This annual in-service conference for University personnel with vegetable crops responsibilities will be held at the University Club Conference Center (map) on the UC Davis campus.
For more information or to register for the conference contact the Vegetable Research and Information Center at 530-752-1748 or vric@ucdavis.edu
Special thanks to the VC3 planning committee: Michelle Le Strange (chair), Eta Takele, Richard Smith, Jose Aguiar, Tom Turini, Tom Lanini, Eric Natwick and John Yoder.
9:30 |
Registration/Refreshments |
10:00 |
Welcome/Introduction - Michelle Le Strange, UCCE Tulare County |
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The Pesticide situation - moderator: Tom Turini, UCCE Imperial County |
10:10 |
UC policy working with regulated & unregulated pesticides - Mike Stimmann, UCCE Pesticide Specialist |
What's old, what's new, what's up for the future? |
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10:30 |
Insecticide chemistry - Eric Natwick, UCCE Imperial County |
11:00 |
Pathogen chemistry - Mike Davis, UCCE Plant Pathology, UC Davis |
11:30 |
Herbicide chemistry - Steve Fennimore, UCCE Weed Science, Salinas |
12:00 |
Buffet Luncheon |
The Precision Agriculture situation - moderator: Tom Lanini, UCCE Weed Specialist, UC Davis |
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1:00 |
Overview of Precision Technologies in Tomato Production - Shrini Upadhyaya, Department of Agricultural Engineering, UC Davis |
1:25 |
DigitalGlobe's AgroWatch Program for 2002: Precision Information Products for Precision Ag in California - Jack Paris, DigitalGlobe(TM), Salinas, CA |
1:50 |
Precision Agriculture in vegetable crops - Bill Reinert, Precision Farming Enterprises Inc, Davis, CA |
2:15 |
Determining the Factors underlying Spatial Variability in Yield - Richard Plant, Dept of Agronomy, UC Davis |
2:40 |
Break |
The Organic Vegetable situation - moderator: Richard Smith, UCCE Monterey County |
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3:00 |
Soil aspects of the transition to organic - Louise Jackson, Dept of Vegetable Crops, UC Davis, |
3:30 |
The use of molecular tools to aid in crop rotation research - Carolee T. Bull, USDA-ARS, Salinas |
4:00 |
Maturation of the organic food industry - Craig Weakly, Cascadian Farms, Skagit Valley, Washington |
4:40 |
Economics of organic vegetable production - Karen Klonsky, UCCE Specialist, UC Davis |
5:00 |
Adjourn |
6:00 |
Poster Session Set-up and Social Time |
7:00 |
Dinner |
8:00 |
Alliums Workgroup - Ron Voss, Chair |
General Session - moderator: Michelle Le Strange, UCCE Tulare County |
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11:00 |
What about new crops? - Michael Reid, ANR Program Leader |
11:15 |
Soil & water issues in cool season vegetable crops - Husein Ajwa, UCCE Veg Crops Specialist, Monterey County |
11:30 |
Buffet Luncheon |
12:30 |
Overview of political and economic water issues in California - Bill DuBois, Natural Resources Consultant, California Farm Bureau |
1:15 |
Integrated irrigation & nutrient management to achieve yield and environmental quality - John Letey, distinguished professor of soil physics, Soil & Water Science Unit UC Riverside |
2:00 |
Specialty Crops Workgroup - Marita Cantwell, Chair |
5:00 |
Adjourn |
6:30 |
VRIC Steering Committee Meeting |
8:00 |
Cool Season Workgroup - Louise Jackson, Chair |
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11:00 |
Warm Season Vegetable Workgroup |
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2:00 |
Adjourn |
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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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Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of California. All contents copyright © 2020 The Regents of the University of California. All Rights Reserved. Development funding from the University of California and USDA, CSREES. Please e-mail your comments to: vric@ucdavis.edu Last updated: August 21, 2020 |
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