The UC Cooperative Extension is holding a Vineyard IPM Conference on Thursday, Feb. 21 in San Luis Obispo.
DPR CE and Certified Crop Adviser CEUs have been requested.
Date: Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019
Location: San Luis Obispo Veteran's Hall, 801 Grand Avenue
Cost: $100, includes morning coffee and lunch
Advanced registration is required, please register at this website: http://ucanr.edu/seminar
Agenda:
8:00 - Check in and refreshments
8:30 - CaCO3 foliar spray affecting sunburn and fruit chemistry
George Zhuang , UCCE Fresno County
9:00 - Nematode resistant rootstocks
Karl Lund, UCCE Madera/Merced/Mariposa Counties
9:30 - Pierce's Disease Update
Rhonda Smith, UCCE Sonoma County
10:00 - Maximizing effectiveness of spraying
Lynn Wunderlich, UCCE Sierra Foothills
10:30 - Planting for root health
Larry Bettiga, UCCE Monterey County
11:00 - Controlling ice-nucleating bacteria with copper sprays
Glenn McGourty, UCCE Mendocino & Lake Counties
11:30 - Avoiding winter freeze damage
Mark Battany, UCCE San Luis Obispo & Santa Barbara
12:00 - Lunch
1:00 - Management of Vine Mealybug
David Haviland, UCCE Kern County
1:30 - Epidemiology of Leafroll
Kari Arnold, UCCE Stanislaus County
2:00 - Effects of GRBV on grapevine physiology
Johann Martinez, UC Davis Viticulture & Enology
2:30 - Grapevine virus and vector management
Kent Daane, UC Berkeley
3:00 - Adjourn