Organic, Fresh Market Tomato Production Meeting February 24, 2016, 8:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m.

—University of California Cooperative Extension—

Yolo, Solano and Sacramento Counties

EXTENSION MEETING

2016 Organic, Fresh Market Tomato

Production

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

**Norton Hall—Yolo County**

70 Cottonwood St. Woodland, California

8:30 – 9:00           Registration and light refreshments (no charge)

9:00 – 9:15           Introduction to the new UCCE Small Farms Advisor program

                              Margaret Lloyd, UC Cooperative Extension, Yolo, Solano and Sacramento Co.

9:15 – 9:30           Understanding Verticillium wilt for management

                              Margaret Lloyd, UC Cooperative Extension, Yolo, Solano and Sacramento Co.

9:30 – 10:00         Integrated management of thrips and tomato spotted wilt virus in

                              California crops

                              Ozgur Batuman, Dept of Plant Pathology, University of California at

                             Davis              

10:00 – 10:30       Living with Fusarium wilt

                              Thomas Gordon, Dept of Plant Pathology, University of California at Davis

10:30 – 11:00       Break

                             Michelle Lawson, Yolo County Certified Organic Inspector, Agricultural      

                             Commissioners Office, Yolo County will be available

11:00 – 11:30       Grafting heirloom tomatoes

                              Frank Louws, Dept of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University

11:30 – 12:00       Principles of nitrogen management in organic fresh market tomatoes

                              Daniel Geisseler, Cooperative Extension Specialist, Department of Land, Air and

                              Water Resources, University of California at Davis

12:00 – 12:30       Russet and spider mites on tomatoes

                              Frank Zalom, Dept of Entomology, University of California at Davis

Questions, contact Margaret Lloyd, mglloyd@ucanr.edu, 530-564-8642

Continuing education credits are requested. Norton hall and restrooms are handicap accessible.

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