VRIC Conferences

2004 UC Vegetable Crops Continuing Conference

This annual in-service conference for University personnel with vegetable crops responsibilities is held on the UC Davis campus.

Conference and travel expenses will be paid by ANR workgroup funds. Please register for the conference so we will know many people to expect.

For more information, contact the Vegetable Research and Information Center at (530) 752-1748 or vric@ucdavis.edu.

9:30	Registration, coffee, snacks
10:00	3 Farm Advisor Updates: Mike Murray - How do we best use our limited CE field staff resources to continue meeting the needs of the California vegetable industry? Michael Rethwisch - Evaluation of whitefly control products and rates applied at planting to zucchini squash Richard Molinar - CE Outreach and Research Programs for Minorities and Immigrants - what works, what doesn't
10:30
11:00	USDA Lettuce Breeders - update on vegetable breeding program in Salinas: moderated by Steve Fennimore Dr. Ryan Hayes - lettuce Dr. Becky Grube - lettuce Dr. Beiquan Mou - lettuce & spinach
11:30
12:00	Lunch
12:30	Lunch
1:00	6 Farm Advisor Updates: Harry Carlson - Potato response to applied irrigation Mikal Saltveit - Minimizing tissue browning in fresh-cut lettuce Oleg Daugovish - Rhubarb - a vegetable for strawberry production areas Grant Poole - Onion research trials in Lancaster Richard Smith - Mustard cover crops for lettuce production Harry Carlson - An evaluation of irrigation uniformity with solid set sprinkler systems
1:30
2:00
2:30
3:00	Break
3:30	Volatile Organic Compounds Session: moderated by Steve Fennimore John Sanders, Environmental Monitoring Branch, California DPR Rich Roush, UCD IPM Husien Ajwa, ANR, Salinas
4:00
4:30
5:00	Adjourn
6:00 - 8:00	Steering Committee meeting - location to be announced

8:00	Welcome Water Quality Session: moderated by Allan Fulton
8:05	Laosheng Wu, UCR - A nitrate index for ground water protection
8:35	Allan Fulton (Tehema Co), Mike Cahn (Monterey Co), Khaled Bali (Imperial Co)- Ag waiver and TMDL update for Central Valley, Central Coast, Imperial County
9:00	Mike Cahn and Khaled Bali - Use of PAM and other BMPs for protection of surface water quality
9:30	Don Weston, UCB - Transport of pyrethroids pesticides from agricultural land
10:00	Break
10:30	Pest Management Diagnosis Session: moderated by Tom Turini Jay Gan - Water issues related to pesticide use
11:00
11:30	Chris van Kessel - merge to the Dept of Plant Sciences
12:00	Lunch - Lounge
12:30	Lunch - Lounge
1:00	Western Plant Diagnostic Network
1:30
2:00
2:30	Trevor Suslow - Outcomes of water quality surveys and implications for pre-harvest on-farm management
3:00	Break
3:30	Impacts of Environmental Conservation Public Policy Initiatives on California's Vegetable Crop Production Systems: moderated by Jeff Mitchell Diane Holcomb, USDA-NRCS State Resource Conservationist Karen Heisler, USEPA Ag Initiative Division
4:00
4:30	Adjourn
5:00	Set up posters; social time
5:30	Set up posters; social time
6:00	Dinner
9:30	Dinner

8:30	Potato & Allium Workgroup meeting	Processing Tomato Workgroup meeting
9:00
9:30
10:00	Break
10:30	Warm Season Vegetables Workgroup meeting	Cool Season Vegetables Workgroup meeting
11:00
11:30
12:00	Lunch
12:30
1:00
1:30
2:00
2:30
3:00	Adjourn

Please check the list of workgroup members for your name. If there are any changes or additions please email vric@ucdavis.edu.