66th ANNUAL MEETINGof the

Subtropical

Plant Science Society

February 29, 2012

at the

Texas A&M University-KingsvilleCITRUS CENTER

312 N. International Blvd. WESLACO, TX 78596

Texas A&M University- Kingsville

ProgramVenue: Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Citrus Center,

312 N. International Blvd. (FM 1015), Weslaco, TX Moderator: K. Rod Summy, President of Subtropical

Plant Science Society

Time Titles & Speaker (s)

07:00-07:45 am Registration: Regular - $35; Graduate Students - $15

07:45-08:00 am Introductions: K. Rod Summy, President SPSS

08:00-08:30 am Mr. Todd Staples, Texas Commissioner of Agriculture“Border Security and Texas Agriculture”

08:30-09:00 am Mr. John McClung, President and CEO, Texas ProduceAssociation. “The U.S./Mexico Produce

Industry in Troubled Times”

09:00- 09:30 am Dr. Juan Landivar, Director, Texas AgriLife, Corpus Christi

and Weslaco. “Research Programs at Texas AgriLife

Research in South Texas”

09:30-10:00 am Break and Poster Session

10:00-10:30 am Dr. MaryLou Polek, California Citrus Research Board“California Battens Down the Hatches:

Preparing for ACP and HLB”

10:30-10:45 am Dr. Mani Skaria, Professor, TAMU-K Citrus Center“Citrus Greening Disease (HLB)-Lessens

Learned in Florida”

10:45-11:15 am Dr. David Ruppert“Haiti:Soil and Landscape Observation

before the 2009 Earthquake”

11:15-11:30 am Dr. K. Rod Summy, President, SPSS“Outgoing President’s Message: Evolution

of a Professional Society”Poster AwardsArthur T. Potts Award Scholarship awardBusiness Session

Announcements Nominations for OfficersElection of Officers

Subtropical Plant Science SocietyBoard of Directors

Executive Officers 2012 2013 NomineesPresident Rod Summy John GoolsbyPresident-Elect John Goolsby J. Carlos Melgar

Secretary Mani Skaria Mani Skaria

Treasurer J Victor French J Victor French

Section Vice PresidentsFruits J. Carlos Melgar Don HenneVegetables Don Makus Matt Ciomperlik

Section DirectorsFruits Qingyi Yu Jim HoffmanVegetables Madhura Kunta Debbie VillalonPlant Science John Jifon Andrew McDonaldPoster Program Robert Saldana John JifonOutreach Raul Villanueva Barbara Storz

Editorial BoardEditor-in-Chief Rod SummyAssociate Editor – Fruits Eliezer LouzadaAssociate Editor –Vegetables Don MakusAssociate Editor –Agronomy Shad NelsonAssociate Editor –Pathology Madhurababu KuntaAssociate Editor –Entomology J. V. French,

M. SetamouPatrick Moran

Associate Editor –Irrigation Juan EncisoStudent Managing Editor Jose Perez

12:00 pm Lunch