University of West Indies, University of Philippines, Ministry of Food and Disaster Management, Banglodesh.

4:15

CAES 12 - The process towards the development of an improved National Food Safety System in Antigua and Barbuda. J. A. Laudat.

4:45

CAES 13 – Factors that influence alcohol consumption in the Caribbean and Central America countries. C. Ligeon, P. Gregorowicz, and C. Jolly.

1:30 – 4:00 PM

Meeting of the Board of Director of CACHE   (El Yunque Room)

6:00

Transportation outside hotel to Casa Cuba

7:00

Cocktail

8:00

Banquet – Casa Cuba

11:00

Transportation back to hotel

Wednesday, July 12, 2006

8:00 – 10:00 AM      Registration  (Hotel Lobby) (Windward Foyer)

8:00 - 5:00 PM

Open scientific poster session (Atlantic Room)

8:00 - 5:00 PM

?Concurrent Technical Sessions>

Room A: Technical Session: Crop Protection                           (8:00  – 9:45 AM)     

                           Moderator:  Dr. Rosa Franqui Rivera

8:00

CP 14 - Chilli thrips (Scirtothrips dorsalis) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in Barbados, a new pest of sea island cotton.  B. M. Taylor, I. H. Gibbs, and M. A. Ciomperlik. Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Christ Church, Barbados USDA APHIS CPHST Pest Detection Diagnostics and Management Laboratory, Edinburg, TX.

8:15

CP 15 - Effect of virtually impermeable films on metam, chloropicrin, and 1,3-dichloropropene efficacy on nutsedge populations.  J. P. Gilreath, B. M. Santos, M. N. Siham, P. Vaculin, and M. Herrington.  Gulf Coast REC, IFAS, University of Florida.

8:30

CP 16 - A participatory research and development study with fairtrade banana farmers for watergrass control using cover crops.  W. A. Isaac, W. Ganpat, R. Brathwaithe, and I. Bekele. Ministry of Agriculture, Trinidad and Tobago.

8:45

CP 17 -  Influencia de la desfoliación sobre el comportamiento del plátano (Musa AAB) y el manejo de Sigatoka negra (Mycosphaerella fijiensis Morelet).  D. Ozuna, H. Ricardo y E. De Jesús. Instituto Dominicano de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales (IDIAF).

9:00

CP 18 - The impact of Amitus hesperidum, an exotic parasitoid wasp on population levels of citrus blackfly, Aleurocanthus woglumi (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae).  C. Shripat and K. Parkinson.  Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Marine Resources - Trinidad and Tobago.

9:15

CP 19 - Variación estacional en la fotodegradación de paraquat aplicado sobre coberturas plásticas.  J. P. Gilreath, B. M. Santos y S. J. Duranceau.  Gulf Coast REC, IFAS, University of Florida.

9:30

CP 20 - Anthracnose: A new disease on pitaya in South Florida.  A. J. Palmateer and R.C. Ploetz. Department Plant Pathology, IFAS, Tropical Research and Education Center, University of Florida.

9:45

Coffee Break

Room A: Technical Session: Crop Protection                             (10:00  -  12:00)     

                           Moderator:  Dr. Alejandro Segarra Carmona

10:00

CP 21 - Classical biological control of citrus pests in Florida and the Caribbean: Interconnections and sustainability.  M. A. Hoy, University of Florida.

10:15

CP 22 - The need for a molecular signature for Brevipalpus exotic mites and mite-borne diseases approaching the Caribbean Basin.  J.C. Rodrigues, R. Ochoa, C. Welborn, C. C. Childers, University of Puerto Rico, Agricultural Experiment Station.

10:30

CP 23 - Phytophagous mites associated with mango seedlings in Puerto Rico, and a report for Neocalacarus mangiferae (Acari: Eriophyidae), a newly introduced mite.  A. Segarra and N. Nieves.  Department of Crop Protection, University of Puerto Rico, Agricultural Experiment Station.

10:45

CP 24 - Managing the sweet potato grub in St Vincent and the Grenadines.  P. Titus and K.Dalip.  Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI)

11:00

CP 25 - Evaluation of pheromone traps performance for the detection of the banana root borer Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) on plantain crops. R. A. Franqui¹, J. A. Chavarría¹ and C. Flores². ¹Department of Crop Protection, ²Department of Horticulture, University of Puerto Rico, Agricultural Experiment Station.

11:15

CP 26 -  Efecto de competencia de las malezas en el rendimiento del cultivo de  yuca (Manihot esculenta Crantz) en Esperanza,  República Dominicana.  R. Hernández.  Instituto Dominicano de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales (IDIAF).

11:30

CP 27 - Non-indigenous insect species in Puerto Rico: A case study.  R. A. Franqui.  Department of Crop Protection, University of Puerto Rico, Agricultural Experiment Station.

11:45

CP 28 - Caracterización de tres suelos tropicales y su influencia en la adsorción de metolaclor y carbofuran.  J. A. Dumas, P. Nkedi y R. Montalvo. Universidad de Puerto Rico, Estación Experimental Agrícola.

12:00

Lunch on your own

Caribbean Room: Technical Session: Agronomy and Natural Resources

                   Moderator: Dr. Miguel A. Muñoz Muñoz                   (8:00 – 9:45AM)  

8:00

ANR 1 - Case study on estimating soil erosion and potential water pollution in the C