Date: Thursday, February 13, 2014
Time: 8:00 am – 2:00 pm
Location: Rutgers Agricultural Research & Extension Center
121 Northville Road, Bridgeton, NJ
Pre-Registration: Required, by February 7th
Contact Karen Holton at:
856-455-3100 x4104
or
e-mail: holton@aesop.rutgers.edu
Cost / person: $15.00
Lunch: Included
Pesticide Credits: Awarded for Cat 10, 1A, Core, PP2
Program details: Norm Lalancette
856-455-3100 x4124
MEETING PROGRAM
8:00 am Registration
Coffee and pastries
8:25 am Welcome and Opening Remarks
Norm Lalancette
8:30 am Using Alion in Your Weed Control Program
Brad Majek, Extension Specialist in Weed Science
Rutgers Cooperative Extension
9:00 am Plant Growth Regulator Use in Peaches: A Review and Update
Dan Ward, Extension Specialist in Pomology
Rutgers Cooperative Extension
9:30 am Peach Bacterial Spot Management: Comparison of Copper Compounds and Rates
Norm Lalancette, Extension Specialist in Tree Fruit Pathology
Rutgers Cooperative Extension
10:00 am Break
Coffee and pastries
10:15 am Managing BMSB and OFM with Less Insecticides (and Less Money)
Anne Nielsen, Extension Specialist in Fruit Entomology
Rutgers Cooperative Extension
10:45 am Strategies for Total Insect Management
Dean Polk, Statewide Tree Fruit Agent
Rutgers Cooperative Extension
11:15 am Update on the Rutgers/NJAES Tree Fruit Breeding Program
Joe Goffreda, Professor
Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers University
11:45 am Pesticide Regulations Update
George Hamilton, Extension Specialist in Pest Management
Rutgers Cooperative Extension
12:15 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Presentation of New Jersey Horticultural Society Outstanding Grower of the Year Award.
1:05 pm Update On the NJ Peach Promotion Council
Santo Maccherone, Circle M Farms
1:10 pm Open Session – Grower Questions and Discussion
Pre-Registration Required / Pesticide Credits Awarded
Rutgers Agricultural Research and Extension Center is handicap accessible.
