2012
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7:00 am Registration and Trade Show
8:00 Welcome and Announcements
Peggy Mauk and Jim Baird
8:20-9:40 Field Tour Rotation #1 (20 minutes/stop)
Stop #1: NTEP Perennial Ryegrass Ancillary Traffic Test
Brent Barnes
Stop #2: Groundcovers for Water Conserving Landscapes
(Groundcove tables)
Don Merhaut and Dennis Pittenger
Stop #3: Everything Buffalograss - Weeds, Traffic, Management
David Shaw
Stop #4: Overview of DWR Project to Document Health of 30 Mixed-Species
Landscape Sites Throughout CA Under 3 ET Regimes
Janet Hartin
9:40-10:20 Break, Refreshments, and Trade Show
10:20-11:40 Field Tour Rotation #2 (20 minutes/stop)
Stop #5: Management of Anthracnose and Dollar Spot Diseases
Tyler Mock, Ryan Nichols and Peggy Mauk
Stop #6: Evaluation of Products for Salinity Management
Brent Barnes
Pathogenicity and Virulence of a Coachella Valley Root-Knot Nematode Population on Bentgrass
Hannes Witte, Antoon Ploeg, and J. Ole Becker
Chris Hohn and Nick Hoisington
Stop #8: Drought and Irrigation Salinity Effects on Perennial Ryegrass
Alea Miehls, Don Suarez and David Crowley
Bernd Leinauer and Matteo Serena
11:45-12:45 What's Happening Under the Tent?
Stop #10: Pesticide Spill Control and Heat Stress
Sylvia Gutierez
12:45-2:00 Barbeque Lunch and Trade Show
1:30-2:00 Kikuyugrass Anonymous
(van transportation to and from Kikuyugrass research area)
Stop #11: Cultural and Chemical Management Factors Affecting Kikuyugrass Quality and Performance
Tyler Mock, Jim Baird and Larry Stowell
Continuing Education Hours
DPR Credits: 2 hours (other); 1 hour (Laws and Regulations)
Exhibitor Tent: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Sponsors
Gold Sponsors:
DuPont Professional Products
Simplot Partners
Bayer CropScience
Kurapia
Gantec Turf Care
Silver Sponsors:
Syngenta
Green Sponsors:
Dow AgroScience
West Coast Turf
Exhibitors
BASF Turf and Ornamental
California Turfgrass and Landscape Foundation
Crop Production Services
Dow AgroSciences
Ewing Irrigation
Gowan USA
Grigg Brothers
IRROMETER Company
KISS America
Stover Seed Company
Turfgrass Water Conservation Alliance
West Coast Turf