2024 UCCE North Coast Virtual IPM Seminar--sign up today!

The 27th Annual UCCE North Coast IPM Seminar will be held virtually.

Join us on November 20th and 21st, 2024, from 8:00am-12:15/12:30pm both days!

2 hours of Laws and Regs and 5.25 hours Other DPR CE Hours Pending Approval. 8 hours CCA units Pending Approval.

Click HERE to register. 

Please find the agenda below:

Wednesday, November 20^th, 2024

• 07:45 am    Log-on begins
• 08:00 am    Welcome and Introduction
  • Cindy Kron, PhD, North Coast IPM Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension
• 08:05 am    Pesticide Emergency Medical Care (L&R)                                                                              
  • Alex Nguyen, Deputy Agricultural Commissioner, Sonoma County Department of Agriculture/Weights & Measures
• 08:35 am    Ways to mitigate pesticide related injuries during exposure (L&R)
  • Alex Nguyen, Deputy Agricultural Commissioner, Sonoma County Department of Agriculture/Weights & Measures
• 09:00 am    A different kind of pairing – Grapevine rootstocks and site conditionsChristopher Chen, Integrated Vineyard Systems Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension, Sonoma, Mendocino, Lake
• 10:00 am    BREAK
• 10:15 am    How to mitigate direct and indirect damage caused by plant-parasitic nematodes on grape
  • Andreas Westphal, Cooperative Extension Specialist, Department of Nematology, UC Riverside
• 11:15 am    Irrigation Scheduling Methods and Tools for Grapevines
  • Daniele Zaccaria, Associate Professor in Agricultural Water Management for Cooperative Extension, UC Davis
• 12:15 pm   Adjourn

Thursday, November 21^st, 2024     

• 07:45 am    Log-on begins
• 08:00 am    Welcome and Introduction
  • Cindy Kron, PhD, North Coast IPM Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension
• 08:05 am    Pest control headquarter inspections (L&R)
  • Matt Daugherty, Agricultural/Measurements Standards Specialist III, Mendocino County Department of Agriculture/Weights & Measures
• 08:30 am    Wear your PPE: proper selection and use of PPE for Handlers (L&R)
  • Jasmin Ramirez-Strain, Pesticide Safety Education Program Coordinator, UCIPM Statewide Program
• 09:00 am    Vertebrate Pest Management in vineyards
  • Roger Baldwin, Professor of Cooperative Extension, Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology, UC Davis
• 10:00 am    BREAK
• 10:15 am    Spotted Lanternfly in the US: What we’ve learned after 8 years and what new regions need to know to be prepared
  • Julie Urban, Research Associate Professor in the Department of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University
• 11:15 am    Management of Grapevine Trunk Diseases, esca complex, and oak rot fungus in Vineyards
  • Akif Eskalen, Professor of Cooperative Extension, Plant Pathology of vines, tree fruit, and small fruits
• 12:00 pm    How to write an IPM Plan with an emphasis on Organic
  • Cindy Kron, PhD, North Coast IPM Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension
• 12:30 pm    Adjourn