- Author: Ben Faber
2019 Date Palm Field Day
November 21, 2019
8:30 - 2:15 PM
Coachella Valley Agricultural Research Station
86501 72nd Ave, Thermal, CA 92274
Fee: $25, lunch included
Agenda
8:00am – Registration for CE units, coffee, pastries
8:30am- Welcome- Sonia Rios, UCCE Riverside
8:45am- Tom Perring, UC Riverside. Current status of Insect and Mite Pests of dates
9:15am- Tom Perring, UC Riverside. Part 1: What we know about puffy skin of medjool dates
9:30am- Robert Krueger, USDA/ARS. Part 2: What we know about puffy skin of medjool dates/Date research pollination update
9:45- Ali Montazar, UCCE. An update on the on-going irrigation management project in California date palm
10:15am-Break
10:35- Mark Hoddle, UCR. Updates on the South American Palm Weevil Invasion
11:35- MaryLou Polek, USDA/ARS. Update on Date Palm Activities at the Repository
12:05pm- Lunch- Sponsored by Corteva
1:15pm- Peggy Mauk, UC Riverside.
1:45 - Bob Mulherin, Riverside Agriculture Commission. Laws and Regulation Updates
2:15 – Wrap up
Space is Limited-Register online at:
http://ucanr.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=28232
*No Cash/Check payment will be excepted on site, day of
DPR/ISA Continuing Education Credits Upon Request
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