The American Cranberry Growers Association 2014 Summer Field Day will be held on Friday August 22, 2014 at the P.E. Marucci Center for Blueberry & Cranberry Research & Extension in Chatsworth, NJ.
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Meeting Agenda
| 8:00–8:30 | CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST |
| 8:30-8:45 | Opening Remarks Shawn Cutts, President, American Cranberry Growers Association |
| 8:45-9:05 | Pre-inoculation with Mycorrhizae to Enhance Early Bed Establishment James Polashock, Research Plant Pathologist, USDA-ARS |
| 9:05-9:25 | Breeding Fruit Rot Resistant Varieties and New Cultivars for Release Nicholi Vorsa and Jennifer Johnson-Cicalese, P.E. Marucci Center for Blueberry & Cranberry Research & Extension, Rutgers University, Chatsworth, NJ |
| 9:25-9:45 | Fairy Ring Success or Failure – Part II Peter Oudemans, Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers University |
| 9:45-10:25 | Insecticide Trials and Assessing Insect Resistance in Cranberries Cesar Rodriguez-Saona, Elvira de Lange, Department of Entomology, Rutgers University; Vera Kyryczenko-Roth, P.E. Marucci Center; and Robert Holdcraft, P.E. Marucci Center |
| 10:25-10:45 | Grower Show and Tell Cranberry growers |
| CONFERENCE ROOM | |
| 11:00-11:10 | ACGA Website Stephanie Haines, American Cranberry Growers Association |
| 11:10-11:40 | Precision Water Management for Optimum Quality and Yields Jean Caron, S. J. Gumiere, S. Pepin, V. Pelletier, Y. Périard, M.E. Samson, C. Vanderleest and W.A. Bland, Université Laval, Québec, Canada |
| 11:40-12:00 | A Phenology Model for Sparganothis Fruitworm in Cranberries Shawn Steffan, USDA-ARS, Annie E. Deutsch, UW-Madison, Cesar Rodriguez-Saona, Vera Kyryczenko-Roth, Rutgers University, Juan Zalapa, USDA-ARS |
| 12:00-1:00 | LUNCH |
| CONFERENCE ROOM | |
| 1:00-1:30 | Harvest Kick-off Brenda Conner & Joe Darlington |
| 1:30-2:00 | Farm Safety Ray Samulis, Cooperative Extension Agent, Burlington County Extension, Rutgers University |
| LABS | |
| 1:00-3:00 | Laboratory Tours for CI/CMC Guests Nicholi Vorsa – Breeding Peter Oudemans – Pathology James Polashock – Pathology, Molecular Biology Amy Howell – Health Cesar Rodriguez-Saona – Entomology |
