Western Disease Conference
Hilton Portland - Broadway IV Room
January 12-13, 2011
Portland – Oregon
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Wednesday 12 January 2011
9:00 am Welcoming Remarks and Introductions — Robin Ludy, Jay Pscheidt and Luisa Santamaria.
9:15 – 10:30 am
PNW Plant Disease Management Handbook Changes. – Jay Pscheidt, OSU
ODA Plant Health Lab Highlights. – Robin Ludy, Oregon Department of Agriculture.
Colorado Diagnostic Update. – Tamla Blunt, CSU.
OSU Plant Clinic update. – Maryna Serdani, OSU
Diagnostic Highlights. – Jordan Eggers, OSU HAREC.
Diagnostic Review of 2010 and/or unusual specimens or situations of note. – All participants encouraged to share experiences or show pictures.
10:30 – 10:45am Short Break
10:45- Noon
LAMP assays for Xanthomonas in carrot seed. – Ken Johnson, OSU.
Luna fungicides for control of field and vegetable crop diseases. – Lorianne Fought, Bayer CropScience.
Serenade Soil: a new product for management of soil diseases. – Paul Walgenbach, AgraQuest.
Anguina funesta in Ryegrass seed fields in Oregon. – Cindy Fraley, Oregon Dept. Of Agriculture
New Syngenta fungicide solution for potato storage disease management. – Alex Cochran, from Syngenta
Noon – 1pm Lunch on your own.
Wednesday 12 January 2011 (continued)
1 pm – 2:30 pm Continuation of morning program if needed.
Bilingual Workshops series for the Best management practices for the Nursery Industry Report. – Luisa Santamaria, OSU – NWREC.
Comparing the efficacy of three certification schemes for pest risk mitigation in nursery stock. – Nancy Osterbauer, ODA
Black Walnut, Maple, Rose and Serviceberry Trials. – Jay Pscheidt, OSU
New problems on ornamentals in Montana. – Linnea Skoglund, Montana State University.
2:30 – 3:30 pm
A new Phytophthora species affecting several ornamentals including Kalmia - Niklaus J. Grunwald, USDA-ARS-HCRL.
EarthKind Rose Trials in Colorado – Tamla Blunt, CSU.
3:30 - 5 pm Further Discussion and/or late presentations.
Thursday 13 January 2011
8:30 am Welcoming Remarks and Introductions — Jay Pscheidt, Robin Ludy and Luisa Santamaria.
8:45 – 10:30 am
A virus complex in red raspberry. – Bob Martin, USDA-ARS-HCRL.
Update on the presence and severity of Verticillium wilt in ornamental nurseries. – Jerry Weiland, USDA-ARS-HCRL.
Recent results in replant fumigation and fire blight product efficacy trials. -Timothy Smith, WSU
Significant changes to the CougarBlight fire blight risk model. --Timothy Smith, WSU
Fire blight topics: LAMP assays for Erwinia amylovora, Kasumin, SAR induction, Non-antibiotic control of fire blight control. --Ken Johnson, OSU.
10:30 – 10:45am Short Break
Thursday 13 January 2011 (continued)
10:45- Noon
Using LAMP to Detect the Efficacy of Delayed Dormant Copper to Reduce Inoculum in Pears – Rachel Elkins, UC Cooperative Extension, lake and Mendocino Counties, along with Ken Johnson, Franz Niederholzer, David Sugar, Todd Temple and Broc Zoller.
Bacterial Canker of Cherry. -- Ken Johnson, OSU.
Mettle 125ME, A New Triazole for Powdery Mildew Control in Grape – Alan Haack, Isagro-USA.
Noon – 1pm Lunch on your own.
1 pm – 2:30 pm
Control of Powdery Mildew in Apples with Flutriafol (Topguard). – Tim Ksander, Jim Barrentine, Brent Jacobson, and Brent Byers, Cheminova, Inc.
Pear Scab Management. – David Sugar, OSU – SOREC.
Luna Fungicides for Control of Tree Fruit Diseases. – Bill DeWeese, Bayer CropScience.
Unknown Title or Crop. -- Doug Gubler, UC-Davis
Fungicide trials for the control of Tree Fruit, Blueberry, Grape and Hazelnut Diseases – Jay Pscheidt, OSU.
2:30 – 4:00 pm Further Discussion and/or late presentations.
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