Agenda
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Statewide Pistachio Day 2024 |
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7:00 AM |
Doors open for Registration and morning coffee |
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Session Moderator: Jorge Angeles, Farm Advisor, UCCE Tulare County |
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8:00 |
Welcome: Elizabeth Fichtner, Farm Advisor, UCCE Tulare County |
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8:05 |
Update from the California Pistachio Research Board |
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8:30 |
Economics of Pistachio Production |
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9:00 |
Update on Specialty Crops Research Initiative supported pistachio research program |
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9:15 |
Boron: Function and Recent Research Results |
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9:30 |
Regional & Future Climate Considerations for Farming Pistachios |
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10:00 |
Coffee Break and Visit with Sponsors |
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Session Moderator: Tobias Oker, Farm Advisor, UCCE Kern County |
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10:30 |
Effects of cover cropping on radiation dynamics of micro-irrigated pistachio |
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11:00 |
Initial evaluation of satellite remote-sensing estimates of pistachio water use |
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11:30 |
Mechanical Harvesting of Pistachio trees: An Update |
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12:00 PM |
Luncheon |
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Session Moderator: David Haviland, Farm Advisor, UCCE Kern County |
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1:00
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Management of foliar pistachio diseases Themis Michailides, Plant Pathologist, UC Davis |
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1:30 |
Do plant-parasitic nematodes damage pistachios? Andreas Westphal, Nematologist, UC Riverside |
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2:00 |
Navigating increasingly complex insecticide programs for Gill’s mealybug David Haviland, Advisor, UCCE Kern County |
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2:30 |
Break and visit with sponsors |
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3:00 |
Advances in efforts to develop sterile insect technique (SIT) for navel orangeworm and monitoring programs for leaffooted bug Houston Wilson, UC ANR CE Specialist, Kearney REC
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3:40 |
Carpophilus beetle: origins and recommendations for a California response David Haviland and Houston Wilson |
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4:10 |
Pest Management Q&A Session |
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5:00 |
Adjourn |
