The 26th Annual UCCE North Coast IPM Seminar will be held virtually. Join us on November 29th and 30th, 2022, from 8:00am-12:15pm both days! 2 hours of Laws and Regs and 6 hours Other DPR CE Hours Pending Approval. 8 hours Approved CCA units. Please find the agenda below:
Wednesday, November 29th, 2023
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 records and upcoming changes (L&R)
Alex Nguyen, Senior Agricultural Inspector, Sonoma County Department of
Agriculture/Weights & Measures
09:00 am Sustainable Weed management for vineyards and vineyard ponds (O)
John Roncoroni, UC Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor Emeritus,
Vineyard Weed Science
10:00 am BREAK
10:15 am An update on the spread of Grapevine Red Blotch Virus (O)
Mysore Sudarshana, Research Biologist, USDA-ARS
10:45 am Hyperspectral-assisted scouting of virus-infected vines (O)
Luca Brillante, Bronco Wine Co. Chair in the Department of Viticulture & Enology, California State University Fresno
11:15 am UC IPM online tools and resources for Integrated Pest Management in perennial crops (O)
Tunyalee Martin, Associate Director for Communication, UC IPM
Petr Kosina, Content Development Supervisor, UC IPM
Christopher McKerracher, Pest Management Guidelines Coordinator, UC IPM
11:45 am County-wide Blue-green sharpshooter trapping in Sonoma and Napa (O)
Cindy Kron, PhD, North Coast IPM Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension
12:15 pm Adjourn
Thursday, November 30th, 2023
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 A deep dive into PPE (L&R)
Matt Daugherty, Agricultural/Measurements Standards Specialist III, Mendocino County Department of
Agriculture/Weights & Measures
09:00 am Solano County Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter control program 2021-2023 (O)
Rebecca Luedke, Ag Biologist/Weights & Measure Inspector, Solano County Department of Agriculture
Kham Kingdavong, Ag Biologist/Weights & Measure Inspector, Solano County Department of Agriculture
09:30 am Mealybug pests in California vineyards and orchards (O)
Kent Daane, Professor of Cooperative Extension, University of California, Berkeley
10:00 am BREAK
10:15 am How to manage Powdery Mildew and Botrytis bunch rot of grapevine using synthetic,
biological, and organic fungicides (O)
Akif Eskalen, UC Cooperative Extension Specialist, Plant Pathologist
11:15 am Ecology and management of North Coast vineyard Leafhoppers (O)
Houston Wilson, Associate Cooperative Extension Specialist, Department of Entomology, UC Riverside
12:15 pm Adjourn