2022 CTNC G&WS Agenda

NOV 3, 2022

AGENDA

International Agri Center, Tulare, CA

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8:30 AM to 11:30 AM ON THE TRADE SHOW FLOOR

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11am–11:30am

Trunk and Scaffold Diseases Florent Trouillas, UCCE Associate Specialist, Plant Pathology 0.5 DPR Other, 0.5 CCA IPM

11:30am –12pm

Increased Stink Bug Pressure and What to Do About It

EASY In-Person CEU 3.5hrs. DPR

5.5hrs CCA

7am Tradeshow/Coffee

and Doughnuts 8am–8:30am

Preplant and Postplant Strategies for Controlling Nematodes in Almonds Andreas Westphal, UC Riverside Associate Professor, Nematology 0.5 DPR Other, 0.5 CCA IPM

8:30am–9am

New Pistachio Phenology Growth Model Louise Ferguson, UCCE Pomologist 0.5 CCA Crop Management

Jhalendra Rijal, UCCE Area IPM Advisor, Stanislaus, San Joaquin and Merced Counties 0.5 DPR Other, 0.5 CCA IPM

12 pm–1pm Industry Lunch

Presentation of West Coast Nut Industry Titan Award Keynote Presentation: Price Outlook for Nut Crops, David Magana, Senior Analyst, RaboResearch

1:00pm–1:30pm

Managing Salinity in Orchards with Marginal Water Quality Mae Culumber, UCCE Nut Crops Farm Advisor, Fresno County 0.5 CCA Soil and Water

1:30pm–2pm

New Rest Breaking Treatments for Walnuts Kat Jarvis-Shean, UCCE Farm Advisor, Sacramento County 0.5 CCA Crop Management

2pm–3pm

NOW Panel: Management and Future Directions of Navel Orangeworm from Nut Industry Leader Roundtable a grower, researcher, handler and Richard Waycott, CEO, Almond Board of California; PCA perspective Richard Matoian, President, American Pistachio 9am–10am

Growers; Robert Verloop, Executive Director and CEO, California Walnut Board and Commission

10am -11am Tradeshow/Break

Moderated by Bob Van Steenwyk, UCCE Entomologist 1.0 DPR Other, 1.0 CCA IPM

3pm–3:30pm

New Findings in Walnut Scale

Elizabeth Fichtner, UCCE Farm Advisor, Tulare County 0.5 DPR Other, 0.5 CCA IPM

9:30am–10am

Protecting Vineyards from Grapevine Red Blotch Disease

Justin Tanner, Post Graduate Researcher, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis 0.5 DPR Other, 0.5 CCA IPM

10am-11am Tradeshow/Break 11am–12pm

EASY In-Person CEU 2.5hrs. DPR

4.0hrs. CCA

7am Tradeshow/Coffee

and Doughnuts 8am–8:30am

Gopher Control in Vineyards

Roger Baldwin, Human-Wildlife Advisor, UCCE 0.5 DPR Other, 0.5 CCA IPM

8:30am–9am

Update on Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter Control David Haviland, Entomologist, UCCE 0.5 DPR Other, 0.5 CCA IPM

9am–9:30am

The State of Pierce’s Disease in California

Philippe E. Rolshausen, Associate Specialist, UC Riverside 0.5 DPR Other, 0.5 CCA IPM

Vineyard Nutrition Panel-Building the Right Fertilizer Program

Steve Vasquez, Technical Viticulturist, Sunmaid Grower, Larry Bettiga, UCCE Viticulture Farm Advisor, Monterey County, Jerel Kratt, CEO, Regenerative Crop Consulting, Inc., Tien Tien, UCCE Viticulture Farm Advisor, Kern County, Paul Crout, Senior Product Manager and Agronomist, Helena Agri-Enterprises 1.0 CCA Nutrient Management

12pm–1pm Industry Lunch

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