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September 11, 2019
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Mercer County
1440 Parkside Avenue, Ewing, NJ 08638
9:00 – 4:00, lunch included
$50 covers the training, materials, certificate and lunch
Blueberry
A Rare Tme for the Stars to Align: Sharpnosed leafhopper adults are flying, and scale crawlers are emerging. [Read more…]
Peach:
Oriental Fruit Moth: Treatments for the 3rd generation OFM are timed for now in northern counties. [Read more…]
Date: Thursday August 15, 2019
Location: Rutgers University, P.E. Marucci Center for Blueberry & Cranberry Research & Extension, Chatsworth, NJ
AGENDA
CRANBERRY BOGS
8:00–8:30 Refreshments
8:30–8:45 Opening Remarks
Shawn Cutts, President, American Cranberry Growers Association
8:45–9:10 Weed Control in Newly Planted Cranberry Beds (Lower Bogs)
Thierry Besancon and Baylee L. Carr, P.E. Marucci Center, Chatsworth, NJ
9:10–9:25 Cranberry Germplasm Collection: Fuel for Breeding Future Varieties (Bog 1)
Nicholi Vorsa, Jennifer Johnson-Cicalese, and Susan Vancho, P.E. Marucci Center, Chatsworth, NJ
9:25–9:40 Liming to Mitigate pH Lowering Properties of Liquid Fertilizer Applications (Bog 5)
Nicholi Vorsa and Jennifer Johnson-Cicalese, P.E. Marucci Center, Chatsworth, NJ
9:40–10:05 Managing Fruit Quality (Bog 6)
Peter Oudemans, P.E. Marucci Center, Chatsworth, NJ
10:05–10:20 Effects of Reduced Winter Flooding (Bog 9)
Nicholi Vorsa and Jennifer Johnson-Cicalese, P.E. Marucci Center, Chatsworth, NJ
10:20–10:35 2018 Haines Planting: Buggy Sanding to Aid Establishment (Bog 19)
Nicholi Vorsa and Jennifer Johnson-Cicalese, P.E. Marucci Center, Chatsworth, NJ
10:35–11:00 On-going Research on Sucking Insect Pests (Bog 19)
Cesar Rodriguez-Saona, Vera Kyryczenko-Roth, and Robert Holdcraft, P.E. Marucci Center, Chatsworth, NJ
CONFERENCE ROOM
11:20–11:30 Cranberry Statistics
Bruce A Eklund, State Statistician, U.S. Department of Agriculture | National Agricultural Statistics Service
11:30–11:55 Markers for Disease Resistance
James Polashock, Research Plant Pathologist, USDA-ARS
12:00–1:00 LUNCH
A multistate Cyclospora outbreak linked to fresh imported basil was announced by the FDA late yesterday. For more information on the outbreak visit the FDA outbreak webpage. The New Jersey Department of Agriculture is closely monitoring the situation and will be communicating the latest updates.
Peach:
Oriental Fruit Moth: Treatments for the 3rd generation OFM are timed for now in northern counties. Treatments are done in southern counties. [Read more…]
