Highlights
David Karp will be giving a talk on November 19th, 2020. David is an active pomologist, traveler, and writer, who calls himself a Fruit detective. David writes a weekly column, Market Watch, at the Los Angeles Times, and he has written articles for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Gourmet, Smithsonian, Sunset, Star-Ledger and, Saveur publications.
More coming soon.
October 26 to December 4, 2020 Webinar Series Schedule
The 2020 Webinar Series will provide an opportunity to participate in several informative webinar events. HLB will be a major theme of this year's conference. However, it is not the only topic. This year we also have a panel discussion with nurseries farmers, scholars and regulators to talk about neonicotinoids use for nursery citrus trees.
We will have 1 or 2 speakers per week. Presenters will cover a variety of critical topics of interest to the citrus nursery industry. The accompanying agenda for the webinar series lists the speakers and the titles of their presentations. The panel discussion is scheduled for the week of October 26-30.
To participate in the webinar series:
- Complete the ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM for the event/s you want to attend (links coming soon) below
- Submit your payment (links coming soon) below. You can pay with:
- Credit card USING PayPal (Links coming soon)
- By check. Check payment must be mail to - CCNS, PO BOX 52342, Riverside, California 92517
Draft Agenda for the Webinar Series – Final speakers & talks titles coming soon
Week |
Day/Time |
Speaker and Talk title |
Register & pay for webinar event below |
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October 26-30th |
Thursday, October 29th, 3:00 PM |
Tentative Panelists: Frank Byrne (University of California, Riverside), James R. Cranney (California Citrus Quality Council), Kim Wilenius (C&M Nursery), Boris Baer TBC (UCR Center for Integrative Bee Research), Karen Morrison TBC (California Department of Pesticide Regulation) Moderator, Elizabeth Grafton-Cardwell, University of California, Riverside and UC ANR Tentative Title "Neonicotinoid Mitigation Measures for Citrus Nursery Crops" |
Link coming soon |
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November 2-6th |
Tuesday, November 3rd, 1:00 PM |
Ute Albrecht, Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, University of Florida/IFAS “Rootstock propagation by seed, cuttings, and tissue culture and effects on root architecture, grafted tree growth & incompatibility symptoms in new scion/rootstock combinations" |
Link coming soon |
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Thursday, November 5th, 3:00 PM |
Tracy L Kahn, Toni Siebert & Krueger Robert Tentative title "Virtual tour of the finger lime trial at University of California, Riverside" |
Link coming soon | |
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November 9-13th |
Tuesday, November 10th, 1:00 PM |
Erich S. Rudyj, Coordinator - National Clean Plant Network (NCPN) - USDA, APHIS, Plant Protection and Quarantine Science and Technology Tentative Title "National Clean Plant Network (NCPN): Program overview and update" |
Link coming soon |
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Thursday, November 12th, 3:00 PM |
Tripti Vashisth, Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida/IFAS Tentative Title "Improving nursery tree production with growing media and nutrition" |
Link coming soon | |
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November 16-20th |
Tuesday, November 17th, 3:00 PM |
Ashraf El-Kereamy, University of California, Riverside Tentative Topic & Title "Vision for Lindcove Research and Extension Center" |
Link coming soon |
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Thursday, November 19th, 3:00 PM |
David Karp, Freelance fruit writer & University of California, Riverside Tentative Title "What's in a name? When it comes to fruit, economic and genetic forces have a major say" |
Link coming soon | |
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November 23-27th |
Tuesday, November 24th, 3:00 PM |
Nate Jameson, Brite Leaf Citrus Nursery, LLC, Florida Tentative Topic "Measuring horticultural inputs" |
Link coming soon |
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Nov. 30- Dec. 4th |
Tuesday, December 1st, 3:00 PM |
Keith Okasaki, Citrus Pest & Disease Prevention Division, California Department of Food & Agriculture (CDFA) Tentative topic "CDFA Citrus Division activities, citrus quarantines zoning and the effectiveness of quarantine measures, and updates on ACP/HLB detections" |
Link coming soon |
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Thursday, December 3rd, 3:00 PM |
Juan Koponen & Josh Kress, California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Tentative topic "CDFA nursery services program, testing program, revisiting regulation" |
Link coming soon |
