You are invited to participate in the 17th Annual Tomato Disease Workshop to be held November 8-9th in West Palm Beach, Florida. We encourage you to contribute an oral presentation or participate informally in discussions of recent studies on occurrence and management of tomato diseases. As in past meetings, both processing and fresh market tomato problems will be addressed. Colleagues from industry, academia, and extension are welcome.

The workshop will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 1601 Belvedere Road, West Palm Beach, Florida. Room rates for the hotel are $79.00 per night (single or double). Please reserve your room at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in West Palm Beach, Florida by October 16, 2001 (cut-off date for this rate). Participants should call this number (561-689-6400) directly and ask for reservations. Be sure to mention that you are with the "Tomato Disease Workshop"; any problems can be referred to Ms. Barbara Russell, sales manager of the Hotel. There is a free shuttle from the Palm Beach International (PBI) Airport to the Crowne Plaza Hotel. There is also a shuttle from the hotel to CityPlace downtown and from there a trolley to Clematis Street. Both areas have many restaurants and a variety of entertainment establishments. The registration fee and corporate sponsorship will cover the cost of meeting, continental breakfast (Thur. and Fri.), refreshment breaks, lunch (Thur.) at Mounts Botanical Gardens, and a half-day tour to tomato fields (Thur.).

The registration fee for the meeting will be $35.00 before Oct. 1, $50.00 after October 1, and $75.00 on site. Workshop organizers are from several units of the University of Florida / IFAS and EDEN Bioscience. The workshop will begin at 8:30 am on Thursday, November 8 and end at 4:00 pm on Friday, November 9. The program will consist of contributed oral presentations (10-20 min.).

Note that to properly register for this meeting, you must complete two (2) forms. Please click here to download and print the "Presentation Title/Attendance Form" (an Acrobat PDF file) and return to Tim Momol by mail or Fax no later than August 20, 2001. A tentative program will be mailed to you in early September. If you need to download Acrobat Reader, click on the icon below.

IN ADDITION, the official Registration Form must be completed and returned with your registration fee to: Tomato Disease Workshop, IFAS Office of Conferences and Institutes (OCI), University of Florida, P.O. Box 110750, Gainesville, FL 32611-0750 or FAX to (352) 392-9734. Note on the registration form that the registration fee goes up substantially for mailings postmarked after October 1st.

NOTE: Payment must accompany your registration and be postmarked by the deadline (Oct. 1st) to qualify for the early registration fee.

To register, you can click here to register with a credit card online.

OR, click here to load a form that can be printed to your printer, (an Acrobat PDF file) then return the form by fax or mail with payment to the Office of Conferences and Institutes.

In compliance with ADA requirements, participants with special needs can be reasonably accommodated by contacting Ken Pernezny at the Everglades REC at least ten working days prior to the conference. He can be reached by phone at (561) 993-1599, by fax at (561) 993-1582, or by calling 1-800-955-8771 (TDD - State of Florida Only).

We look forward to welcoming you to this exciting Workshop!

For additional information contact:
Tim Momol
University of Florida, NFREC
30 Research Road
Quincy, FL 32351
Ph: 850-875-7154 Fax: 850-875-7148
E-mail: TMOMOL@MAIL.IFAS.UFL.EDU
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Ken Pernezny
University of Florida, Everglades REC
3200 E. Palm Beach Road
Belle Glade, Florida 33430
Ph: 561-993-1599 Fax: 561-993-1582
E-mail: KLP@GNV.IFAS.UFL.EDU

Organizing Committee:
Co-Chairs: Ken Pernezny and Tim Momol
Members: Amanda Carroll, Janice Collins, Betsy Lamb, Richard Lentini, Bob McMillan, Pam Roberts and Ken Schuler.