Events

Shot Hole Borer, Fusarium Dieback Conference Feb. 21, San Marino

Past Event:

Shot Hole Borer, Fusarium Dieback Conference Feb. 21, San Marino, Calif.

A NEW SERIOUS PEST OF LANDSCAPE,NURSERY AND AVOCADO TREES

Feb. 21, 2013 - 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

MEETING LOCATION: Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens

Ahmanson Room

1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, Calilf. 91108

http://www.huntington.org/default.aspx

Schedule

 9:30 a.m. Registration

MC – John Kabashima, Ph.D. – UC Cooperative Extension

10  Regulatory Status and Actions

Gevork Arakelian Ph.D. and Jerry Turney Ph.D. - L.A. County Ag Commissioner

Josh Kress – California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), Nursery Services

TBD – CDFA Pest Exclusion Branch

10:45 - Biology and Distribution

11:45 Richard Stouthamer, Ph.D. – UC Riverside Department of Entomology

Akif Eskalen, Ph.D. – UC Riverside Department of Plant Pathology

11:45 - Noon Break

Noon – Controlling PSHB - Research Update

12:30 Tim Paine, Ph.D. – UC Riverside Department of Entomology

12:30 - Field tour of symptomatic trees – Tim Thibault and Huntington Staff

1:15 -1:30 Lunch (for attendees who RSVP’d) and questions

RSVP TO: CLAUDETTE LERMA – NGA Administrative Assistant

Email: Claudette@nurserygrowers.org

Ph. (888) 502-5197 Fax.(888) 502-5198