This survey has been closed. Here is venue information and agenda.
Event Date/Time: Nov 28 (Tue) 08:30-3:00 (Registration starts at 8:00)
Location: Shepard Hall - Santa Maria Libray
Address: 421 S. McClelland St, Santa Maria, CA93454
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08:00 Registration - NO FEE
08:30 Update on laws and regulations
Santa Barbara Ag Commissioner’s Office
08:50 Host resistance for managing Macrophomina crown rot and Verticillium wilt in strawberry
production
Kelly Ivors, Associate Professor, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
09:10 Efficacy of plant dip treatments for control of anthracnose
Scott Cosseboom, Kelly Ivors, Ryan Brantley, and Gerald Holmes, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
09:30 Using cover crop as a carbon-source for anaerobic soil disinfestation
Joji Muramoto, Associate Researcher, UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
09:50 Soilborne pest management in Southern California strawberries
Oleg Daugovish, Strawberry and Vegetable Crops Advisor, UCCE, Ventura
10:10 Break
10:25 Recent lessons learned about using alfalfa trap crop in strawberry production
Pesticide spray coverage patterns in strawberry fields and their implications in pest management
Research on drone-delivery of predatory mites to control spider mites in strawberry
Christian Nansen, Elvira De Lange, and Emily Bick, Dept. Entomology and Nematology, UC Davis
11:25 Potential of non-chemical alternatives for pest and disease management
Surendra Dara, Strawberry and Vegetable Crops Advisor, UCCE, San Luis Obispo
11:45 Herbicide evaluations for California strawberry
Steve Fennimore, CE Specialist, UC Davis, Salinas
12:05 Update on strawberry production automation
John Lin, Production Automation Manager, California Strawberry Commission, Watsonville
12:25 Lunch break
01:05 Strawberry yield forecasting and climate impacts on fruits and vegetables in California
Tapan Patak, Specialist in Climate Adaptation, UC Merced
01:25 Evaluation of organic fertilizers
Richard Smith, Vegetable Crops and Weed Science Advisor, UCCE, Salinas
01:55 Physical and chemical weed management in lettuce
Steve Fennimore, CE Specialist, UC Davis, Salinas
02:15 CropManage 3.0: bringing irrigation and nutrient management decision support to the field
Michael Cahn, Irrigation and Water Resources Advisor, UCCE, Salinas
02:45 Survey and conclude the meeting
*If you would still like to attend, please call UC Cooperative Extension at 805-781-5940.
Thank you.