Vegetable Breeding Working Group

VGBR is part of the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS)

Symposia, Colloquia, and Workshops

The vegetable breeding working group of ASHS sponsors the plant breeding symposium (in cooperation with the Crop Science Society of America), as well as colloquia and workshops each year. Symposia are held every two years, and alternate between ASHS and CSSA meetings. Below is a list of those events sponsored over the years.

Year

Type

Title

2005

Colloquium

Role of horticulture in interdisciplinary centers related to foods for health

2005

Workshop

Translational genomics of vegetable crops

2004

2003

2002

(ASHS combined with ISHS conference)

2001

Colloquium

Genomics: applications to horticultural crops

2000

Colloquium

Global carrying capacity: food and future world population

Colloquium

Biotechnology for harvested horticultural crops: past accomplishments, potential benefits, and acceptance

1999

Colloquium

Genetic stability of transgenes under field conditions

Workshop

Breeding for phytonutrients in vegetable crops

1998

Symposium

Plant genome projects: implications for plant breeding (Rebecca Grumet and Joe Keaschall)

Colloquium

Role of oxidative stress and antioxidants in plant and human health

1997

Workshop

Deployment of transgenic crops

Workshop

Germplasm and crop gene pool enrichment

1996

Symposium

Heterosis (Jack Staub and Kendall Lamkey)

Colloquium

Enhancement of horticultural crops for improved human health

Workshop

Use of molecular markers in germplasm management

1995

Colloquium

Genome mapping of horticultural crops

Workshop

Use of introgression and exotic germplasm in the improvement of vegetable species

1994

Symposium

Analysis of molecular marker data (Todd Wehner and Steve Knapp)

Colloquium

Classical and molecular approaches to breeding horticultural plants for disease resistance

1993

Workshop

Sustainability of vegetable breeder’s genetic resources

1992

Symposium

Applications of RAPD technology to plant breeding (James Nienhuis and John Dudley)

Workshop

Breeding temperate vegetable crops in the tropics

1991

Workshop

Breeding for improved nutritional and culinary qualities in vegetable crops

1990

Workshop

Breeding for insect resistance in vegetable crops

Workshop

Open forum on plant breeding

1989

Workshop

Applied quantitative genetic methods of vegetable crop breeding

1988

Workshop

Mechanisms for protection and release of vegetable crop cultivars and germplasm

1987

Colloquium

Statistics update for horticulturists

Workshop

Integrating mineral nutrition and plant breeding: implications for horticultural crops

1986

Colloquium

Vegetable variety testing

Colloquium

Genetic considerations in the collection and maintenance of germplasm

Colloquium

Potato production for true seed

Workshop

Novel methods in vegetable breeding

1985

Colloquium

Root systems of vegetable crops

Workshop

Release of cultivar and germplasm by public agencies: policies and procedures

1984

Colloquium

Virus diseases: a dilemma for plant breeders

1983

Workshop

The role of public and private plant breeders in horticultural crop improvement

1982

Colloquium

Genetic engineering

1981

Workshop

Breeding for disease resistance in vegetables

1979

Workshop

Seed quality: an overview of its relationship to horticulturists and physiologists