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CONTROLLING PESTS IN AVOCADOS ROUND TABLE MEETING

Controlling Pests in Avocados Round Table Meeting Sept. 28, 2017, 8:00 AM - NOON Fallbrook Public Utility District, 990 E. Mission Rd, Fallbrook, CA 92028 DPR Hours Upon Approval Light refreshments & pastries will be available Please Register for this free event:

https://ucanr.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=21655

“Introduction to Avocado Integrated Weed Management” – Sonia Rios, UCCE Farm Advisors  Round table Discussion 1 - Old challenges/new possible solutions - pesticide resistance, new pesticides, etc.- Mary Lu Arpaia & Sonia Rios   “A Review: Redbay ambrosia beetle & Laurel Wilt Disease” – Tim Spann, California Avocado Commission  Round table Discussion 2- New challenges – Laurel Wilt Disease and other pest challenges - Mary Lu Arpaia & Sonia Rios   If you have any questions, contact Sonia Rios, UCCE  Riverside/San Diego Counties sirios@ucanr.edu

Date Palm Field Day

Date Palms were planted in the Coachella Valley of California, which is approximately two hours east of Los Angeles in the early 1890s. And now, plantings cover over 6,500 plus acres. These acres produce over 40 million pounds of our four primary varieties, which are the Deglet-Noor, the Medjool, the Barhi and the Zahidi.Date palms need plenty of ground water to drink, but high heat and arid weather to produce fruit. Therefore, date palms grow best in hot and arid climates.

Come learn about our date industry in California at the 2017 Date Palm Field Day

Time: 8:00 A.M – 3:00 P.M

Location: Coachella Valley Agricultural Research Station 86501 72nd Ave, Thermal, CA 92274

http://agops.ucr.edu/cvars/

$15.00/person

Registration link coming soon

(Online registration available on site day of for walk-ins – payment by Card only)

 

Agenda

8:00   Registration

8:20   Welcome – Sonia Rios, CE Advisor

8:30   Tom Perring, UCR - Pink Hibiscus Mealybug biocontrol

9:00   Robert Krueger, USDA/ARS - Nitrogen assessment of date palms  

9:30    Tony Fortier, Phoenix Agrotech - Tissue Culture date palms

10:00     Break

10:15   Peggy Mauk, UCR/CE - Establishment of date palms-Tissue Culture vs Off-shoots

10:45   MaryLou Polek, USDA/ARS -  Role of the USDA Germplasm Repository

11:15    TBD

11:45     Lunch

(Included in registration)

1:30    Field tours

If you have any questions contact: Sonia Rios, UC Farm advisor

sirios@ucanr.edu

951.683.6491 Ext. 224

 

 

Tree & Vine Field Day on Crop Management and Salinity: Grapes, Avocado & Passion Fruit, a Potential New Crop

Presented by UC Cooperative Extension & USDA-ARS, US Salinity Lab

When: December 15, 2016

Where: USDA-ARS U.S. Salinity Laboratory - Loctated on UCR Campus 450 W. Big Springs Road, Riverside, CA 92507 https://campusmap.ucr.edu/

Time: Registration, light breakfast & coffee will be served at 8:00 AM, program from 8:30 – Noon

 

 Cost: FREE Please register at : http://ucanr.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=19550

Moderator: Sonia Rios, Subtropical Horticulture Farm Advisor, UCCE Riverside & San Diego Co.

 Agenda:

8:30 AM – Welcome, Donald Suarez, U.S. Salinity Laboratory, Director

8:35 AM – “Management of avocado production in southern California” - Peggy Mauk Ph.D., Dir. of Agricultural

Operations/Subtropical Horticulture CE Specialist- UCR

9:05 AM – “Avocado salinity management: Response of different rootstocks”- Donald Suarez Ph.D., USDA-ARS Salinity Laboratory Director

9:25 AM - “Grape Management in southern California -  Carmen Gispert Ph. D. Area Viticulture Advisor, UCCE Riverside

9:55 AM – “Wine Grape production under saline conditions” - Donald Suarez Ph.D. USDA-ARS Salinity Laboratory Director.

10:10 AM - Break- light refreshments & snacks

10:30 – Noon - “Introducing Passion Fruit as a New Crop to Southern California- Cultural aspects and salinity effects” & Field Tour - Jorge Ferreira, Ph.D., Research Plant Physiologist, USDA-ARS, US Salinity Lab.

For more information, please Contact: Sonia Rios, UCCE Subtropical Farm Advisor: sirios@ucanr.edu

OR

Donald Suarez, USDA Salinity Laboratory Director:  donald.suarez@ars.usda.gov, 951-369-4815

Avocado Day

Please join us for Avocado Field Day at UCR on November 17, 2015 from 11:00-3:30. The event is located at UCR's field research station (1060 Martin Luther King Blvd., Riverside).

 

The day will feature an avocado tasting from the selections that the UC Avocado Breeding Program has developed, a presentation from Dr. Francisco Mena on “High Density planting in Chile, pruning and use of Plant Growth Regulators”, tours of the salinity trial to see how UCR and South African Rootstocks have performed, an update on the Avocado rootstock breeding program and view the research on avocado tree growth from Rodrigo Iturrieta Espinoza (Dr. Arpaia's Ph.D. student).

 

We will have a catered lunch, courtesy of the California Avocado Commission and the California Avocado Society starting at 12:00.  

 

Please Register for Avocado Day as soon as you can, space is limited! Registration cutoff is November 10. For more information, please contact Peggy.Mauk@ucr.edu.

 

AGENDA
11:00 – 11:30	Registration
11:30 – 12:00	Posters and Avocado Tasting
12:00 – 12:20	Serve Lunch (Buffet from Anchos)
12:20 – 12:45	Free Time to eat lunch and socialize
12:45 – 12:50	Welcome and Introductions
12:50 – 1:10	Update of the rootstock breeding program – Arpaia/Mauk
1:10 – 1:50	Francisco Mena – High Density planting in Chile, pruning and use of Plant Growth Regulators
1:30 – 1:40	Load Vans
1:40 – 3:30	Field Tours – divide group into 3 and rotate        Salinity Trial (2 stops – Suarez et al., Mauk/Arpaia)        Breeding program updates                       Tree growth - Rodrigo
3:30	Adjourn

 

 

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