South Jersey Commercial Tree Fruit Growers Meeting

2018 South Jersey Commercial Tree Fruit Growers Meeting Program

Date: February 15, 2018 (8:00 am – 2:00 pm)

Location: Rutgers Agricultural Research & Extension Center, 121 Northville Road, Bridgeton, NJ

Pre-Registration: Required, by February 11th, contact: Susan Bradbury (bradbury@njaes.rutgers.edu)

(856) 455-3100 x4101 or Karen Holton (holton@njaes.rutgers.edu) (856) 455-3100 x4104

Cost / person: $15.00 (checks preferred, made out to Rutgers University), lunch Included

Pesticide Credits Category: Core (2); 10 (6); 1A (07); 3A (07); 3B (01); & PP2 (07).

8:00 am       Registration

Coffee and pastries

8:25 am       Welcome and Opening Remarks

Hemant Gohil, Agriculture Agent, Rutgers Co-op. Extension, Gloucester County

Daniel Ward, Director, Rutgers Agriculture Research and Extension Center

8:30 am       Peach Bacterial Spot Control II:  Evaluation of Kasugamycin and a Bactericide Application Timing Program

Norm Lalancette, Extension Specialist in Tree Fruit Pathology, Rutgers NJAES

9:00 am       Ambrosia Beetle in New Jersey Orchards

Dave Schmitt, Fruit IPM Program Associate, Rutgers Cooperative Extension

9:15 am       Ambrosia Beetles: Dealing with an Emergent Pest in Apples

Arthur M. Agnello, Professor and Extension Tree Fruit Entomologist, Cornell Uni.

10:00 am     Break – Coffee and pastries

10:15 am      Integrated Weed Management in Orchards

Thierry Besancon, Extension Specialist in Weed Science, Rutgers NJAES

10:45 am      Mating Disruption, Drosophila and Diverse Farming Operations

Dean Polk, Statewide Fruit IPM Agent, Rutgers Cooperative Extension

11:15 am      WPS and Regulatory Changes

George Hamilton, Extension Specialist in Pest Management, Rutgers Uni.

11:45 pm      Industry Updates and NJ Peach Promotion Council Updates

12:00 pm      Lunch

1:00 pm       Optimizing Fruit Management Programs with New Pesticide Materials and Mating Disruption

Anne Nielsen, Extension Specialist in Tree Fruit Entomology, Rutgers NJAES

1:30 pm       Critical Updates for Improved Frost Protection in Orchards

Hemant Gohil, Agriculture Agent, Rutgers Co-op. Extension, Gloucester County

2:00 pm      Future of NJ Apple Production Through the Eyes of a Young Horticulturist

Megan Muehlbauer, Agriculture Agent, Rutgers Co-op. Extension, Hunterdon County

2:30 pm      Open Session – Grower Questions and Discussion