Wednesday, Feb, 12 2014
Scotts Valley Women’s Club
2298 Hendricks Rd, Lakeport CA
Sponsored by California Pear Advisory Board and the Pest Management Research Fund.
Agenda
1.5 hours DPR credit received
8:00 a.m. Registration, coffee and pastries
8:30 Welcome and announcements
Rachel Elkins, UC Cooperative Extension, Lake/Mendocino Counties
8:40 Pear variety evaluation in the Sacramento Delta
Effects of calcium sprays and AVG (ReTain®) on fruit quality at harvest and
after storage
Optimizing fertilizer practices based on seasonal demand and supply
Brown marmorated stink bugs in Sacramento County
Chuck Ingels, UC Cooperative Extension, Sacramento County
9:10 Active yeasts improve selective insecticides for codling moth in pear
Evaluation of insecticides for codling month control
Bob Van Steenwyk, Dept. of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management,
UC Berkeley
9:30 Detection of pear scab resistance to fungicides
Pear scab fungicide evaluations
Identification and control of pear canker diseases in California
Doug Gubler, Dept. of Plant Pathology, UC Davis
10:10 BREAK
10:30 Evaluation of new bactericides for control of fire blight
Evaluation of postharvest treatments for management of gray mold, blue
mold, and other decays of stored pears in California
Doug Gubler, Dept. of Plant Pathology, UC Davis
11:00 Design tool for orchard platforms used in assisted pear harvesting
Rajkishan Arikapudi, Dept. of Biological and Agricultural Engineering,
UC Davis
11:20 Evaluation of potential components of a fire blight IPM program
Rootstocks and orchard systems for European pears
Developing rooting strategies for dwarfing pear rootstocks
Rachel Elkins
12:00 LUNCH – SPONSORED BY CPAB/PPMRF
