International Horticulture Conference (IHC2020) (REVOLUTIONIZING HORTICULTURE FOR SECURED FUTURE) February 26-28, 2020 Editorial Board PATRON IN CHIEF ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Prof. Dr. Niaz Ahmad Akhtar Prof. Dr. Tehmina Anjum (Institute of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore) (Vice-Chancellor University of the Punjab, Lahore) Prof. Dr. Arshad Javed (Institute of Agricultural PATRON Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore) Prof. Dr. Muhammad Saleem Haider Mr. Fiaz Hussain Firdousi (Institute of Agricultural (Director Institute of Agricultural Sciences, University of Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore) the Punjab, Lahore) CONFERENCE CONVENOR PUBLICATION COMMITTEE Dr. Muhammad Shafiq Dr. Arshad javed (Associate Professor) (Assistant Professor/President PSHS) Dr. Amna Shoaib (Associate Professor) CONFERENCE SECRETARY Dr. Sajid Ali (Assistant Professor) Mr. Moazzam Anees Dr. Sehrish Mushtaq Dr. Raheel Anwar Mr. Mujahid Hussain INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS Prof. Dr. Randolph M. Beaudry Dr. Rhonda Janke (Michigan State university, USA) (Sultan Qaboos University, Oman) Dr. Sandeep Singh Dr. Kostas Chartzoulakis (Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana) (Irrigation and Olive growing expert, Greece) Dr. Sudarshanee geekiyanage Prof. Dr. Kapila Yakandawala (Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka) (Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka) Dr. Nguyen Bao Quoc Prof. Dr. N. Kotterachchi (Nong Lam University, Vietnam) (Nong Lam University, Vietnam) Dr. Nehdi Sabrine Dr. Nehdi Sabrine (University of Jendouba, Tunisia) (University of Jendouba, Tunisia) Dr. Muhammad Adnan Shahid Dr. Tarlok Singh Sahota (University of New Hampshire, USA) (Director Lakehead University Agriculture Research Station Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada) Dr. Igor Mazurenko NATIONAL KEY-NOTE SPEAKERS (Prof. Hunan University of Humanities, Science and Technology, China) Muhammad Akbar Anjum Dr. Metoui Nebiha (Department of Horticulture, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan) (Assistant Director, Technical Center of Citrus, Tunisia) Ishtiaq Ahmad Rajwana Javed Shah (Pro-VC MNS University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan) (Founder Tulip Garden, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India) Chaudhary Muhammad Ayyub Ahmad Hassan (Institute of Horticultural Sciences, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan) (Sichuan Agricultural University, China) Aamir Nawaz Dr. Waheed Akram (Chairman, Department of Horticulture, Bahauddin Zakariya (Guandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, University, Multan, Pakistan) Guangzhou, China) Nadeem Akhtar Abbasi Dr. Aqeel Ahmad (Pro Vice Chancellor, Pir-Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture (Guandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan) Guangzhou, China) Aman Ullah Malik Dr. Mumtaz A Cheema (Professor Institute of Horticultural Sciences, University of (Boreal Ecosystem and Agricultural Sciences, Memorial Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan) University, Grenfell Campus, Canada) Ishfaq Ahmed Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Rashid (Professor Department of Horticulture, Pir-Mehr Ali Shah (Principal Practice and Lead R&D Envirolead, Canada) Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan) Dr. Muhammad Jamshed Muhammad Jafar Jaskani (University of Calgary, Canada) (Professor, Institute of Horticultural Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan) Farooq Ahmad (Free University of BoZen-Bolzano, Italy) MANAGING EDITOR(S) Muhammad Shafiq (Ph.D.), Sehrish Mushtaq (Ph.D.), and Mujahid Hussain (M. Sc.) TITLE Page Oral Presentations 1. Off-grid solar refrigeration: Technical innovations for the storage of perishables 1 for smallholder farmers 2. Effect of modified atmosphere packaging on fruit quality of fresh tomatoes 1 3. Exogenous application of salicylic acid (SA) during growth stages influences the vegetative 2 growth, marketable yield and quality of strawberry 4. Effect of postharvest calcium chloride application on the storage life and quality of guava 2 fruit 5. Post-harvest treatments improve the physicochemical characteristics of guava (Psidium 3 guajava) fruit cv. Surahi 6. Assessment of export quality fruit of mango cv Sindhri at harvesting stage from different 3 orchards 7. Indigenous hydroponic vegetable cultivation technology in Pakistan 4 8. Cinnamon biodiversity, morphology and chemical composition 4 9. Value chain approach for improving market opportunities for small land holding vegetable 5 growers: a case study of Pakistan 10. Identification of promising horticulture crops and water efficient cropping pattern for 6 irrigated farming system of Balochistan 11. Using amaranth as a model plant for evaluating imperfect storages: Evaluating the 6 functionality of solar