Friday, February 7, 2025, Sessions 5-10: to be announced
Conference schedule
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Thursday, February 6, 2025 Friday, February 7, 2025 The Agenda will be available soon |
Agenda of the 2024 Cal ASA Plant and Soil Conference in Fresno:
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General Session: 9:30 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. SALON C |
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Are We Ready? Adapting Agronomy to an Uncertain Future Chairs: Daniel Geisseler, Sarah Light, Lauren Hale
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9:30 – 9:45 |
Daniel Geisseler, UC Davis, Introduction |
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9:45 – 10:20 |
Tapan Pathak, UC Merced, Impacts of climate change on California’s agriculture and tools for managing risks PDF |
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10:20 – 10:55 |
Claire Heinitz, USDA-ARS, Mining the National Plant Germplasm System for sources of climate resiliency in perennial crops PDF |
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10:55 – 11:30 |
Stavros Vougioukas, UC Davis, Advances in automation technologies and effect on farm workers |
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11:30 – 12:00 |
Michelle Leinfelder-Miles - Honoree presentation |
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12:00 |
Lunch Break |
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SALON C |
SALON D |
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Session 1 – Nutrient Management Chairs: Mark Cady, Marja Koivunen
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Session 2 – Precision Agriculture Chairs: Nick Clark, Marja Koivunen |
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1:25 |
Introductory Remarks |
1:25 |
Introductory Remarks |
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1:30 |
Jerome Pier, QualiTech, Getting real about foliar nutrition |
1:30 |
Nick Cizek, FarmTest, On-farm research on your customers' farms with their equipment |
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2:00 |
Charlotte Decock, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, The interaction of soil health and plant nutrition PDF |
2:00 |
Elia Scudiero, UC Riverside, Making sense of high-resolution satellite imagery to improve plant, soil, and water management |
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2:30 |
Sydney Cho, UC Davis, Almond hulls and shells as potassium-rich organic matter amendments PDF |
2:30 |
Peter Larbi, UC Davis, Precision pesticide application technology |
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3:00 |
Break |
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SALON C |
SALON D |
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Session 3 – Micronutrients Chairs: Mark Bolda, Nick Clark CEU: 1.5 CCA (Nutrient Mgmt.) |
Session 4 – Animal-Plant Systems Management Chairs: Ranjit Riar, Sultan Begna, Sonia Rios CEU: 1.5 CCA (Crop Mgmt.) |
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3:25 |
Introductory Remarks |
3:25 |
Introductory Remarks |
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3:30 |
Sharon Benes, CSU Fresno, Micronutrient Nutrition: How Much Attention Should We Place on These Essential Nutrients? PDF |
3:30 |
Rebecca Ozeran, UCCE, Economic and Practical Investigations of Livestock-crop Integration in California PDF |
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4:00 |
Patrick Brown, UC Davis, 100 Years of Boron Research – what we know and what we don’t know |
4:00 |
Stephen Kaffka, UC Davis, Alternative forages for water-stressed dairies in the San Joaquin Valley |
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4:30 |
Bob Beede, UCCE, Zinc: The Mighty Micronutrient! Factors affecting nutrient uptake |
4:30 |
Amelie Gaudin, UC Davis, Outcomes and challenges in integrating livestock in California cropping systems |
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5:00 |
Poster Session and Evening Social (beverages and hors d’oeuvres served) Salon A |
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SALON C |
SALON D |
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Session 5 – California IPM Toolbox Chairs: Mark Bolda, Sarah Light, Ian Grettenberger CEU: 1.5 CCA (IPM); pending: 1.5 DPR |
Session 6 – Soil Management Chairs: Lauren Hale, Sarah Light, Hossein Zakeri CEU: 1.5 CCA (1.0 Soil & Water Mgmt., 0.5 Crop Mgmt.); 0.5 CDFA INMP |
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8:25 |
Introductory remarks |
8:25 |
Introductory remarks |
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8:30 |
David Haviland, UCCE, Embracing IPM and sustainability within today’s regulatory environment |
8:30 |
Eoin Brodie, Berkeley Lab, Soil Biodiversity in California Agriculture: Framework and Indicators for Soil Health Assessment PDF |
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9:00 |
Jhalendra Rijal, UCCE, Tree and nut crops IPM: What’s working – What’s not |
9:00 |
Michelle Leinfelder-Miles, UCCE, On- farm practices to improve soil health outcomes PDF |
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9:30 |
Margaret Lloyd, UCCE, Non- chemical management of soilborne pathogens |
9:30 |
Sarah Light, UCCE, Equipment considerations for implementing regenerative practices PDF |
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10:00 |
Break |
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SALON C |
SALON D |
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Session 7 – Evolution of pests and management challenges Chairs: Ian Grettenberger, Sonia Rios CEU: 1.5 CCA (IPM); pending: 1.5 DPR |
Session 8 – Groundwater Recharge Chairs: Wendy Rash, Mark Cady CEU: 1.5 CCA (Soil & Water Mgmt.) |
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10:25 |
Introductory remarks |
10:25 |
Introductory remarks |
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10:30 |
Ian Grettenberger, UC Davis, Insecticide resistance: Diamondback moth and alfalfa weevil as case studies |
10:30 |
Helen Dahlke, UC Davis, Agricultural Managed Aquifer recharge on perennial crops: what to look out for PDF |
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11:00 |
Oleg Daugovish, UCCE, Weed management in strawberry and avocado PDF |
11:00 |
Tim Godwin, DWR, Groundwater strategies for implementing the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act: Promoting Ag-MAR in California |
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11:30 |
Cassandra Swett, UC Davis, Challenges to genetic resistance-based disease management arising from resistance breaking pathogen strains and potential for stress to compromise resistance gene expression--a case study of Fusarium wilt in tomato PDF |
11:30 |
Lucia Levers, USDA-ARS, The Economics of AgMAR
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SALON C |
SALON D |
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Session 9 – Bees, Pollinators Chairs: Ian Grettenberger, Mark Bolda CEU: 1.5 CCA (IPM); pending: 1.5 DPR |
Session 10 – On-farm Water Management Chairs: Sonia Rios, Sultan Begna CEU: 1.5 CCA (Soil & Water Mgmt.); 0.5 CDFA INMP |
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1:25 |
Introductory Remarks |
1:25 |
Introductory Remarks |
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1:30 |
Jo Ann Baumgartner, Wild Farm Alliance, Why incorporating pollinator habitat on the farm not only helps with seed set but is crucial for effective IPM |
1:30 |
Khaled Bali, UCCE, Intermittent groundwater recharge strategies on alfalfa for sustainable production and water conservation PDF |
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2:00 |
Elina L. Niño, UC Davis, Protecting pollinators in California's agricultural landscapes Presentation |
2:00 |
Daniele Zaccaria, UC Davis, Effects of winter cover cropping on radiation balance & water productivity of micro-irrigated pistachio PDF |
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2:30 |
Neal Williams, UC Davis, Area-wide approaches to promoting pollinators. Predicting pesticide risk and habitat placement for pollinators in working lands PDF |
2:30 |
Ali Montazar, UCCE, Recent advances in California avocado water management |