UCCE Sonoma County

UCCE Sonoma County Grape Day

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February 6, 2020

Santa Rosa Veterans Memorial Building
1351 Maple Ave, Santa Rosa

Sonoma County Grape Day is an annual program that provides
research-based information on issues important to the production of coastal winegrapes

Early start time! Sign in and Breakfast from 7 am to 8 am.
Program begins 8 am and ends at noon.

Program

  7:00 Sign-in and Continental Breakfast  

 8:00 Grape downy mildew: Identification, symptoms and control. Rhonda Smith, UC Cooperative Extension Viticulture Advisor, Sonoma County

  8:30 Correcting potassium fertility in wine grapes: Implications on productivity and must chemistry. Dr. Kaan Kurtural, Extension Viticulture Specialist; UC Davis Department of Viticulture and Enology & UC Oakville Experiment Station

  9:00 Grapevine red blotch virus vector research: Investigation into the biology and behavoir of the threecornered alfalfa hopper and its relationship with vineyards. Dr. Cindy Kron, UC Cooperative Extension North Coast IPM Advisor

 10:05 Source-sink relationships in grapevine: Storage reserves and fruiting  Dr. Kaan Kurtural, Extension Viticulture Specialist; UC Davis Department of Viticulture and Enology & UC Oakville Experiment Station

 11:00 Grapevine trunk diseases in California: Research updates.  Dr. Akif Eskalen, UC Cooperative Extension Plant Pathology Specialist; UC Davis Department of Plant Pathology

   Noon: End of Program 

Continuing Education Hours

2.5 Continuing Education hours have been approved by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation

Approved CEU’s for Certified Crop Advisers:

  • Nutrient Management: 0.5
  • IPM: 2.0
  • Crop Management: 1.0 

Registration

 

Cost: $42 if payment received by NOON on Wednesday, February 5  
$47 at the door (cash/check only) 

SC Winegrape Commission
 

Registration

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