4:00pm - 7:30pm

Registration/Information Desk Open (at side of Hotel Reception desk)

6:00pm - 7:30pm

Welcome Reception in the Main Hotel Lounge (with light refreshments served)

8:00am - 5:00pm

Registration/Information Desk Open

8:30am

Welcome and Introduction

Bob Martin

8:35am

Actinidia in China, natural diversity, phytogeographical evolution, interspecific gene flow and gene discovery for kiwifruit cultivar improvement

9:00am

A revision of the genus Actinidia from China

Jianquiang Li

9:15am

Consumer perceptions and preferences for kiwifruit: a review

Roger Harker (Keynote)

9:45am

Kiwifruit skins:  the fruit’s natural packaging

Ian Hallett

10:00am

Sensory properties of fruit skins: searching for opportunities within plant breeding

Rachel Amos

10:15am - 10:45am

Tea/coffee break. View the trade displays and posters in the Te Puna Aroha Room and in the Main Lounge 

10:45am

Innovative application of non-destructive techniques for fruit quality and disease diagnosis

Guglielmo Costa

11:00am

Kinetic modelling of softening of early-harvested ‘Hort16A’ kiwifruit as measured with destructive and non-destructive techniques

Wendy Schotsmans

11:15am

Kiwifruit softening: a comprehensive research approach in Chile and relevant results

Tomas Cooper

11:30am

Rapid analysis of volatile flavour compounds using the MS-Nose™

Ellen Friel

11:45am

Sorting for hue angle using NIR (Hort16A), sorting for dry matter using NIR (‘Hort16A’ and ‘Hayward’)

Tom Laurie 

12:00pm - 1:30pm

Lunch - Chapmans Restaurant & Main Lounge. View trade displays and posters in the Te Puna Aroha Room and Main Lounge 

1:30pm

Can biotechnology help kiwifruit breeders?

Elspeth MacRae (Keynote) 

2:00pm

The use of EST – derived microsatellites as markers in the development of a genetic map in kiwifruit

Lena Fraser

2:15pm

Genetic markers: their transferability and usefulness across Actinidia

Gianna Tsang

2:30pm

Phylogenetic relationships in Actinidia as revealed by nuclear DNA genetic markers and cytoplasm DNA sequence analysis

Zuozhou Li

2:45pm

Fruit characteristics of Shaima sarunshi (Actinidia rufa (Sieb.. et Zucc.) Planch. ex Miq.), a unique resource of Actinidia native to Japan

Jin Gook Kim

3:00pm - 3:45pm

Tea/coffee break. View the trade displays and posters in the Te Puna Aroha Room and in the main lounge

3:45pm

All together now: the development and use of hermaphrodite breeding lines in Actinidia deliciosa

Mark McNeilage

4:00pm

Observation of parthenocarpy in Actinidia arguta selection ‘Issai’

Ikuo Kataoka

4:15pm

Identification and characterisation of regulatory genes from kiwifruit

Roger Hellens

4:30pm

High throughput transformation of Actinidia – a platform for kiwifruit functional genomic studies

Tianchi Wang

4:45pm

Assessment of fruit softening attributes of Actinidia seedling vines

Anne White

5:00pm - 6:00pm

View the trade displays and posters in the Te Puna Aroha Room and in the Main Lounge.  Drinks may be purchased at the cash bar – Te Puna Aroha Room

6:00pm

Introduction to Workshop

Andrew Granger

6:05pm

Selection of sweet Actinidia eriantha,  ‘Bidan’

Younseop Jo

6:20pm

‘Jintao’ – a Chinese kiwifruit selection grown in Italy

Raffaele Testolin

6:35pm

Selection of a new red-fleshed kiwifruit cultivar ‘Chuhong’

Cai-Hong Zhong

6:50pm

Red kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis) breeding in New Zealand

Canhong Cheng

7:05pm

Partial dominance in Actinidia kolomikta interspecific hybrids

Bob Guthrie

7:20pm

Survey of wild Actinidia from the Yangtze River region in China

Russell Lowe

8:30am-5:00pm

Registration/Information Desk Open

8:30am

Apple and kiwifruit: can we learn from each other?

