This annual in-service conference for University personnel with vegetable crops responsibilities was held December 1-3, 1997 at the University Recreation Pool Lodge on the UC Davis campus.
Contact the Vegetable Research and Information Center, University of California, Davis, CA 95616,
530-752-1748 for more information or vric@ucdavis.edu
| 1996 VEGETABLE CROPS WORKSHOP & TRAINING CONFERENCE December 9-11, 1996 University Club University of California, Davis |
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| COMMODITY GROUP SESSIONS | ||
| 10 am | Processing Tomato | Clubroom 1 |
| 1 pm | Potato | Clubroom 1 |
| Fresh Market Tomato | Clubroom 2 | |
| 3 pm | Pepper | Clubroom 1 |
| Specialty Crops | Clubroom 2 | |
| 5 pm | Asparagus | Clubroom 1 |
| Onion | Clubroom 2 | |
| 8 am | Cucurbits | Clubroom 1 |
| Cool Season Crops Clubroom 2 | ||
| 10:30 am | Introduction | |
| 10:40 am | Vegetable Research & Information Center VRIC Website - Wayne Schrader, Farm Advisor, UCCE San Diego County |
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| VRIC: Status & Issues - Ron Voss, Extension Specialist & Director of VRIC, Vegetable Crops, UCD | ||
| 11:45-1:00 pm | LUNCH - University Club | |
| 1:00 pm | VRIC Publications Update - Michelle LeStrange, Farm Advisor, UCCE Tulare County | |
| Farm Advisor/ Specialist / Faculty Updates | ||
| 1:30 pm | West Side On-farm Demonstration Project Overview - Jeff Mitchell, Extension Specialist, Vegetable Crops, UCD (Kearney Ag. Center) | |
| 1:50 pm | Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics in Vegetable Fields - Louise Jackson, Assoc. Professor, Vegetable Crops, UCD | |
| 2:10 pm | Using Pre-sidedressing Soil Nitrate Testing to Guide N Application - Tim Hartz, Extension Specialist, Vegetable Crops, UCD | |
| 2:30 pm | Field Storage of Processing Tomato - Don May, Farm Advisor, UCCE Fresno County | |
| 2:50-3:10 pm | BREAK | |
| 3:10 pm | Sweet Onion Trials on the Central Coast - Mark Gaskell, Farm Advisor, UCCE Santa Barbara County | |
| 3:30 pm | Southeast Asian Vegetable Culture - Richard Molinar, Farm Advisor, UCCE Fresno County | |
| 3:50 pm | Causes and Prevention of Browning in Lettuce -Mikal Saltveit, Professor, Vegetable Crops, UCD | |
| 4:10 pm | Fresh-cut Vegetable Quality - Marita Cantwell, Extension Specialist, Vegetable Crops, UCD | |
| 6:00 pm | SOCIAL HOUR with Specialty Vegetable Tasting (No host bar) | |
| 7:00-9:00 pm | BANQUET - University Club Speaker: Sustainability - Past, Present & Future, Bill Liebhardt, Director, UC Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program (SAREP) |
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| 8:10 am | Powdery Mildew of Cucurbits - Jesús Valencia, Farm Advisor, UCCE Stanislaus County and Gerald Holmes, UCCE Imperial County | |
| 8:40 am | Verticillium Wilt - A New Threat on Lettuce - Krishna Subbarao, Specialist, Pl. Pathology, UCD (US Ag. Research Station, Salinas) | |
| 9:00 am | Economics of Weed Control in Iceberg Lettuce - Tim Prather, Regional IPM Advisor, Kearney Ag. Center | |
| 9:20 am | Colored Mulches: What are the Benefits - Jim Stapleton, Regional IPM Advisor, Kearney Ag. Center | |
| 9:40 am | Nutrient Behavior of Composts - Tim Hartz, Extension Specialist, Vegetable Crops, UCD | |
| 9:55-10:10 am | BREAK | |
| 10:10 am | Australian Applied Research & Technology Transfer Programs - Mike Murray, Farm Advisor, UCCE Colusa County | |
| 10:30 am | International Conference on Vegetable Diversification - Vince Rubatzky, Extension Specialist Emeritus, Vegetable Crops, UCD | |
| 10:50 am | Developments in Remote Sensing Technology Environmental monitoring - Mike Cahn, Farm Advisor, UCCE Sutter-Yuba Counties Aerial imaging - R. Ford Denison, Assoc. Professor, Agronomy & Range Science, UCD |
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| 11:50-1:15 pm | LUNCH - University Club | |
| Alternatives to Broad-Spectrum Fumigants in Field Production | ||
| 1:15 pm | Weed Control - Milt McGiffen, Extension Specialist, Botany & Plant Sciences, UCR | |
| 1:45 pm | Nematode Control - Becky Westerdahl, Extension Specialist, Nematology, UCD | |
| 2:15 pm | Disease Control - John Duniway, Professor, Plant Pathology, UCD | |
| 2:45-3:00 pm | BREAK | |
| 3:00 pm | Alternatives to Broad- spectrum Fumigants in Post-Harvest Handling Elizabeth Mitcham, Postharvest Pomologist, Pomology, UCD; Marita Cantwell, Extension Specialist, Vegetable Crops, UCD; Trevor Suslow, Extension Specialist, Vegetable Crops, UCD |
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| 4:00 pm | ADJOURN | |
Please check the list of workgroup members for your name. If there are any changes or additions please email vric@ucdavis.edu.
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