Polk Small Farms: Upcoming Programs

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Upcoming Programs

Upcoming programs of interest

8/27 Core and Private Applicator Pesticide Training and Exams: The next program will be held at Hillsborough County Extension Service in Seffner. Please click here for more info and registration.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/private-and-core-pesticide-applicator-training-tickets-18027407461

9/8 Tomato Food Safety Workshop: 1:30pm, Ritz Carlton, Naples, FL. Please see attachment for registration information.

9/9 Tomato Institute: Great presentations this year for tomato growers. CEUs pending approval. Please see the agenda below.

2015 FLORIDA TOMATO INSTITUTE PROGRAM

The Ritz-Carlton, Naples, Florida

September 9, 2015/PRO 531

MODERATOR: Monica Ozores-Hampton, UF/IFAS, Immokalee

9:00 Welcome – Dr. Calvin Arnold, UF/IFAS, SWFREC, Immokalee.

9:10 State of the industry – Reggie Brown, Florida Tomato Committee, Maitland.

9:20 Recent progress in TYLCV resistance breeding and implications for tomato varieties of the future - Samuel Hutton, UF/IFAS, GCREC, Wimauma.

9:40 Controlled-release fertilizer as a BMP for tomato production – Monica Ozores-Hampton, UF/IFAS, SWFREC, Immokalee.

10:00 Economic and environmental aspects of alternative plasticulture bed geometry – Sanjay Shukla, UF/IFAS, SWFREC, Immokalee.

10:20 Supplemental fumigation strategies for the management of soilborne diseases in tomato production - Gary Vallad, UF/IFAS, GCREC, Wimauma.

10:40 Targeting fumigant placement and timing to address nematode control and yield response inconsistency- Joe Noling, UF/IFAS, CREC, Lake Alfred.

11:00 Risk management and fumigation choice in tomato production – John Vansickle, UF/IFAS, Food and Resource Economics Department, Gainesville.

11:20 Evaluation of the usefulness of a late blight decision support system in Florida tomato – Pamela Roberts, UF/IFAS, SWFREC, Immokalee.

11:30 Lunch (on your own)

MODERATOR: Crystal Snodgrass, Manatee County Extension, Palmetto.

1:00 H-2A workers in Florida vegetable operations – Fritz Roka, UF/IFAS, SWFREC, Immokalee.

1:20 Western flower thrips and tospoviruses emerging as serious threats to tomato in central and southern Florida - Joseph Funderburk, UF/IFAS, NFREC, Quincy and Scott Adkins, USDA-ARS, Ft. Pierce.

1:40 Evaluation of tomato varieties and insecticides for management of Tomato chlorotic spot virus (TCSV) and thrips species recorded in virus-infected tomato fields" – Shouan Zhang & Dakshina Seal, UF/IFAS, TREC, Homestead.

2:00 Management of silverleaf whitefly and tomato yellow leaf curl virus - Hugh Smith, UF/IFAS, GCREC, Wimauma.

2:20 Integration of grafting and actigard for bacterial wilt management – Mathews Paret, UF/IFAS, NFREC, Quincy.

2:40 Eliminating Transplant Shock by Hormonal Control to Improve Growth and Yield of Tomato - Shinsuke Agehara, UF/IFAS, GCREC, Wimauma.

3:00 Industry Updates – Qingren Wang, Miami-Dade County Extension Service, Homestead.

** Industry updates consist of 5-7 2-3 minute presentations from chemical company representatives who will discuss new and existing products for pest control in tomato crops.

3:45 Adjourn

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