Date: March 6, 2019 @ 8:00 am – 3:00 pm
Location: RAREC, 121 Northville Road, Bridgeton, NJ 08302
Registration: Required, by February 28th Contact: 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: Core (2); 1A (07); 3A (07); 3B (01); & PP2 (07) (Applied)
PROGRAM
8:00 am Registration
Coffee and pastries
8:25 am Welcome and Opening Remarks and update.
Hemant Gohil, Agriculture Agent, Rutgers Co-op. Extension, Gloucester County
8:30 am A Year that was – Environmental Stress effects on Peach Development.
Daniel Ward, Extension Specialist in Pomology, Rutgers NJAES.
9:00 am Key Pest Issues in 2018, and Possible Reasons.
Dave Schmitt, Fruit IPM Program Associate, Rutgers NJAES
9:15 am Peach Brown Rot: Improving Disease Control and Fungicide Resistance Mgmt.
Norm Lalancette, Extension Specialist in Tree Fruit Pathology, Rutgers NJAES
10:00 am Break – Coffee and pastries
10:15 am IPM tactics and beneficial insects in tree fruit.
Anne Nielsen, Extension Specialist in Tree Fruit Entomology, Rutgers NJAES
10:45 am Dealing With Spotted Wing Drosophila and Scale Pests.
Dean Polk, Statewide Fruit IPM Agent, Rutgers Cooperative Extension
11:15 am Plum curculio biology and management.
Clement Akotsen, Post-doc Research Associate, Rutgers NJAES
11:45 am Industry Updates and NJ Peach Promotion Council Updates.
12:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm How Herbicide Resistance affects Weed Managing in Tree Fruit Production.
Thierry Besancon, Extension Specialist in Weed Science, Rutgers NJAES
1:30 pm Pesticide Storage and Spills: Managing Risk.
Pat Hastings, Pesticide Safety Education Program Coordinator, Rutgers NJAES
2:00 pm Overview of Managing Orchard Soil Health.
Megan Muehlbauer, Agriculture Agent, Rutgers Co-op. Extension, Hunterdon Co.
2:30 pm Fruit Quality and Post-harvest Evaluations of New Peach Varieties.
Hemant Gohil, Agriculture Agent, Rutgers Co-op. Extension, Gloucester County
3:00 pm Open Session – Grower Questions and Discussion.
