Agenda

 

7:00 AM

Doors open for Registration and morning coffee

Morning Session Moderator: Tobias Oker

8:00 AM

Welcome
Tobias Oker, Farm Advisor, UCCE Kern County

8:05 AM

Pistachio Industry Update
Stephen Vasquez, Executive Director, Administrative Committee for Pistachios

 

8:30 AM

Approaches to Groundwater Recharge in Orchard Systems
Mae Culumber, University of California Cooperative Extension, Fresno County

CEU Approved: CCA Soil & Water Management, INMPT Irrigation Management

9:00 AM

New Technologies for Orchard Water Management
Isaya Kisekka, University of California, Davis, Department of Land Air and Water Resources

CEU Approved: CCA Soil & Water Management, INMPT Irrigation Management  

9:30 AM

Past, Present and Future of the UC Pistachio Cultivars and Rootstocks Evaluation Program
Giulia Marino, University of California, Davis, Department of Plant Sciences

CEU Approved: CCA Crop Management 

10:00 AM

Coffee Break and Visit with Sponsors

10:30 AM

Ground Calibrated Remotely Sensed Pistachio Evapotranspiration in the San Joaquin Valley
Joel Kimmelshue, Land IQ

CEU Approved: CCA Soil & Water Management, INMPT Irrigation Management 

11:00 AM

Micronutrient Management for Efficient Pistachio Production
Doug Amaral, University of California Cooperative Extension, Kings County

CEU Approved: CCA Nutrient Management  

11:30 AM

Developing and Deploying Gene Expression Markers for Managing Bud Break in Pistachios 
Li Tian, Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis

CEU Approved: CCA Crop Management 

12:00 PM

Luncheon

Afternoon Session Moderator: David Haviland

1:00 PM

Management of Phytophthora Crown and Root Rot
Florent Trouillas, University of California, Davis and Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center

CEU Approved: CCA Crop Management, DPR Other

1:30 PM

Comparison of Two Biocontrol Agents AF36 Prevail® and Aflaguard® GR Used Commercially to Reduce Aflatoxin Contamination
Themis Michailides, University of California, Davis and Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center

CEU Approved: CCA Integrated Pest Management, DPR Other   

2:00 PM

Optimizing Insect Biological Controls in Pistachios, what levels of pest suppression can be expected?
Kent Daane, University of California, Berkeley and Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center

CEU Approved: CCA Integrated Pest Management, DPR Other  

2:30 PM

Navigating Options for Gill’s Mealybug Spray Programs
David Haviland, University of California Cooperative Extension, Kern County

CEU Approved: CCA Integrated Pest Management, DPR Other  

3:00 PM

Break and visit with sponsors
 

3:15 PM

Navel Orangeworm: Hull Integrity and Sanitation Through Grazing
Houston Wilson, UC Riverside and Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center

CEU Approved: CCA Integrated Pest Management, DPR Other  

3:45 PM

Carpophilus Beetle Status as a Pest of California Nut Crops
Jhalendra Rijal, UCIPM, Northern San Joaquin Valley

CEU Approved: CCA Integrated Pest Management, DPR Other  

4:15 PM

Adjourn