May 23, 2024
Agenda:
8:00 Registration and sign-in
8:15 Regulatory updates for fumigant use: current status and future. Minh Pham/ Maziar Kandelous, CDPR
8:45 Current developments with drip vs flat fumigation in California. Mike Stanghellini. Tri-Cal.
9:15 Variable rate in-field fumigation for soil-borne pathogens in Ventura County strawberry – Chris Greer and Oleg Daugovish, UCCE.
9:35 Precision steam application technology for pathogen and weed control in strawberry and vegetable crops – Steve Fennimore, UC Davis-Salinas.
9:55 Substrate production of strawberry transplants. Mark Hoffman, NCSU.
10:15 BREAK
10:30 Update on Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation (ASD) and its integration in soil-borne pest management – Joji Muramoto, UC ANR
10:50 Alternative carbon sources for ASD in Ventura County – Oleg Daugovish, UCCE
11:10 Cover cropping and crop termination to manage Macrophomina root rot in strawberry. Cooper Calvin and Shashika S. Hewavitharana, Cal Poly Strawberry Center
11:35 LUNCH