John Palmer (Keynote)

9:00am

Physiological processes contributing to genotypic variation in fruit composition of Actinidia deliciosa

Mike Clearwater

9:15am

Characterising spatial variation in quality in kiwifruit

John-Paul Praat

9:30am

The use of GIS and geostatistics for optimising kiwifruit production and quality

Thomas Panagopoulos

9:45am

Geographic patterns in fruit attributes for New Zealand grown kiwifruit

Alistair Mowat

10:00am-10:45am

Tea/coffee break.
View trade displays and posters in the Te Puna Aroha Room and Main Lounge

10:45am

Influence of temperature on between-season variation in dry matter content of ‘Hayward’ kiwifruit

Bill Snelgar

11:00am

Climate and ‘Hort16A’ fruit development

Kevin Patterson

11:15am

Seasonal carbohydrate changes in dormant kiwifruit buds

Annette Richardson

11:30am

‘Hort16A’ beak-end softening and shrivelling in California

Grant Thorp

11:45am

Genetic regulation of bud break in kiwifruit

Eric Walton

12:00 noon

Lunch - Chapmans Restaurant and Main Lounge.
View trade displays and posters in the Te Puna Aroha Room and Main Lounge

1:30pm

Studying nutrient fluxes at orchard ecosystem scale: scope and methodological aspects

Massimo Tagliavini (Keynote)

2:00pm

Relationships between maturity, nutrition and fruit storage quality in ‘Hort16A’ fruit

Linda Boyd

2:15pm

A water and nitrogen budget for ‘Hort16A’ kiwifruit

Steve Green

2:30pm

Effects of overhead shading during hot summer time on yield and fruit quality of kiwifruit

Zhongyan Wang

2:45pm

Questions and general discussion

3:00pm - 3:45pm

Tea /coffee break.
View trade displays and posters in the Te Puna Aroha Room and Main Lounge

3:45pm

Modelling the effect of holding temperature on flesh de-greening in ‘Hort16A’ kiwifruit

Nihal De Silva

4:00pm

Within-vine variation in maturity parameters and storage potential of ‘Hort16A’ kiwifruit grown in Italy

Kate Maguire

4:15pm

Initial assessment of canopy modifications to achieve higher dry matter fruit in ‘Hort16A’ kiwifruit

David Sher

4:30pm

Shoot vigour control and shoot tip abortion (termination) in Actinidia

Alla Seleznyova

4:45pm

Experiences with recent postharvest technologies in kiwifruit

Nagin Lallu

5:00pm - 6:00pm

View trade displays and posters in the Te Puna Aroha Room and Main Lounge.
Drinks may be purchased at the cash bar – Te Puna Aroha Room

6:00pm

Introduction

Nagin Lallu

6:05pm

SmartFresh™ (1-methylcyclopropene) benefits for kiwifruit

Giovanni Regiroli

6:20pm

Postharvest SmartFresh™ treatment prolongs storage and shelf life of kiwifruit by suppression of ethylene action and production

Evangelos Sfakiotakis

6:35pm

Postharvest factors that influence the effectiveness of modified atmosphere packaging in kiwifruit

Juan Pablo Zoffoli

6:50pm

Aroma volatiles of SmartFresh™-treated ‘Hayward’ and ‘Hort16A’ kiwifruit

Jem Burdon

7:05pm

Discussion on SmartFresh™ in kiwifruit (followed by snacks and drinks)

8:30am - 5:00pm

Registration/Information Desk Open 

8:30am

The ecology, distribution and control of wild kiwifruit (Actinidia species) in New Zealand

Jon Sullivan

8:55am

Sustainable kiwifruit orchard management in semi-arid environment

Cristos Xiloyannis

9:15am

Soil quality, kiwifruit production and orchard management: differences between and within organic and Integrated Pest Management orchards in New Zealand

Jayson Benge

9:30am

Plant biodiversity: the importance of shelterbelt management

Henrik Moller

9:45am

Grower reaction to sustainability

Lesley Hunt

10:00am

ISHS Kiwifruit Working Group Meeting

Ian Warrington

10:15am - 10.30am

Tea/coffee break.
View trade displays and posters in Te Puna Aroha Room and Main Lounge
Session 12: Starts at 10.30am in the Cascade Room
Session 13: Starts at 10.45 in the Pohutu Cultural Theatre