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August 30th, 2022
Yuma Agricultural Center - 6425 W 8th St, Yuma, AZ 85364
In person and remote viewing via zoom
5.0 CEUs Requested (AZDA, CA-DPR, CCA)
8:00am Registration
8:15 Introductions Registration Link Zoom Link
8:30 Current Colorado River Situation and Crop Water Use
Dr. Jeffrey Silvertooth – UofA Economic Development and Extension Professor
9:00 YCEDA Lettuce Disease Projects
Dr. Stephanie Slinski – Associate Director, Applied Research and Development, Yuma Center of Excellence for Desert Agriculture (YCEDA)-UofA
9:30 Plan Defense Activators and Actigard
Randy Landwerlen - Crop production rep: Syngenta
9:45 Organic IPM Practices in Leafy Greens
Macey Keith – Crop production rep: San Agro
10:00 10-minute break
10:10 Novel Band-Steam Applicator for Controlling Weeds and Soilborne Pathogens
Dr. Mark Siemens – UofA Biosystems Engineering, Extension and Professor
10:40 Carob Moth Control in Date Palms
Dr. Glenn Wright – UofA School of Plant Sciences: Extension Horticulturalist
11:00 FMC Vegetable Portfolio Update
Brent Wolfe – Crop production rep: FMC
11:30 Corteva Vegetable Portfolio Update
Dr. Jesse Richardson – Crop production rep: Corteva Agriscience
12:00pm 15-minute lunch break
12:15 2021-2022 Yuma Plant Pathology Fungicide Trials
Dr. Bindu Poudel-Ward - UofA Extension Pathologist/Plant Diagnostician
12:45 Epidemiological Studies to Manage Impatiens Necrotic Spot Virus (INSV)
Dr. Neeraja Singh – UofA Post Doc Researcher: Plant Pathology
1:15 Phosphites and Micronutrients Role in Plant Health and Disease Resistance
Joseph Sands – Crop production rep: Miller Chemicals
1:30 Herbicide Resistance in Weeds of the Low Desert
Marco Peña – UofA Associate in Extension: Weed Science
1:50 University of Arizona Insect Management in Vegetables Update
Dr. John Palumbo – UofA Extension Specialist: Entomology
2:20 Summary and Closing Remarks
2:30 Workshop End