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Wednesday, January 17, 2024, 8 am-4:10 pm
Visalia Convention Center, 303 E Acequia Ave, Visalia, CA 93291

7:00 am Doors open for Registration and morning coffee.

Session Moderator: Jorge Angeles, UCCE Tulare County Farm Advisor

8:00

Welcome:  Elizabeth Fichtner, Farm Advisor, UCCE Tulare County
                    Larry Micari, Tulare County Supervisor

8:05

Update from the California Pistachio Research Board
Robert Klein, Manager California Pistachio Research Board

8:30

Economics of Pistachio Production
Brittney Goodrich, Professor of Extension, UC Davis

9:00

Update on Specialty Crops Research Initiative supported pistachio research program
Pat Brown, Professor, UC Davis

9:15

Boron: Function and Recent Research Results
Louise Ferguson, Professor of Extension, UC Davis

9:30

Regional & Future Climate Considerations for Farming Pistachios
Katherine Jarvis-Shean, Orchard Advisor, UCCE Yolo County, UC ANR

10:00

Coffee Break and Visit with Sponsors

Session Moderator: Tobias Oker, UCCE Kern County Farm Advisor

10:30

Effects of cover cropping on radiation dynamics of micro-irrigated pistachio
Daniele Zaccaria, Professor of Extension, UC Davis

11:00

Initial evaluation of satellite remote-sensing estimates of pistachio water use
Pasquale Steduto, Visiting Scientist, UC Davis

11:30

Mechanical Harvesting of Pistachio trees: An Update
Reza Ehsani, Professor, UC Merced

12:00 pm

Luncheon

Session Moderator: David Haviland, Farm Advisor, UCCE Kern Co.        

1:00

Management of foliar pistachio diseases

Themis Michailides, Plant Pathologist, UC Davis

1:30

Do plant-parasitic nematodes damage pistachios?

Andreas Westphal, Nematologist, UC Riverside

2:00

Navigating increasingly complex insecticide programs for Gill’s mealybug

David Haviland, Entomology Advisor, UCCE Kern County

2:30

Break and visit with sponsors

3:00

Advances in efforts to develop sterile insect technique (SIT) for navel orangeworm and monitoring programs for leaffooted bug

Houston Wilson, Entomologist, UC Riverside

3:40

Carpophilus beetle: origins and recommendations for a California response

David Haviland and Houston Wilson

4:10

Pest Management Q&A Session, Adjourn