Avocado Grower Seminar Series – Ambrosia Beetle Seminar Coming to California

Jul 14, 2017

“Laurel wilt – A new threat to California's avocado industry”

Presented by: California Avocado Society, Inc., California Avocado Commission, University of California Cooperative Extension, and University of Florida's Tropical Research and Education Center. Event is FREE, everyone is welcome!

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  • Tuesday, August 1, 2017, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.,

UC Cooperative Extension Office Auditorium, 2156 Sierra Way, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

  • Wednesday, August 2, 2017, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.,

UC Cooperative Extension Office Auditorium, 669 County Square Dr. Ventura, CA 93003

  • Thursday, August 3, 2017, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.,

Fallbrook Public Utility District Board Rm., 990 East Mission Rd. Fallbrook, CA 92028

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Agenda

 

Speaker(s)

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Jeff Wasielewski, Subtropical Fruit Agent, University of Florida Extension

The current status of laurel wilt in South Florida

 

Randy Ploetz, Professor of Plant Pathology at the Tropical Research & Education Center of the Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences (IFAS), University of Florida

Laurel wilt epidemiology and management

 

Bruce Schaffer, Professor of Ecophysiology of Subtropical and Tropical Horticultural Crops,IFAS, University of Florida

 

Vascular physiology and anatomy of different avocado genotypes relative to laurel wilt susceptibility

 

Daniel Carrillo, Professor of Entomology and Nematology in Subtropical and Tropical Horticultural Crops, IFAS, University of Florida

 

 

Laurel wilt vectors: biology and management

 

Edward Evans, professor in the Food and Resource Economics Department located at the University of Florida's Tropical Research and Education Center

Economic impact and economics of control strategies

 

Jonathan Crane, Professor of Horticulture / Tropical Fruit Crop Specialist, University of Florida's Tropical Research and Education Center

Current control strategies, recommendations and issues


By Sonia Rios
Author - Area Subtropical Horticulture Advisor

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