American Cranberry Growers Association Winter Meeting will be held Thursday, January 24 at the EcoComplex in Bordentown, NJ.
ACGA Winter Meeting Program
Thursday, January 24, 2013
- 8:00-8:30 Registration and Coffee
- 8:30-8:40 Welcoming Remarks– Shawn Cutts, President,
ACGA Treasurer’s Report – Shawn Cutts - 8:40-9:00 Transition to Rutgers Plant & Pest Advisory Online
Jack Rabin, Associate Director – Farm Programs, Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station - 9:00-9:25 An Update on Fruit Rot Resistance Breeding and Promising Selections
Nicholi Vorsa, Jennifer Johnson-Cicalese, Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers University - 9:25-9:50 Effects of Mid-day Misting on Canopy Temperature and Cranberry Production
Patrick Burgess, Nick Vorsa, and Bingru Huang, Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers University - 9:50-10:15 Evaluation of New Insecticides against Lepidopteran Pests
Cesar Rodriguez-Saona, Department of Entomology, Rutgers University; Vera Roth-Kyryczenko, P.E. Marucci Center; and Robert Holdcraft, P.E. Marucci Center - 10:15-10:30 Break
- 10:30-10:55 Managing Cranberry Beds for Production and Disease Control
Peter Oudemans, Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers University - 10:55-11:20 Application of Next-generation Sequencing Technology for Pathogen Identification
James Polashock, Research Plant Pathologist, USDA-ARS - 11:20-11:45 Cranberry Weed Control Update
Brad Majek, Rutgers Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Bridgeton - 11:45-12:00 Update on Research Council Activities and Support of the Research Station
Joe Darlington, Chair, Research Council - 12:00-1:00 Lunch
- 1:00-1:30 Late Water: The Massachusetts Experience
Frank Caruso, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Massachusetts - 1:30-2:00 BOGS Online Grower System, A Decision Management Tool and Record Keeping Program
Brian Wick, Cape Cod Cranberry Growers’ Association - 2:00-2:30 Sparganothis Fruitworm Phenology
Shawn Steffan, Research Entomologist, USDA-ARS, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Cesar Rodriguez-Saona, Rutgers University; Annie Deutsch, University of Wisconsin-Madison; and Vera Roth-Kyryczenko, Rutgers University - 2:30-3:00 What are the real farm safety hazards on our farms?
Ray Samulis, Burlington County Agricultural Agent, Rutgers University - 3:00 Adjournment- ACGA Board of Directors Meeting
