The UC Cooperative Extension is holding a Vineyard IPM Conference on Thursday, Feb. 21 in San Luis Obispo.

DPR CE and Certified Crop Adviser CEUs have been requested.

Date: Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019
Location: San Luis Obispo Veteran's Hall, 801 Grand Avenue
Cost: $100, includes morning coffee and lunch
Advanced registration is required, please register at this website: http://ucanr.edu/seminar

Agenda:

8:00 - Check in and refreshments

8:30 - CaCO3 foliar spray affecting sunburn and fruit chemistry
          George Zhuang , UCCE Fresno County

9:00 - Nematode resistant rootstocks
          Karl Lund, UCCE Madera/Merced/Mariposa Counties 

9:30 - Pierce's Disease Update
          Rhonda Smith, UCCE Sonoma County

10:00 - Maximizing effectiveness of spraying
            Lynn Wunderlich, UCCE Sierra Foothills

10:30 - Planting for root health
            Larry Bettiga, UCCE Monterey County

11:00 - Controlling ice-nucleating bacteria with copper sprays
            Glenn McGourty, UCCE Mendocino & Lake Counties

11:30 - Avoiding winter freeze damage
            Mark Battany, UCCE San Luis Obispo & Santa Barbara

12:00 - Lunch 

1:00 - Management of Vine Mealybug
          David Haviland, UCCE Kern County

1:30 - Epidemiology of Leafroll
          Kari Arnold, UCCE Stanislaus County

2:00 - Effects of GRBV on grapevine physiology
          Johann Martinez, UC Davis Viticulture & Enology

2:30 - Grapevine virus and vector management
          Kent Daane, UC Berkeley

3:00 - Adjourn