NICKELS SOIL LAB ANNUAL FIELD DAY

Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Green Bay Rd, Arbuckle, CA

1 hr PCA CE credits requested; 2.0 hours CCA CE credits (1.0 hr S&W Man, 1 hr IPM) requested

8:30 am — Registration

Coffee and Donuts provided by Farm Credit Services of Colusa-Glenn, ACA

Cycle I: 9:20-10:45 am

1) Walnut rootstock trial for nematode management

Andreas Westphal, UC Riverside Extension Specialist

2) Navel orangeworm and codling moth control in walnuts.

Jhalendra Rigal, UC IPM Area Advisor, northern San Joaquin Valley

3) Leaffooted and stinkbug management in almond

Sudan Gyawaly, UC IPM Associate Specialist, northern San Joaquin Valley

4) Phosphorus nutrition in young trees

Phoebe Gordon, UCCE Orchard Systems Advisor, Madera and Merced Counties.

Cycle II: 10:45 am -12:10 pm

5) Walnut mold

Themis Michailides, UC Davis Plant Pathologist, UC Kearney

6) Cover crops for winter water capture

Vivian Wauters, UC Davis Plant Sciences Department

7) Irrigation technology update

Isaya Kinsekka, Professor, UC Davis Department of Land, Air and Water

8) Self-fertile vs conventional almond plantings: 10 year review

Franz Niederholzer, UCCE Orchard Systems Advisor, Colusa and Sutter/Yuba Counties