2023 Annual Meeting
October 17-18, 2023
The State View Hotel
2451 Alumni Drive
Raleigh, NC 27606
Message from Dr. Hoffmann
Dear friends, collaborators and partners,
One of my favorite contemporary artists once said “To get something you’ve never had, you have to do something you never did”. We followed this advice. The vision this group had back in 2016-17 wasn’t buried in thoughts. It was put into reality, thanks to every single one of you. Our work, even if sometimes seemingly small, contributes to a larger good that unites our interests: Cleaner, more efficient, soilless production of strawberry plants. In the two days of our annual meeting in Raleigh, we will learn and discuss research from the successful sequencing of 12 strawberry cultivars over substrate research and propagation rates to field trials and economic aspects. I have never been more excited to share our progress with you and I am looking very forward to seeing you all at our annual conference in Raleigh, NC.
Collaboration at Work
Day 1: October 17, 2023 Agenda
8:00-8:45 Breakfast/welcome Breakfast will be catered by State View Hotel 8:45-9:00 General Overview of Project Mark Hoffmann 9:00-9:15 Title of Presentation: Supply Chain Impact Model (Economics Group) Daniel Tregeagle 9:15-9:30 Title of Presentation: Flowering Responses to Mono/Poly Chromatic Supplemental LED Lighting Ed Durner 9:30-9:45 Title of Presentation: How photoperiod affect strawberry daughter-to-mother plant ratio Dr. Hernandez Lab: Moein Moosavi 9:45-10:00 Title of Presentation: Effects of light intensity and CO2 enrichment on daughter plant production of ‘Monterey’ and ‘Fronteras’ Dr. Hernandez Lab: Sam Humphrey 10:00-10:15 Title of Presentation: Impacts of nitrate to ammonium ratio on strawberry runner production Dr. Boldt’s Lab: Erin Yafuso 10:15-10:30 Title of Presentation: Effect of artificial chilling to enhance vegetative growth and runnering in ‘Albion’ and ‘Fronteras’ strawberry cultivars. The Ohio State: Pooja Tripathi 10:30-10:45 Title of Presentation: Understanding Flowering and Fruiting Habits of Various Cultivars Through the Influence of Daughter Plant Size and Supplemental Chilling Dr. Hoffmann’s Lab: Michael Palmer 10:45-11:00 Title of Presentation: Influence of Soilless Substrate Composition, Stratification, and Container Geometry on Mother Plant Productivity of Strawberry Dr. Jackson Lab: Brandan Shur 11:00-11:15 Title of Presentation: Effect of Planting Date on Strawberry Yield CalPoly: Samantha Simard 11:15-11:30 Title of Presentation: Field Evaluation of Controlled Environment (CE) Produced Strawberry Propagules Cornell University – Dr. Weber’s Lab:Ava Forystek 11:30-11:45 Title of Presentation: Identification of DNA variants among twelve strawberry cultivars UMD: Xi Luo 11:45-12:00 Title of Presentation: “The Welfare Effects of Controlled Environment Propagation in the Strawberry Nursery Industry”. NCSU: Jung Hoon Han 12:00-1:00 Lunch Lunch will be catered by State View Hotel 1:00-4:00 Tour Indoor Nursery and Experiments Transportation provided- Bus will be at the front of the hotel 6:30 Dinner Hosted by Dr. Fernandez
6900 Mere View Ct.
Raleigh, NC
Day 2: October 18, 2023 Agenda
8:30-9:00 Breakfast Catered by State View 9:00-10:00 Business Meeting for all PIs and Co-PIs (Agenda will be shared via email) 10:00-11:00 Lightning Talks and Discussion of Summer Internships Internship with Plenty
Xi Lou
Michael Palmer
Moein Moosavi
Sam Humphrey
Internship with Plant Science
Ava Forystek
Internship with Driscolls
Samantha Simard11:00-12:00 Micropropagation Unit Transportation will be provided 12:00 Lunch Transportation will be provided
Downtown Raleigh, NC (On your own)1:30-4:30 Natural Science Museum Optional