7:30 am

Registration and Coffee Sponsored by JCS Marketing--West Coast Nut Magazine

Session Moderator: Mohammad Yaghmour, Farm Advisor, UCCE Kern County

8:00

Welcome:  Elizabeth Fichtner, Farm Advisor, UCCE Tulare County

8:05

Walnut Scale and Frosted Scale Management

Elizabeth Fichtner, Farm Advisor, UCCE Tulare County

8:30

Dissecting the walnut mold problem of walnut and its association with the “black nuts” in the orchard
Themis Michailides, Professor, UC Davis

9:00

Weed Management in Young Walnut Orchards
Jorge Angeles, Farm Advisor, UCCE Tulare County

9:15

Minimal Heading of Ivanhoe at Planting
Elizabeth Fichtner, Farm Advisor, UCCE Tulare County

9:30

Update on NOW, Walnut Husk Fly, and Flatheaded Borer Pests
Jhalendra Rijal, UC IPM Advisor, UCCE Stanislaus County

10:00

Coffee Break

Session Moderator: Mae Culumber, Farm Advisor, UCCE Fresno County

10:30

Walnut Quality Issues
Bruce Lampinen, Professor of Cooperative Extension, UC Davis

11:00

Standard Walnut Rootstocks vs. New Rootstocks - How do they Compare?

Janine Hasey, Farm Advisor Emeritus, Sutter and Yuba Counties

11:30

Inputs to walnut orchards in a low-price year
Bob Beede, Farm Advisor Emeritus, UCCE Kings County

12:00 pm

Luncheon Sponsored by the California Walnut Board & Commission

1:00

Update from the California Walnut Board
Robert Verloop, Executive Director and CEO California Walnut Board and Commission

2:30

Adjourn

Please pre-register at: https://surveys.ucanr.edu/survey.cfm?surveynumber=41702

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