UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION
WALNUT NEWS
STANISLAUS COUNTY FEBRUARY 2006
University of California Cooperative Extension
36th Annual Tri-County Walnut Institute
Tuesday, March 7, 2006
UC Cooperative Extension Auditorium
420 South Wilson Way, Stockton
8:30 a.m. - noon
8:30 Registration and refreshments
8:40 Using Retain® to Reduce Pistillate Flower Abscission in Serr and Other Varieties
Joe Grant, UC Farm Advisor, San Joaquin County
Jim Hansen, Product Manager, Valent Biosciences
9:10 Managing Soil Ecology and Health in Walnut Orchards
Tim Cavagnaro, Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources, UC Davis
9:40 California Walnut Marketing Board and Walnut Commission Activities
Dennis Balint, C.E.O., California Walnut Commission and Executive Director,
Walnut Marketing Board
10:10 Break
10:30 New Blackline Tolerant Rootstocks and Hypersensitive Varieties
Janet Caprile, UC Farm Advisor, Contra Costa County
11:00 Half-Canopy Surround Sprays – Are They Effective?
Kathy Kelley Anderson, UC Farm Advisor, Stanislaus & Merced Counties
11:30 What DNA Can Do for You: Practical Uses of Genetic Engineering in Walnuts
Abhaya Dandekar, Professor, Plant Sciences Department, UC Davis
2.0 continuing education credit hours pending
University of California, US Department of Agriculture, and Stanislaus County Cooperating
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Pest Hotline. The Tree and Vine IPM Pest Hotline for the 2006 season will begin on February 28. Information on degree-days, flight activity and treatment timing for codling moth, peach twig borer, Oriental fruit moth, omnivorous and obliquebanded leafrollers, is available 24 hours a day by calling 525-6841. Information is based on monitoring by farm advisors in local orchards. The information will be updated every Tuesday.
IPM Breakfast Meetings. Roger Duncan and I will resume our integrated pest management update breakfast meetings for tree and vine crops beginning Wednesday, March 1 from 7:00 to 8:00 a.m. and continue on the first and third Wednesday of each month through June 21 at the Peach Tree Restaurant located at 2535 E. Whitmore Avenue in Ceres. These meetings feature informal discussions on various IPM topics, ongoing research, and examples of pest damage for viewing. One hour of continuing education credit for DPR license holders and growers will be offered at each meeting. The meetings are open to anyone interested in tree and vine crop IPM topics. There are no fees or reservations required. If you have suggestions for discussion items, please call Roger or me at 525-6800.
Kathy Kelley Anderson, Farm Advisor - Stanislaus County
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION
WALNUT NEWS
STANISLAUS COUNTY FEBRUARY 2006