Rice Pest Management Course - September 4, 2024

7:30-8:00 am

Check-in at Hamilton Road Field

8:00-8:10 am

Introduction - WhitneyBrim-DeForest, UCCE

8:10-9:40 am

Tour of rice field research plots - Deniz Inci, Saul Estrada, Michael Lynch, UC Davis

9:40-10:00 am

Travel from Hamilton Road Field to Rice Experiment Station

Morning Break

10:00-11:00 am

Breakout Sessions:

1. StationA: Weed ID - Grasses and Weedy Rice - Whitney Brim-DeForest, UCCE
2. StationB: Weed ID - Broad leaves and Sedges - Sarah Marsh, UCCE
3. StationC: Disease and Invertebrate ID - Luis Espino, UCCE; Ian Grettenberger, UC Davis

11:00-11:30 am       

Pest Identification Quiz - Whitney Brim-DeForest, UCCE

11:30-12:15 pm

Light Lunch

12:15-12:30 pm

Integrated management of rice diseases - Luis Espino, UCCE

12:30-12:45 pm

Pesticide laws, regulations, and permit conditions - Craig Riddle, CA Rice Commission 

12:45-1:00 pm

Integrated management of rice invertebrates - Ian Grettenberger, UC Davis

1:00-1:15 pm

Algae and Nostoc management - Jens Beets, USDA

1:15-1:30 pm

Afternoon Break

1:30-1:45 pm

Common rice permit condition violations - Louie Mendoza, Butte County Ag Commissioner

1:45-2:00 pm

New rice herbicides to manage herbicide-resistant weeds in CA - Deniz Inci, UC Davis 

2:00-2:15 pm

Emerging weeds - Sarah Marsh,  UCCE        

2:15-2:30 pm

Watergrass management and double propanil alternatives - Whitney Brim-DeForest,  UCCE

2:30-2:45 pm

Evaluation and Wrap-up