Strawberries & Caneberries
2025 UCCE Annual Strawberry Production Research Meeting
Date: February 12, 2025
Time: 7:30 am to 12:00 pm
Location : Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds, Fine Arts Building
2601 East Lake Ave, Watsonville, CA 95076
Contact: UCCE Santa Cruz, cesantacruz@ucanr.edu
The Annual Strawberry Production Research Meeting hosted by University of California Cooperative Extension, will take place in Watsonville, California at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds, Fine Arts Building.
Presenters will share the latest research on pest management, plant-disease management and water management.
This meeting will offer 3 hours total of CDPR continuing education, being 0.5 hours of laws and regulations, and 2.5 hours of other.
2025 Annual Strawberry Meeting agenda
2025 Annual Strawberry Meeting agenda (Spanish)
Strawberries & Caneberries
The strawberry and caneberry (raspberries and blackberries) program is run by Mark Bolda and serves the grower community via traditional agricultural extension, research and investigation of problems in these important crops in Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Benito Counties. Current areas of proposed research include enhancing yield and post harvest quality of promotion of winter strawberry production, investigations into the cost of production of caneberries, and being on the alert for issues arising from the transition from methyl bromide to alternative soil fumigants.
Anthracnose on Strawberry
Strawberry and Caneberry Cost & Return Studies
Strawberries | Current Cost & Return Studies
Strawberries | Archived Cost & Return Studies
Blackberries | Current Cost & Return Studies
Blackberries | Archived Cost & Return Studies
Raspberries | Current Cost & Return Studies
Raspberries | Archived Cost & Return Studies
Strawberry and Caneberry Integrated Pest Management
Strawberry: Pest Management Guidelines / UC Statewide IPM Program
Caneberries: Pest Management Guidelines / UC Statewide IPM Program
Strawberry & Caneberry Production Manuals
Strawberry/Caneberry Staff
Title: Farm Advisor, Strawberries & Caneberries
Specialty: Strawberry and caneberry culture - horticulture, fertility, pest management practices, closed environment agriculture
Address:
UC Cooperative Extension Santa Cruz County
500 Westridge Drive
Watsonville, CA 95076
Phone: (831) 763-8001
Email: mpbolda@ucanr.edu
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