Wednesday, May 12, 1999
Sponsored by: University of California Cooperative Extension, Kern County
Co-sponsored by: The Almond Pest Management Alliance
TIME: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon
PLACE: Almond Pest Management Alliance Orchard - Pond Rd (See map on back for location)
REFRESHMENTS: Compliments of Larry Liggett (Rohm & Haas)
LUNCH: Sack Lunch Provided by the Pest Management Alliance Fund
The program is as follows:
* Introduction and Welcome:
Darlene Liesch, Kern County Director
Mario Viveros, Moderator
* Overall Objective
of the Almond Pest Management Alliance Orchard:
Plot Layout, Seeded Covercrops, Winter Sanitation and Importance
of Monitoring Pest and Diseases
Mario Viveros, Farm Advisor, UCCE Kern County
* Peach Twig Borer
Emergence:
Method, Relationships Between Bloom and Temperatures, Control and
Treatments
Peggy Schrader, UCCE Kern County, Walt Bentley, Regional IPM Advisor, Kearney Ag Center
* San Jose Scale: Monitoring - Bio-fix Treatments and Control
Marjie Bartels, UCCE Kern County, Walt Bentley, Regional IPM Advisor, Kearney Ag Center
* Ants: Monitoring, Treatment and Control
Marjie Bartels, UCCE Kern County, Walt Bentley, Regional IPM Advisor, Kearney Ag Center
* Mites and Water
Stress:
Monitoring Mites and Their Relationship to Stem Water Potential,
The Use of the Pressure Bomb, Predator Mite Releases, Treatment
and Control
Mario Viveros, Farm Advisor, UCCE Kern County, Peggy Schrader, UCCE Kern County, Matt Billings, Billings Ranches, Walt Bentley, Regional IPM Advisor, Kearney Ag Center
* Lunch/Discussion
RSVP by May 7th for lunch reservations by calling the UCCE Office (661)868-6200, faxing this form (661)868-6208 or Return to: UCCE Kern County, 1031 S. Mt. Vernon Avenue, Bakersfield CA 93307
No. of persons attending the Spring Almond Field Meeting and Lunch:_______
NAME(S) ________________________________________________________________