2024 Pest Management Meeting
Sponsor: UCCE Monterey County
Date: Thursday, November 14, 2024
Location: Agricultural Center Meeting Room (1432 Abbott St, Salinas CA)
Time: 7:55 am-12:15 pm
Pre-registration is encouraged: https://surveys.ucanr.edu/survey.cfm?surveynumber=43793
Agenda:
7:55 Introductions
8:00 2024 Plant disease update
Yu-Chen Wang, Plant Pathology Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension, Monterey
8:30 Soil disinfestation with steam for weed and disease control
Steve Fennimore, Extension Vegetable Weed Specialist, UC Davis
9:00 Lettuce breeding for disease resistance
Kelley Richardson, Research Geneticist, USDA-ARS, Salinas
9:30 Pest detection & delimitation 2023-2024
Casey McSwiggin, Deputy Agricultural Commissioner, Monterey County
10:00 Break
10:15 Update on spinach downy mildew and INSV on spinach
Jim Correll, Professor of Plant Pathology, University of Arkansas
10:45 Soilborne pathogens of lettuce and research updates on Fusarium wilt
Alex Putman, Plant Pathology Extension Specialist, UC Riverside
11:15 2024 Update on thrips and INSV
Daniel Hasegawa, Research Entomologist, USDA-ARS, Salinas
11:45 Management of insect pests in lettuce and cole crops - research update
Ian Grettenberger, Extension Entomology Specialist, UC Davis
Addie Abrams, Graduate Student Researcher, UC Davis
4.0 DPR credits have been requested.
For more information, contact the UCCE Office @ 831-759-7350 or email Yu-Chen Wang (yckwang@ucanr.edu )