ADVANCES IN PISTACHIO PRODUCTION COURSE SCHEDULE
Day 1: Tuesday, November 13, 2012
7:00 – 8:30 am
Registration & Light Breakfast
8:45 – 9:00
Welcome and Course Information - Explanation of course orientation and materials - Bob Beede and Louise Ferguson
Welcome and Course Information
Session I: The Tree
Moderator: Craig Kallsen
9:00 – 9:45
Botany and Physiology of the Pistachio Tree - Louise Ferguson
Louise Ferguson, UCCE Specialist, Plant Sciences, UC Davis
9:45 – 10:15
Regional Considerations in Growing Pistachios - Climate as it affects site selection will be presented here - David Doll
David Doll, UCCE Merced County
10:15 – 10:45
Break
Session II: Establishing the Orchard
Moderator: David Doll
10:45 – 11:30
Site Selection: Soil Evaluation and Modification, Water Quality, Salinity Management and Reclamation - Blake Sanden
Blake Sanden, UCCE Kern County
11:30 – 12:00
Planning and Designing the Orchard - Craig Kallsen
Craig Kallsen, UCCE Kern County
12:00 – 12:45 pm
Irrigation Systems: Selection, Maintenance, and Assessment - Larry Schwankl
Larry Schwankl, UCCE LAWR Specialist
12:45 – 1:45
Hosted Lunch
Session II: Establishing the Orchard, Continued
Moderator: Louise Ferguson
1:45 – 2:30
Pistachio Cultivars - Include Patenting Issues - Craig Kallsen
Craig Kallsen, UCCE Kern County
2:30 – 3:00
Pistachio Rootstocks - Include rootstock production and new issues of poor rogueing, nematodes - Louise Ferguson
Louise Ferguson, UCCE Specialist, Plant Sciences, UC Davis
3:00 – 3:30
Budding, Planting, and Young Tree Training - Bob Beede
Bob Beede, UCCE Kings County
3:30 – 4:00
Break
Session III: Orchard Production
Moderator: Louise Ferguson
4:00 – 4:45
Orchard Floor Weed Management - Kurt Hembree
Kurt Hembree, UCCE Fresno County
4:45 – 5:30
Mature Tree Pruning: Hand and Mechanical Pruning- Bob Beede
Bob Beede, UCCE Kings County
5:30
Adjourn Day I
Day 2: Wednesday, November 14, 2012
7:30 – 8:30 am
Light Breakfast
Session III: Orchard Production, Continued
Moderator: Elizabeth Fichtner
8:30 – 9:15
Irrigation: Tree Water Requirements and Basics of Pistachio Irrigation - Blake Sanden
Blake Sanden & Dave Doll
9:15 – 09:45
Advances in Pistachio Irrigation - David Doll
9:45 – 10:15
Break
Session IV: Pistachio Tree Nutrition: Diagnosis and Correction
Moderator: Craig Kallsen
10:15 – 11:00
Macronutrients - Patrick Brown
Patrick Brown, Plant Sciences, UC Davis
11:00 – 11:30
Micronutrients - Bob Beede
Bob Beede, UCCE Kings County
Session V: Diseases of Pistachios
Moderator: Brent Holtz
11:30 – 12:00
Soil Borne Diseases and Nematodes - Elizabeth Fichtner
Elizabeth Fichtner, UCCE Tulare County
12:00 – 12:45 pm
Foliar Diseases - Themis Michailides
Themis Michailides, Plant Pathology, UC Davis
12:45 – 1:45
Lunch
Session VI: Vertebrate Pests of Pistachios
Moderator: Elizabeth Fichtner
1:45 - 2:15
Vertebrate Pests of Pistachios
Roger Baldwin
Roger Baldwin, Kearney Ag Center
Session VII: Harvesting and Postharvest
Moderator: Elizabeth Fichtner
2:15 - 2:45
Pre-harvest, Harvesting, Transport, Trash, Processing, and Grading - Louise Ferguson
Louise Ferguson, UCCE Specialist, Plant Sciences, UC Davis
Session VIII: Pistachio Production Alternatives, Economics and Emerging Issues
Moderator: David Doll
2:45 - 3:15
Organic Pistachio Production - Brent Holtz
Brent Holtz, UCCE San Joaquin County
3:15 - 3:30
Plant Growth Regulators in Pistachio Production - Richard Heerema
Richard Heerema, Extension Specialist, New Mexico State University
3:30 - 4:00
Break
Session IX: Pistachio Production Alternatives, Economics and Emerging Issues, Continued
Moderator: David Doll
4:00 - 4:30
Food Safety in Pistachio Production - Tom Jones
Tom Jones, American Council for Food Safety and Quality
4:30 - 5:00
Economics of Pistachio Production - Elizabeth Fichtner
Elizabeth Fichtner, UCCE Tulare County
5:00 - 5:30
The State of California and the World’s Pistachio Industries and Emerging Industry Issues - Bob Klein
Bob Klein, California Pistachio Research Board
5:30
Adjourn Day II
Day 3: Thursday, November 15, 2012
7:30 – 8:30 am
Light Breakfast
Session X: Insect Pests and Integrated Pest Management
Moderator: David Haviland
8:30 – 9:30
Naval Orange Worm and Oblique Banded Leaf Roller - David Haviland
David Haviland, UCCE Kern County
9:30 – 10:30
Aflatoxin and Naval Orange Worm - Themis Michailides
Themis Michailides, Plant Pathology, UC Davis
10:30 – 11:00
Break
11:00– 11:45
Small and Large Plant Bugs - Kent Daane
Kent Daane, UC Berkeley
11:45 – 12:30 pm
Mealybugs and Scale Insects - David Haviland
David Haviland, UCCE Kern County
12:30 – 1:30
Lunch
1:30 – 2:00
Mites - Bob Beede
Bob Beede, UCCE Kings County
2:00 – 2:30
Annual Integrated Pest Management and Developing Insect Issues - David Haviland
David Haviland, UCCE Kern County
2:30 – 3:00
Course Conclusion - Bob Beede and Louise Ferguson,
Craig Kallsen, Elizabeth Fichtner, David Doll, David Haviland