2019 Field Tour

8:30 AM

Registration, light refreshments

9:00 

Welcome and Announcements
Bruce Lampinen, UC ANR CE Specialist, UC Davis

Station 1

IPM: Insects and Mites
Emily Symmes, UC ANR Cooperative Extension Advisor, Sacramento Valley
David Haviland, UC ANR Cooperative Extension Advisor, Kern County
Jhalendra Rijal, UC ANR Cooperative Extension Advisor, Stanislaus County
Kent Daane, UC ANR Cooperative Extension Specialist, Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center
Houston Wilson, UC ANR Cooperative Extension Specialist, Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center
Kris Tollerup, UC ANR Cooperative Extension Advisor, Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center

Station 2

Water Management: ET, Plant Water Status, and Soil Moisture
Ken Shackel, Professor, Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis
Bruce Lampinen, UC ANR Cooperative Extension Specialist, UC Davis

Station 3

First Year Tree Pruning/Whole Orchard Recycling and Fall Planting Demonstration
Brent Holtz, UC ANR County Director and Cooperative Extension Advisor, San Joaquin County
Katherine Jarvis-Shean, UC ANR Cooperative Extension Advisor, Capitol Corridor

Station 4

Spray Rig Calibration: Efficacy and Coverage
Peter Larbi, UC ANR Cooperative Extension Specialist, Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center
Franz Niederholzer, UC ANR Cooperative Extension Advisor, Yuba, Sutter and Colusa Counties

Station 5

ASD: Methods and Tree Establishment
Greg Browne, Research Plant Pathologist, USDA ARS
Phoebe Gordon, UC ANR Cooperative Extension Advisor, Madera County 

12:15 PM

Lunch and Demonstrations

Station 6

Evaluating a Site for Orchards: Backhoe Pits and Soil Evaluation
Roger Duncan, UC ANR Cooperative Extension Advisor, Stanislaus County
Mae Culumber, UC ANR Cooperative Extension Advisor, Fresno County

Station 7

Rootstock Root Systems
Astrid Volder, Professor, Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis
Roger Duncan, UC ANR Cooperative Extension Advisor, Stanislaus County

Station 8

Disease Diagnostics
Florent Trouillas, UC ANR Cooperative Extension Specialist, Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center
Themis Michailides; Plant Pathologist, Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center

Station 9

Nematodes: Rootknot Nematode on Krymsk 86
Andreas Westphal, UC ANR Cooperative Extension Specialist, Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center

Station 10

Irrigation Systems and Maintenance
Khaled Bali, UC ANR Cooperative Extension Specialist, Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center

4:15 PM

Adjourn