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UF/IFAS 2019 Stone Fruit Field Day
April 30, 2019 @ 9:30 am - 3:30 pm
Agenda:
9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Registration and Welcome
Dr. Sarkhosh, Dr. Popenoe and PSREU team
10:00 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. Subtropical Peach Production in Florida: Research and Extension Update
Dr. Ali Sarkhosh, UF/IFAS-Horticultural Sciences Department
10:20 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Progress in Low-chill Peach Variety Development for Florida
Dr. Jose Chaparro,UF/IFAS-Horticultural Sciences Department
10:45 a.m. – 11:10 a.m. Prevention and Management of Peach Diseases in Florida
Dr. Phil Harmon, UF/IFAS- Plant Pathology Department
11:10 a.m. – 11:35 a.m. Maximizing Fruit Quality of Low-chill Peaches through Optimum Preharvest- Management Practices
Dr. Mark Ritenour, UF/IFAS-Indian River Research and Education Center
11:35 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Prevention and Management of Root-knot Nematodes in Peach Orchard
Dr. Don Dickson, UF/IFAS- Entomology and Nematology Department
12 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Nitrogen Fertilization in Subtropical Peaches
Dr. Zilfina Rubio Ames, UF/IFAS-Horticultural Sciences Department
1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Bagging as an alternative insect and disease management tool
David Campbell, UF/IFAS-Horticultural Sciences Department
2:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Florida and the Not-So-Giant Peach: Can peaches from unthinned trees be used in the- fermentation industry?
Savanna Curtis, UF/IFAS- Food Science and Human Nutrition Department
2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Field Plot Tour OR Tasting Fruit of Different Peach Cultivars
Drs. Chaparro, Sarkhosh, and Popenoe
Questions? Please contact Juanita Popenoe, Multi-County Commercial Fruit Production Agent, UF/IFAS Extension Lake County at jpopenoe@ufl.edu or 352-343-4101 ext. 2727.
CCA and Pesticide applicator CEUs applied for.
Let us know if would like to be a sponsor or sponsor a table.