Pistachio Day 2012

2012 Annual Statewide Pistachio Day
Visalia Convention Center
Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Power Point Presentations (pdf)

• Pesticides, Food Safety, GAPs, Sustainability, and the California Pistachio Industry
  Bob Klein, Manager, California Pistachio Research Board
• Navel Orangeworm Management in 2011 vs 2010: Factors Affection Successful NOW Control
  Joel P. Siegel, Research Entomologist, USDA/ARS, Parlier
• Kern NOW Damage, Sanitation Research and Advances in Pheromone Development
  Bradley S. Higbee, Research Entomologist, Paramount Farming Co.
• Research Update on Planting Pistachios in Saline Soils
  Blake Sanden, UCCE Irrigation and Soils Farm Advisor, Kern County
• Hot Tips for Improved Control of Nutsedge, Fleabane, and other Difficult Weeds
  Kurt Hembree, UCCE Weed Management Farm Advisor, Fresno County
• Getting a Better Shake: Harvesting Pistachio Trees in the Future
  Louise Ferguson, UCCE Pomology Specialist, UC Davis
• Nematodes in Pistachios: What Do We Know?
  Mike McKenry, UCCE Nematologist, UC Kearney and UC Riverside
• Advances in Managing Alternaria & Botryosphaeria Blights; and Controlling Aflatoxin with AF36
  Themis Michailides, UCCE Plant Pathologist, UC Kearney and UC Davis
• What's the Latest in Pistachio Plant Nutrition?
  Patrick Brown, UCCE Specialist and Professor of Plant Nutrition, UC Davis