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
