- Author: Steven T. Koike
University of California Cooperative Extension—Monterey County
2013 Plant Disease Seminar
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
**County of Monterey Agricultural Center— Conference Room**
1432 Abbott Street, Salinas, California
8:00 – 8:30 Registration for morning session (no charge).
8:30 – 9:00 2013 plant disease developments in coastal California
Steven Koike. UC Cooperative Extension, Monterey
9:00 – 9:30 Update on Verticillium wilt of lettuce and other crops
Krishna Subbarao. University of California, Davis
9:30 – 10:00 Emerging Produce Safety Issues: Human Parasites and Viruses
Trevor Suslow. University of California, Davis
10:00 – 10:30 Break: Sponsored by CAPCA, Monterey Bay Chapter
10:30 – 11:00 Protecting leafy greens from contamination by filth flies
Alec Gerry. University of California, Riverside
11:00 – 11:30 Grapevine virus diseases: Implications of red blotch virus
Larry Bettiga. UC Cooperative Extension, Monterey
11:30 – 12:00 Spinach downy mildew: research on disease development
Steve Klosterman. USDA-ARS, Salinas
Continuing education credits are requested. Call ahead (at least 24 hrs.) for special needs arrangements; efforts will be made to accommodate full participation. For more information, contact Steven Koike (831-759-7350; 1432 Abbott Street, Salinas, CA 93901) or visit our website at http://cemonterey.ucdavis.edu.
An afternoon session, held in this same conference room, will be hosted by CAPCA, Monterey Bay Chapter.