refrigerated and evaporatively cooled (SREC) structures 12. Working innovatively for enhancing horticultural R&D: Evolutionn of ACIAR work in 7 Pakistan 13. Formulation and quality evaluation of flavored aloe vera ready to serve (RTS) drink 7 14. Accumulation of heavy metals in edible parts of green leafy vegetables irrigated with fresh 8 and sewage water 15. Climate change severely affects Apple and Mango production in Pakistan and China 8 16. Identification and management of Alternaria ochroleuca – A cause of leaf necrosis in 9 Money Plant 17. Biological control of leaf spot causing fungal pathogens in red-edge dracaena and sow 9 thistle 18. Effect of foliar application of silicon on growth, yield, quality and vase life of tuberose 10 grown under saline conditions 19. In vitro regeneration of plantlets through floral organs culture of Clementine Cassar (Citrus 10 clementina Hort. Ex Tanaka) and Tunisian Maltese ‘Maltese half-blood’ (Citrus sinensis) 20. Innovative approaches for quality fruit production to enhance kinnow export 11 21. USAID PATTA project promoting innovative and precision agriculture technologies to 11 improve yield and quality of crops produced by small farmers in Pakistan 22. Vegetable Grafting: current progress and future outlooks in Pakistan 12 23. Development of indigenous soilless substrate for containerized nursery production of 13 ornamentals 24. Sterilants effect and micro-propagation of two different cultivars of peach (Prunus persica) 13 i 25. Micropropagation in Gerbera (Gerbera jamsonii L.) 14 26. Evaluation of various agricultural wastes for developing local soilless substrate for nursery 15 production of Tagetes erecta 27. In vitro callus induction and regeneration of citrus 15 28. New caveat to tomato crop: possible future threat to world tomato production 16 29. Prospective strategies for abiotic stress management in sustainable horticulture production 16 30. Effect of drought stress on growth, yield and capsaicin contents of hot pepper 17 31. Distributional variability of bacterial wilt of chili incited by Ralstonia solanacearum in 17 eight agro-ecological zones of Pakistan 32. Thermotherapy of citrus budwood to control Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus 18 transmission for Huanglongbing management 33. Evaluation of Some Botanicals against Citrus Bacterial Canker (Xanthomonas citri subsp. 18 citri) Affecting Lime (Citrus aurantifolia Swingle) in Sudan 34. Metagenomics study lead to targeted isolation and characterization of Serratia spp. from the 19 root nodules of chickpea 35. DNA barcoding, phylogenetic analysis and biological control of yellow peach moth, 19 Conogethes punctiferalis (guenee) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) infesting Guava in Punjab, Pakistan 36. PGPR inoculation relieved pea plants from oxidative damage under induced salinity 20 conditions 37. Geographical distribution and disease assessment of bacterial canker in Stone Fruit growing 20 areas of Pakistan 38. First report of Curvularia lunata causing postharvest fruit rot of banana in Pakistan 21 39. Exogenous application of salicylic acid for the improvement of tomato (Solanum 21 lycopersicum) crop under elevated temperature stress 40. Application of organic compost for reclamation of soil salinity for appropriate growth of 22 Cucumbis sativus seedlings 41. Plant responses to water stress in guava (Psidium guajava L.) 22 42. Isolation and screening of drought and salt-tolerant IAA producing and phosphate 23 solubilizing plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria 43. Potential for the use of Elicitors in inducing resistance against Alternaria solani caused 23 Early Blight in Tomato 44. Molecular characterization of penicillium expansum associated with blue mold disease of 24 apple in Pakistan 45. Molecular characterization of endophytic bacterial diversity from citrus in Punjab Pakistan 24 46. Analysis of the Response of the Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) genotypes under 25 Polyethylene Glycol Mediated drought stress in laboratory conditions of Rawalakot Azad Jammu &Kashmir Pakistan 47. Potential of native flora in the ornamental horticulture industry 25 48. Un-coding molecular signaling behind compatible pollination in Brassicaceae (Cabbage 26 Family) 49. Study on yield comparison of newly registered and exotic seed potato cultivars under 27 different ecological zones of Gilgit Baltistan ii 50. Use of enzymes: an emerging trend in fruits and vegetable processing 27 51. Development of late blight resistance in potato through transgenic technology 28 52. Transcriptome-enabled network inference revealed the GmCOL1 feed-forward loop and its 28 roles in photoperiodic flowering of Plant 53. Elucidation of Gene-Regulatory-Network for Ore1 transcription factor in controlling 29 senescence 54. Genetic diversity and population structure of Pakistani ber germplasm (Ziziphus 29 maurititana Lamk.) by using SSR markers 55. Study of