University of California Cooperative Extension
Citrus Production Course for New Growers
March 12, 2020 – May 5, 2020 (8 Week course)
Tuesdays, 9:30am -11:30am
Location: 4500 Glenwood Dr # A, Riverside, CA 92501
(Riverside-Corona Resource Conservation District building)
Cost: $325
Cost includes class materials:
UC ANR Citrus Production Manual – second edition(retail at $75)
Integrated Pest Management for Citrus—third Edition(retail at$40)
Weed Pest Identification and Monitoring Cards (retail at $25)
Please register at: http://ucanr.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=28699
Coffee, water, and snacks will be provided at every class
Syllabus- Spring 2020
Date (Tuesdays) | Topic | Speaker | Email Contact |
March 17, 2020 | California Citrus History | Sonia Rios | sirios@ucanr.edu |
March 17, 2020 | Physiology and Phenology | Dr. Ashraf El-Kereamy | ashrafe@ucr.edu |
March 24, 2020 | CCPP Program/grafting | Dr. Georgios Vidalakis
| georgios.vidalakis@ucr.edu |
March 24, 2020 | Field Establishment/Soils | Dr. Gary Bender | gsbender@ucanr.edu |
March 31, 2020 | Nutrition | Craig Kallsen | cekallsen@ucanr.edu |
March 31, 2020 | Pruning | Craig Kallsen |
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April 7, 2020 | Post-Harvest | Dr. Mary Lu Arpaia | mlarpaia@ucanr.edu |
April 14, 2020 | Invasive pests/ACP/HLB | Dr. Mark Hoddle |
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April 21, 2020 | Field Trip of UCR citrus variety collection | Dr. Tracy Kahn | tracy.kahn@ucr.edu |
April 21, 2020 | Tour Nat'l Citrus Clonal Germplasm Repository
| Dr. Marylou Polek | marylou.polek@usda.gov |
April 28, 2020 | 9:30-10:10-Diseases | Dr. Peggy Mauk | peggy.mauk@ucr.edu |
April 28, 2020 | 10:10-10:50- Nematodes | Dr. Ole Becker | obecker@ucr.edu |
April 28, 2020 | 10:50- 11:30 -Weeds | Dr. Travis Bean | trbean@ucr.edu |
May 5, 2020 | Irrigation | Dr. Robert Krueger | robert.krueger@usda.gov |
Please contact Sonia Rios, if you have any questions sirios@ucanr.edu, (951) 683-6491 EXT 224