This annual in-service conference for University personnel with vegetable crops responsibilities was held December 2-4, 1998 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
| Time | Item | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Concurrent Workshops | ||
| 10:00 - 12:00 | Statistics with SAS | Hunt 253 |
| Understanding DANR Plant and Soil Analyses | Hanna Room | |
| Working with unregistered pesticides | Robbins 140 | |
| 12:00 - 1:00 | Lunch on your own | |
| Concurrent Workshops | ||
| 1:00 - 3:00 | Understanding DANR Plant and Soil Analyses | Hanna Room |
| Plant Pathology Field Diagnoses (bring your own samples to diagnosis and discuss) | Robbins 184 | |
| Producing Effective Presentations with PowerPoint | 253 Hunt | |
| 3:00 - 3:30 | Break | |
| Concurrent Workshops | ||
| 3:30 - 5:30 | Plant Pathology Field Diagnoses (bring your own samples to diagnosis and discuss) | Robbins 184 |
| Statistics with Statgraphics + | 253 Hunt | |
| 5:30 - 6:30 | Set up posters and publications - you are invited to bring an informational poster or publications for display | Rec Pool Lodge |
| 6:30 - 7:00 | Social time | Rec Pool Lodge |
| 7:00 - 9:00 | Dinner | Rec Pool Lodge |
| Time | Item | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 - 8:15 | Dept of Veg Crops update - Arnold Bloom | Rec Pool Lodge |
| 8:15 - 8:30 | VRIC update - Don Nevins | Rec Pool Lodge |
| 8:30 - 8:45 | DANR changes - Jim Hill | Rec Pool Lodge |
| 8:45 - 9:00 | Discussion | Rec Pool Lodge |
| Soil Quality - moderated by Jeff Mitchell | ||
| 9:00 - 9:20 | Emerging soil management options for California - Jeff Mitchell | Rec Pool Lodge |
| 9:20 - 9:40 | Soil microorganisms and soil quality - Kate Scow | Rec Pool Lodge |
| 9:40 - 10:00 | Carbon and soil quality - Willie Horwath | Rec Pool Lodge |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Break | |
| 10:30 - 10:50 | Sustainable desert vegetable systems - Milt McGiffen | Rec Pool Lodge |
| 10:50 - 11:10 | In search of indicators for disease suppression: Connections between soil health, soil quality and disease suppressivesness? - Ariena VanBruggen | Rec Pool Lodge |
| 11:10 - 11:30 | Developing a soil quality index and conservation tillage production systems for California's Central Valley - Jeff Mitchell | Rec Pool Lodge |
| 11:30 - 11:45 | Discussion | Rec Pool Lodge |
| 11:45 - 12:00 | DANR Communication Services - review and discuss publication progress - Wayne Schrader and Ann Senuta | Rec Pool Lodge |
| 12:00 - 1:00 | Lunch - provided | |
| New Vegetable Insects and Pathogen Pests - moderated by Bill Chaney | ||
| 1:0 - 1:20 | Update on coastal vegetable insects - Bill Chaney | Rec Pool Lodge |
| 1:20 - 1:40 | Is ozone the answer to the ozone problem? - Becky Westerdahl | Rec Pool Lodge |
| 1:40 - 2:00 | To be arranged | Rec Pool Lodge |
| 2:00 - 2:20 | Update on late blight in tomatoes and potatoes - Mike Davis | Rec Pool Lodge |
| 2:20 - 2:30 | New mushroom disease - Maria de la Fuente | Rec Pool Lodge |
| 2:30 - 2:50 | Pathogens and coastal vegetables - Frank Laemmlen | Rec Pool Lodge |
| 2:50 - 3:10 | Break | |
| Faculty and Specialist Updates - moderated by Richard Molinar | ||
| 3:10 - 3:35 | Update on late blight resistance in tomatoes - Dina St. Clair, Associate Professor/Geneticist UCD | Rec Pool Lodge |
| 3:25 - 3:40 | Determining Nitrogen 'Best Management Practices' for Broccoli Production in the SJV - Michelle Le Strange | Rec Pool Lodge |
| 3:40 - 3:55 | Potential dodder resistance in tomaotes - Kurt Hembree, UCCE Fresno | Rec Pool Lodge |
| 3:55 - 4:10 | Impact of FQPA on vegetable weed control - Steve Fennimore, UCCE Weed Specialist, Salinas | Rec Pool Lodge |
| 4:10 - 4:25 | Practical issues in preharvest, harvest, and postharvest water disinfection and measurement - Trevor Suslow, Post Harvest Pathologist, UCD | Rec Pool Lodge |
| 4:25 - 4:40 | Update of processing tomato research in San Joaquin Valley - Don May, UCCE Fresno | Rec Pool Lodge |
| 4:40 - 4:55 | Putting together a refereed journal article - Mike Murray, UCCE Colusa/Glenn | Rec Pool Lodge |
| 4:55 - 5:15 | VRIC business and discussion of VC3 | Rec Pool Lodge |
| Dinner - on your own | ||
| Time | Item | Session Chair | Location - Rec Pool Lodge |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 - 10:00 | Potato Fresh Market Tomatoes |
Ron Voss Michelle LeStrange |
Upstairs Main Room |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Break | ||
| 10:30 - 12:30 | Specialty Crops Peppers No-till/Mulch Systems |
Mark Gaskill Tim Hartz Jeff Mitchell |
Upstairs (south) Upstairs (north) Main Room |
| 12:30 - 1:30 | Lunch - provided | ||
| 1:30 - 3:15 | Processing Tomatoes Onion Asparagus |
Gene Miyao Ron Voss Bob Mullen |
Main Room Upstairs (south) * |
| 3:15 - 3:30 | Break | ||
| 3:30 - 5:30 | Cucurbits Cool Season Crops |
Don May Carlos Quiros |
Main Room Upstairs |
*There was not an asparagus workgroup meeting. Copies of relavent research information from Bob Mullen, Trevor Suslow, and Mike Roose will be available at the conference.
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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