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Agenda |
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| Tuesday August 4th, 2015 | Wednesday August 5th, 2015 |
| Moderator: Stephen Gran, Hillsborough County Extension Service, Director | Moderator: Janet Dougherty, Hillsborough Environmental Protection Commission |
| 7:30 Registration opens, Breakfast Sponsored by: Hopewell Funeral Home | 7:30 Registration opens, Breakfast Sponsored by: Tall Harvest Sumagrow |
| 8:45 Presidents Welcome and Opening Remarks,Todd Jameson | 8:45 Presidents Welcome – Todd Jameson |
| 8:50 Executive Director’s Remarks, Kenneth Parker | 8:55 “Identifying the root cause of fruit yield and stingnematode control inconsistencies associated with the alternative fumigants in Florida Strawberry” Dr. Joe Noling , Nematologist, UF/CREC |
| 9:00 “Can Robots Replace Humans at the Farm?” Gary Wishnatzki, President Wish Farms | 9:25 “Herbicides for nutsedge, kyllinga, and broadleaf weed control in strawberry” Dr. Nathan Boyd, Weed Science, UF/GCREC |
| 9:25 “A Glimpse into the Future: Remote Sensing with Precision Ag”Steve Maxwell, CEO Highland Precision Ag | 9:50 Florida Strawberry Growers Association |
| 9:45 “Evaluation of digital imagery as a method to detect two-spotted spider mite damage in field-grown strawberries” Chris Crockett, Graduate Research Assoc. UF Fruit &Vegetable IPM Lab | 10:10 Break sponsored by: Kennco Manufacturing, and trade show |
| 10:05 Break Sponsored by: Kennco Manufacturing and trade show | 10:40 “Strawberry Yield and Sting Nematode Impacts estimated from Remote Sensing Technologies” Dr. Joe Noling, Nematologist, UF/CREC |
| 10:45 “Florida Bee Protection” – Jeanette Klopchin, Pollinator Protection, FDACS | 11:10 “Abundance and Management of SWD in Field-grown Strawberries”, Dr. Oscar Liburd, Entomologist, UF/Fruit and Vegetable IPM Lab |
| 11:05 “Updates on Production, Trade, and Marketing of the Strawberry Industry Dr. Zhengfei Guan, Economist, UF/GCREC | 11:40 Agricultural News from FDACS- Dale Dubberly, Bureau Chief Division of Agricultural Environmental Services, FDCAS |
| 11:25 “Physiochemical characterization and post-harvest performance of ‘Florida 127’ strawberry compared to commercial standards” Dr.Cecilia Nunes,USF Dept. of Cell Biology | 12:00 Lunch Sponsored by: Highland Packaging Solutions and trade show |
| 11:45 Lunch Sponsored by: Kennco Manufacturing and trade show | 1:10 “Effect of insecticide rotations on thrips numbers and species in strawberry” Dr. Hugh Smith, Entomologist, UF/GCREC |
| 1:15 “New Developments in Strawberry Breeding” Dr.Vance Whitaker, Strawberry Breeder, UF/GCREC | 1:30 Wheel of Pesticide Core game- Alicia Whidden, Hillsborough County Extension Agent |
| 1:40 “Countdown to FSMA: Recent Updates and What to Expect” Dr. Michelle Danyluk, Food Science, UF/ CREC | 2:30 Wrap-up and adjourn |
| 2:15 Wrap-up and adjourn | |