Southern San Joaquin Valley Spring Almond Field Day

DATE: Tuesday, May 1, 2001

TIME: 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 Noon

PLACE: Almond Pest Management Alliance Orchard—Pond Road (map on back)

REFRESHMENTS: Compliments of Larry Liggett (Rohm & Haas)

LUNCH: Sack Lunch Provided by the Pest Management Alliance Fund (Reservations Required)

The program is as follows:

Introduction and Welcome

Darlene Liesch, Kern County Director

Overall Objective of the Almond Pest Management Alliance Project: The Integrated Approach to Pest

and Disease Management

Mario Viveros, Farm Advisor, UCCE Kern County

San Jose Scale Management: SJS is becoming a major pest in the Pest Management Alliance Orchard

Walt Bentley, Regional IPM Advisor, Kearney Ag Center

Peach Twig Borer Control: PTB Emergence and Bt Sprays

Peggy Schrader, SRA, UCCE Kern County and Mario Viveros, Farm Advisor, UCCE Kern County

Ants: Monitoring, Treatment and Control

Mark Freeman, Farm Advisor, UCCE Fresno County

Mite Management and Control: The predatory mite as a practical approach to mite management

Matt Billings, Sterling Nursery, Billings Ranches, Delano

Mite Monitoring: Presence and Absence

Walt Bentley, Regional IPM Advisor, Kearney Ag Center

Water Management: Irrigation Scheduling

Blake Sanden, Farm Advisor, UCCE Kern County

Water Management: Soil Moisture Monitoring and Water Infiltration.

Brian W. Hockett, District Manager, Pond-Shafter-Wasco RCD Mobile Laboratory

The PMA Project: What have we learned in two years?

Mario Viveros, Farm Advisor, UCCE Kern County

Lunch/Discussion

RSVP by April 26th for lunch reservations by one of the following methods:

Ø Call the UCCE Office: (661) 868-6200

Ø E-mail: cekern@ucdavis.edu