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2023 Pest Management Meeting

Meeting Agenda:

12:50 Introductions
1:00 Evaluating Weed Abatement Response to the Emergence of INSV in the Salinas Valley
Hannah Wallis, Agricultural Commissioner, Monterey County
1:30 Physical and Chemical Weed Control in Lettuce, Onion and Spinach
Steve Fennimore, Extension Vegetable Weed Specialist, UC Davis
2:00 Vegetable IPM Research Update
Ian Grettenberger, Extension Entomology Specialist, UC Davis
Addie Abrams, Post Graduate Researcher, UC Davis
2:30 2023 Pythium Wilt of Lettuce Overview
JP Dundore-Arias, Plant Pathology Professor, CSU, Monterey Bay

3:00 Break; Optional: survey on research needs related to biologicals and biopesticides
3:10 Fusarium Wilt of Lettuce and Possible Interactions with Other Diseases
Alex Putman, Plant Pathology Extension Specialist, UC Riverside

3:40 Lettuce Breeding for INSV Resistance
Kelley Richardson, Research Geneticist, USDA-ARS, Salinas
4:10 Lettuce Fusarium Wilt
Santosh Nayak, Postdoctoral Researcher, USDA-ARS, Salinas
4:40 2023 Update on Thrips and INSV
Daniel Hasegawa, Research Entomologist, USDA-ARS, Salinas

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2023 Pest Management Meeting

NEW DATE: Tuesday, December 5

Time: 12:50 p.m. to 5:10 p.m

Location: Agricultural Center Meeting Room, 1432 Abbott Street, Salinas, CA

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