UCCE North Coast Virtual IPM Seminar

Dates: November 20, 2024 - November 21, 2024

Time: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Contact: Cindy Kron at ckron@ucanr.edu

Sponsor: UCCE Sonoma County

Location: (Zoom)

Event Details

The 27th Annual UCCE North Coast IPM Seminar will be held virtually.

Join us on November 20th and 21st, 2024, from 8:00am-12:15/12:30pm both days!

2 hours of Laws and Regs and 5.25 hours Other DPR CE Hours Pending Approval. 8 hours CCA units Pending Approval.

Click HERE to register.

Please find the agenda below:

Wednesday, November 20^th, 2024

07:45 am Log-on begins
08:00 am Welcome and Introduction
- Cindy Kron, PhD, North Coast IPM Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension
08:05 am Pesticide Emergency Medical Care (L&R)
- Alex Nguyen, Deputy Agricultural Commissioner, Sonoma County Department of Agriculture/Weights & Measures
08:35 am Ways to mitigate pesticide related injuries during exposure (L&R)
- Alex Nguyen, Deputy Agricultural Commissioner, Sonoma County Department of Agriculture/Weights & Measures
09:00 am A different kind of pairing – Grapevine rootstocks and site conditionsChristopher Chen, Integrated Vineyard Systems Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension, Sonoma, Mendocino, Lake
10:00 am BREAK
10:15 am How to mitigate direct and indirect damage caused by plant-parasitic nematodes on grape
- Andreas Westphal, Cooperative Extension Specialist, Department of Nematology, UC Riverside
11:15 am Irrigation Scheduling Methods and Tools for Grapevines
- Daniele Zaccaria, Associate Professor in Agricultural Water Management for Cooperative Extension, UC Davis
12:15 pm Adjourn

Thursday, November 21^st, 2024

07:45 am Log-on begins
08:00 am Welcome and Introduction
- Cindy Kron, PhD, North Coast IPM Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension
08:05 am Pest control headquarter inspections (L&R)
- Matt Daugherty, Agricultural/Measurements Standards Specialist III, Mendocino County Department of Agriculture/Weights & Measures
08:30 am Wear your PPE: proper selection and use of PPE for Handlers (L&R)
- Jasmin Ramirez-Strain, Pesticide Safety Education Program Coordinator, UCIPM Statewide Program
09:00 am Vertebrate Pest Management in vineyards
- Roger Baldwin, Professor of Cooperative Extension, Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology, UC Davis
10:00 am BREAK
10:15 am Spotted Lanternfly in the US: What we’ve learned after 8 years and what new regions need to know to be prepared
- Julie Urban, Research Associate Professor in the Department of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University
11:15 am Management of Grapevine Trunk Diseases, esca complex, and oak rot fungus in Vineyards
- Akif Eskalen, Professor of Cooperative Extension, Plant Pathology of vines, tree fruit, and small fruits
12:00 pm How to write an IPM Plan with an emphasis on Organic
- Cindy Kron, PhD, North Coast IPM Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension
12:30 pm Adjourn