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Avocado Grower Seminar Series – Ambrosia Beetle Seminar Coming to California

“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!

• 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

Agenda

	Speaker(s)	Title
	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

Laurel Wilt Cycle

SIX-WEEK AVOCADO PRODUCTION COURSE BEGINS IN MAY

Dr. Gary Bender, UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE) Farm Advisor Emeritus, is the lead instructor for a six-week course entitled “Avocado Production for New Growers.” Co-instructor, Sonia Rios, current subtropical Farm Advisor, Riverside/San Diego Counties will also be teaching in the course. The course is designed for new avocado growers, as well as those interested in learning more about avocado production best practices and meeting fellow growers.

The six-week course consists of six, two-hour sessions and will be held in Fallbrook, CA this year. The fee for the course is $105 and includes two avocado books, an IPM book and a post-harvest handbook. Final dates and the location will be announced soon. The always fills up, so please register A.S.A.P.

Topics include:

• Introduction to Agriculture in San Diego County, History of Avocado Production in California
• Botany, Flowering, Varieties, Harvest Dates, Rootstocks 
• Irrigation Systems, Irrigation Scheduling, Salinity Management
• Fertilization, Organic Production
• Weed, Insect and Mite Control, Disease Control
• Ag Waiver Water School Training (Dr. Loretta Bates)
• Canopy Management, Tree Spacing, Frost Management
• Field trip to High Density Trial grove and a commercial grove

For more information, contact Erin Thompson at 858.822.7919 or enthompson@ucanr.edu.

California Avocado Growers Seminar Series 2017

California Avocado Growers Free Seminars Series 2017

Presented by: California Avocado Society, Inc., California Avocado Commission, and University of California Cooperative Extension

Scheduled Dates and Topics

 

FEBRUARY SEMINAR TOPIC
IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT AND AUTOMATION

Speakers:

Dates/Times/Locations:

Tuesday, February 7, 2017, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., 
UC Cooperative Extension Office Auditorium, 2156 Sierra Way, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

Wednesday, February 8, 2017, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., 
UC Cooperative Extension Office Auditorium, 669 County Square Dr. Ventura, CA 93003

 

Thursday, February 9, 2017, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., Fallbrook Public Utility District Board Rm., 990 East Mission Rd. Fallbrook, CA 92028

 

 

APRIL SEMINAR TOPIC
ROOTSTOCKS

Speakers:

Peggy Mauk: Director of Agricultural Operations/Subtropical Horticulture CE Specialist.

Patricia Monosalva: Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology and Director of the UCR Avocado Breeding Program at UC Riverside.

Dates/Times/Locations:

Tuesday, April 11, 2017, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., 
UC Cooperative Extension Office Auditorium, 2156 Sierra Way, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

Wednesday, April 12, 2017, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., UC Cooperative Extension Office Auditorium, 669 County Square Dr. Ventura, CA 93003 Thursday, April 13, 2017, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., 

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

 

JUNE SEMINAR TOPIC

FIELD TRIPS TO SEE LOCAL ISSUES

Speakers:

TBA

Dates/Times/Locations:

Tuesday, June 13, 2017, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., TBA
Wednesday, June 14, 2017, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., TBA
Thursday, June 15, 2017, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., TBA

 

 

 

 

 

AUGUST SEMINAR TOPIC-FLORIDA'S ISSUES WITH LAUREL WILT

 

Speakers: Jonathan Crane and Team: Tropical Fruit Crop Specialist at University of Florida.

Dates/Times/Locations:

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 9300

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

 

Questions? Please contact your local Farm Advisor:

 

Sonia Rios, Riverside/San Diego, 951-683-6491 ext. 224

 sirios@ucanr.edu

 

Ben Faber, Ventura Area, (805) 645-1462 
bafaber@ucanr.edu 

 

Mary Bianchi, SLO Area (805) 781-5949 
mlbianchi@ucanr.edu 

Where to Look for Infornation about Avocado Varieties

There are something like 1,000 named varieties of avocado. Big, small, green, black, purple, round, pear-shaped, winter, summer, fall harvest, anise smelling leaves, all kinds of distinguishing features. A homeowner once called to ask about the ‘San Marcos' variety of avocado and we viewed images of this tree and fruit and finally figures out it was a ‘Bacon' that was planted on San Marcos Pass and had adopted the new name because they didn't know what to call the avocado tree in the backyard. So there are a lot of trees that are misnamed for known varieties.

If you want to find out the name of an unknown tree in your backyard, there is a convenient online source of information at Avocado Information at UC Riverside. There is an online list with photos of avocado varieties at:

http://ucavo.ucr.edu/avocadovarieties/VarietyFrame.html#Anchor-47857

And a variety database you can use to search by name at:

http://www.ucavo.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/Panorama.cgi?AvocadoDB~form~Search

There's also a list of unreleased varieties at:

http://ucavo.ucr.edu/avocadovarieties/UnreleasedVarieties.html

One of the best sources of variety information is the CA Avocado Society Yearbook where most varieties were listed for registration. Some of the descriptions are online, but in many cases it's necessary to go to the original paperback version

http://www.avocadosource.com/CAS_Yearbooks/CAS_Yearbooks.htm

Yearbooks can be found at many UCCE offices in Southern California, UC Riverside and Davis libraries, many Southern CA public libraries and from interlibrary loan.

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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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