Day 1
- Two New Advanced Strawberry Breeding Selection for Florida – Dr. Vance Whitaker, GCREC, UF/IFAS, Horticultural Sciences
- Strawberry Nutrition Management: Potassium Rates and AI-Driven Diagnosis – Dr. Shinsuke Agehara, GCREC, UF/IFAS, Horticultural Sciences
- Mexico Trade Investigation Updates – Dan Pickard & Milton Koch, Buchanan, Ingersoll, & Rooney
- Weed Management Updates for Florida Strawberries – Dr. Nathan Boyd, GCREC, UF/IFAS, Horticultural Sciences
- Optimal Insecticide Resistance Management Rotations for Chili Thrips – Dr. Jason Hamm, Florida Ag Research
- Host Plant Resistance, Ultrasound, and Biopesticides as Tools for Strawberry Pest Management – Dr. Sriyanka Lahiri, GCREC, UF/IFAS, Entomology & Nematology
Day 2
- Progress Report on a Robotic Strawberry Runner Cutter and Variable-Rate Predatory Mite Dispensing System – Dr. Dana Choi, GCREC, UF/IFAS, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
- Toward Automated Strawberry Yield Estimation: Integrating UAV Imaging and AI Models – Dr. Kevin Wang, GCREC, UF/IFAS, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
- Strawberry Disease Roundup: Crown Rots, Botrytis, and Neopestalotiopsis – Dr. Natalia Peres, GCREC, UF/IFAS, Plant Pathology
- What are the Potential Impacts of an El Niño During the 2026-2027 Season on Diseases in Florida? – Dr. Vinicius Cerbaro, UF/IFAS, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Poster Presentations
- Do Strawberry Varieties Vary in Their Resistance to Nematodes? – Dr. Johan Desaeger, GCREC, UF/IFAS, Entomology & Nematology
- Substrate and Plastic Mulch Color Assessment for Open-Field Tabletop Strawberry Production in Conventional and Organic Systems – Dr. Xin Zhao, UF/IFAS, Horticultural Sciences, Dr. Wael Elwakil, UF/IFAS Extension Hillsborough County
- Developing Strawberries to Neopestalotiopsis Disease Resistance Using CRISPR Gene Editing – Dr. Seonghee Lee, GCREC, UF/IFAS, Horticultural Sciences
- A Maximum Dose Bioassay to Assess Chilli Thrips (Scirtothrips Dorsalis) Insecticide Susceptibility in Strawberry-Vegetable Relay Crops – Dr. Hugh Smith, Mr. Ryan Batts, Dr. Chastity Perry, & Dr. Sriyanka Lahiri, GCREC, UF/IFAS, Entomology & Nematology
- Dose-Response Profiles of Fluopryram and Garlic-Derived Diallyl Polysulfides Against Belonolamius Longicaudatus – David A. Moreira and Dr. Johan Desaeger, GCREC, UF/IFAS, Entomology & Nematology