Overview

May 14, 2008

  • 8:15 AM
  • Registration
  • 8:30 AM - Noon
  • Small Grains Field Day (see separate schedule)
  • Noon
  • BBQ Lunch
  • 12:45 PM - 4 PM
  • Alfalfa & Forage Field Day

Detailed Schedule

  • Registration
  • 8:15 AM
  • Small Grains Field Day (see separate schedule)
  • 8:30 AM - Noon
  • Tour the wheat, oat, barley, and triticale field plots, and learn about diseases, crop management, and variety selection.
  • BBQ Lunch
  • Noon
  • Sponsored by: California Crop Improvement Association
  • Many Thanks to CCIA for sponsorship of the lunch!
  • Alfalfa & Forage Field Day
  • 12:45 - 4:00 PM
  • Switchgrass Trials-a New Biofuel or Forage?
  • Lower Risk Strategies for Alfalfa Weevil and Worm Control
  • Alfalfa Varieties and their influence on yields and pest management
  • Cool Season Grass Trial Results - Yield and Quality
  • Tef Trials-An alternative warm season summer annual Hay
  • Gene Flow Studies and Biotech Alfalfa - implications for Roundup-ready and biotech alfalfa
  • Alfalfa-Oats and Alfalfa-Sudan Mixtures and their potential for nutrient uptake.
  • Stem Nematode in Alfalfa
  • Controlling Problem Poisonous Weeds in : Groundsel and Fiddleneck
  • Identification of Weeds - Why is it so important?

Directions

  • Address:
  • UC Davis Agronomy Field Headquarters
    Hutchison Road, Davis, CA, 95616
  • Turn-by-Turn:
  • From 80 Take 113N towards Woodland
    Exit 27 for Hutchison Dr.
    Turn Left onto Hutchinson Dr.
    Go 1/3 mile
    Headquarters is on the left

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