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METRIA 2002: Landscape Plant Symposium: Plant Development and Utilization

Program and Selected Papers

Asheville, North Carolina
May 23-25, 2002

Raw Materials: Present and Future Potential for New Germplasm.

Moderator: Dr. Brian Maynard, Professor of Plant Science, University of Rhode Island and Executive Director of METRIA

• The Best of All Worlds: A Limitless Future of Plant Breeding Using Species and Generic Analogs
  Mr. Todd Lasseigne, Assistant Director, J.C. Raulston Arboretum
• Exploring the Underused Potential of Our Native Forests
  Mr. Rick Lewandowski, Director, Mt. Cuba Center for the Study of Piedmont Flora
• The Acquisition, Maintenance and Breeding Potential of Camellia Germplasm
  Dr. Clifford R. Parks, Professor of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Crop Improvement: Evaluation, Selection, and Development of New Landscape Plants

Moderator: Dr. Thomas Ranney, Professor of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University

• Billions of Buddleias and Crowds of Cornus; Cultivar Evaluation Research at Bernheim
  Dr. Paul Cappiello, Director of Horticulture, Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest
• Breeding Efforts in Cercis at North Carolina State University
  Dr. Dennis Werner, Professor of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University
• Developments in the LPDC/ Morton Arboretum Maple Breeding Program
  Dr. Susan Wiegrefe, Tree Breeder, The Morton Arboretum
• Landscape Plant Development Center's Breeding Project - Status
  Dr. Harold Pellett, Professor of Horticultural Science and Director of the Landscape Plant Development Center, Chanhassen, MN
• The Magic of Malus
  Mr. Jim Chatfield, Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University
• Development of New Ornamental Plants at the University of Georgia Tifton Campus
  Dr. John Ruter, Professor, University of Georgia
• Bridging the Gap from Crop Improvement to Production
  Mr. Keith Warren, Director of Product Development, J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co

Crop Improvement: Evaluation, Selection, and Development of New Landscape Plants (continued)

Moderator: Dr. Bert Cregg, Assistant Professor, Michigan State University

• The City as a Test Plot: The Ithaca, New York Example
  Dr. Nina Bassuk, Professor and Program Leader of the Urban Horticulture Institute, Cornell University
• Evaluating Common Landscape Trees for Susceptibility to Asian Longhorned Beetle
  Dr. Jim Sellmer, Assistant Professor of Ornamental Horticulture, The Pennsylvania State University

Production and Development: Critical Evaluation and Needs for the Future

Moderator: Dr. Bert Cregg, Assistant Professor, Michigan State University

• Mineral Nutrition of Trees During Production and in the Landscape
  Dr. Daniel K. Struve, Associate Professor, Ohio State University
• Plant Development and Introduction from a Commercial Perspective
  Mr. Tim Wood, Spring Meadow Nursery
• Steps to Successfully Develop, Introduce and Commercialize New Plants
  Mr. Jim Berry, General Manager, Plant Development Services, Inc.
• Selecting, Evaluating, Marketing and Servicing New Tree Cultivars
  Mr. Brent W. Marable, Vice President, Tree Introductions, Inc.

Application and Utilization: Design, Culture, and the Human Experience

Moderator: Dr. Susan Wiegrefe, Tree Breeder, The Morton Arboretum

• Urban Forestry - A Snapshot of Today, With a Glimpse to the Future
  Mr. Ed Macie, Urban Forestry Program Coordinator, USDA Forest Service, Southern Region
• Envisioning Trees In Cities: Opening Our Cultural Archives
  Dr. Kim Coder, Professor of Forest Resources, University of Georgia

Poster Presentations

• Water Use of Acer rubrum Cultivars: Quantifying Canopy-Level Water Flux Using Measurement and Modeling Techniques
  William L. Bauerle and Christopher J. Post. Clemson University
• Consumers See Value in Disease-Resistant Dogwoods
  W.E. Klingeman, J.R. Brooker, D.B. Eastwood, B.K. Behe, J.R. Riley and P. Knight
  Michigan State University & Mississippi State University
• Development of New Woody Plants by the Texas Coordinated Education and Marketing Assistance Program
  Michael A. Arnold, Wayne A. MacKay, Jerry M. Parsons, Larry Stein, Greg Grant, Steven W. George, Tim D. Davis, R. Daniel Lineberger, H.B. Pemberton and C.B. McKenney of Texas A&M University, Texas Agricultural Extension Service and Mercer Arboretum & Botanical Garden
• Urban Plant Ecology: A Horticultural Perspective. Initial Results from a Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Site
  Chris A. Martin, Linda B. Stabler, Sarah B. Celestian and Jean C. Stutz, Arizona State University
• A Genetic Study of Pigmented Cornus kousa Cultivars
  R. N. Trigiano, M.H. Ament and M.T. Windham, University of Tennessee
• Introducing 'Summer Cascade' River Birch
  T.G. Ranney, T.A. Eaker, J.D. Allen, D.A. Allen and M.O. Fountain of North Carolina State University, Shiloh Nursery, and North Carolina Foundation Seed Distributors
• New Powdery Mildew Resistant Cultivars of Cornus florida
  M. T. Windham, R. N. Trigiano, A.S. Windham and W. E. Klingeman III, University of Tennessee

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