Southern San Joaquin Valley Dormant Almond Meeting


Tuesday, November 25, 2003
Sponsored by: University of California Cooperative Extension, Kern County and The Almond Pest Management Alliance
Time: 8:00 a.m. to Noon
Place: UC Cooperative Extension Office, 1031 S. Mt. Vernon Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93307
Coffee and Donuts: Compliments of Roger Williams, Syngenta

The program is as follows:

* Introduction and Welcome
Darlene Liesch, Kern County Director

* Regulatory Update
"Proposed Dormant Spray Regulations" Marshall Lee, Senior Environmental Research Scientist, Department of Pesticide Regulation

"Discharges from Irrigated Lands - Conditional Waiver of Waste Discharge Requirements"
Pete Osmolovsky, Engineering Geologist, Central Valley Regional Water Control Board, Ag Waiver Program, Fresno Branch Office

"Ag Waiver Coalition" David Orth, General Manager, Kings River Conservation District

* Almond Pest Management Alliance (PMA)
The Value of the PMA Project in Kern County (The 2003 Growing Season)
Mario Viveros, Farm Advisor, UCCE Kern County

San Jose Scale - Population Dynamics and Tree Damage in Almonds
Walt Bentley, Regional IPM Advisor, Kearney Ag Center, Parlier

BREAK

* Almond Diseases
Management Guidelines for Alternaria, Rust and Hull rot
Beth Teviotdale, UC Plant Pathologist, Kearney Ag Center, Parlier

* Panel Discussion on Dormant Spray
Topic: What happens when OP are not included in the dormant spray?
Moderator: David Haviland, Entomology and Pest Management Farm Advisor, UCCE Kern County
Panel: Doug Blair, Assistant Ranch Manager for the East side, Paramount Farming Company,
Earl Surber, Technical Manager (Belridge), Paramount Farming Company,
Robert L. Gaddie, Crop Protection Consultant, Trees and Vines, Bakersfield, CA
John Moore, Growers Crop Consulting, Bakersfield, CA

University of California and U.S. Department of Agriculture Cooperating.