Agenda & Presentations - 2012

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