South Jersey Commercial Tree Fruit Meeting

Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Time: 8:00 am – 2:00 pm
Location: Rutgers Agricultural Research & Extension Center
121 Northville Road, Bridgeton, NJ

Pre-Registration: Required, by February 4th
Contact Karen Holton at holton@aesop.rutgers.edu
856-455-3100 x4104

Cost/person:  $15.00
Lunch: Included
Pesticide Credits: Awarded for Cat 10, 1A, Core, PP2
Program details: Norm Lalancette
856-455-3100 x4124

2015 South Jersey Commercial Tree Fruit Grower Meeting

Meeting Program

8:00 am Registration
Coffee and pastries
8:25 am Welcome and Opening Remarks
Norm Lalancette
8:30 am New Residual Weed Control Options for Tree Fruit
Brad Majek, Extension Specialist in Weed Science, Rutgers Cooperative Extension
9:00 am Peach Blossom Blight: Biology, Control, and Fungicide Resistance Management
Norm Lalancette, Extension Specialist in Tree Fruit Pathology, Rutgers Cooperative Extension
9:30 am Pesticide Update for 2015
George Hamilton, Extension Specialist in Pest Management, Rutgers Cooperative Extension

10:00 am  Break
Coffee and pastries

10:15 am Postharvest Fruit Quality of New and Novel Peach Varieties
Dan Ward, Extension Specialist in Pomology, Rutgers Cooperative Extension
10:45 am IPM Tactics for New and Old Pests
Anne Nielsen, Extension Specialist in Fruit Entomology, Rutgers Cooperative Extension
11:15 am Pest Management With and Without BMSB Pressure – Options and Costs
Dean Polk, Statewide Tree Fruit Agent, Rutgers Cooperative Extension
11:45 am Introducing Hemant Gohil, New Agriculture and Resource Management Agent
Rutgers Cooperative Extension

12:00 pm Lunch

1:00 pm Industry Updates
1:20 pm  New Jersey State Horticultural Society – Update
1:30 pm New Jersey Peach Promotion Council – Update
1:45 pm Open Session – Grower Questions and Discussion