When: Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009
Where: Masonic Family Center, 1110 W. East Ave., Chico
7:30-8:30 a.m. – Registration Table Open – Pick up lunch tickets (No meeting charge, buffet lunch, $13.00 per person)
Program
Meeting Begins – A.M. Moderator: Joe Connell
8:30 – Agricultural Commissioner’s Update – Richard Price, Agricultural Commissioner, Butte County
• Irrigating Orchards Efficiently for Water and Energy Savings – Allan Fulton, UC Farm Advisor, Tehama County
• Walnut Rootstock Trial at CSUC Farm – Results to Date – Joe Connell, UC Farm Advisor, Butte County
10:00-10:15 Break - sponsored by the California Walnut Board
• California Walnuts Annual Report – Dennis Balint, Executive Director, California Walnut Board & CEO, California Walnut Commission; Michelle McNeil & Jennifer Getz, Walnut Marketing
• Common Herbicide Injury Symptoms and Managing Herbicide Resistant Ryegrass and Jungle Rice – Tom Lanini, Weed Specialist, UC Davis
• Walnut Blight Management – Recent Progress – Jim Adaskaveg, Plant Pathologist, UC Riverside
• Almond Diseases – Scab and Alternaria Management – Jim Adaskaveg, Plant Pathologist, UC Riverside
12:15 Lunch - pre-registration required
P.M. Moderator: Bill Krueger
1:00 p.m. - Almond Pruning Research Review – What have we learned? – Bill Krueger, UC Farm Advisor, Glenn Co.
• Lower Limb Dieback relative to Light, Stem Water Potential and Soil Moisture – Bruce Lampinen, Orchard Systems Specialist, UC Davis
• Recent Developments on Band Canker and Lower Limb Dieback – Themis Michailides, Plant Pathologist, UC Davis
• Choosing Rootstocks for Pest Management & an Almond Variety Summary – Joe Connell, UC Farm Advisor, Butte County
3:00 - Adjourn
Three hours of PCA credit has been requested.
