Events

Blackeye/Dry Bean Field Day Aug. 1, Parlier

Past Event:

Blackeye/Dry Bean Field Day

7:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. - Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012

UC Kearney Research and Extension Center

9240 S. Riverbend Ave., Parlier, Calif.

7:30 a.m. Registration

Field Tour of Trials – Tram leaves at 8 a.m.

• Evaluation of Breeding Lines for New Blackeye Varieties, Phil Roberts, UC Riverside
• Pigeon Pea – Continued Evaluation for Potential New Crop, Phil Roberts, UC Riverside
• Testing Insecticides for Lygus Bug Control, Carol Frate, UCCE Tulare County
• Evaluating Potential Post Emergence Herbicides in Blackeyes, Kurt Hembree, UCCE Fresno County
• Subsurface Drip Irrigation of Blackeyes, Larry Schwankl, UC Irrigation Specialist, Kearney

Indoor Presentations

• Using Nematode Resistant Blackeyes to Manage Root Knot Nematodes in Other Crops, Dr. Phil Roberts, UC Riverside
• Adjuvants and Surfactants: Why and When to Use Them, Matt Quist, Technical Services Manager, Wilbur-Ellis
• Industry/University Update
• Market outlook
• What’s new with the CDBAB
• UC vacant positions

11:15 Adjourn

PCA and CCA hours have been requested

For more information call: Carol Frate, Farm Advisor at 559-684-3300

Driving directions at http://kare.ucanr.edu/About_us/Site_map_and_driving_directions/