Wed, May 11, 2016 @ 7:45am - 4:00pm
- When?
May 11, 2016 - Where?
UC Davis Agronomy Field Headquarters 2400 Hutchison Dr., Davis, CA 95616
View the agenda below, or click here:
8:15am - 12:00pm: Small Grains Field Day
| 7:45 | Registration (no charge) | |
| 8:15am | Welcome and Introductions | Mark Lundy, UCCE/UCD Grain Specialist |
| 8:20 | Overview of wheat breeding | Jorge Dubcovsky, UCD wheat breeder |
| 8:35 | Depart for field | |
| 8:35am - 12pm | Small Grains Field Tour | |
| Promising malting barley varieties | Alicia del Blanco, UC Davis | |
| Durum Wheat Varieties: new genes for grain yield | Alicia del Blanco, UC Davis | |
| Promising common wheat releases | Oswaldo Chicaiza, UC Davis | |
| Evaluation of high resistant starch wheat lines | Andre Schönhofen, UC Davis | |
| QTL for increased number of spikelets | Junli Zhang and Saarah Kuzay, UC Davis | |
| Discovering genes for drought tolerance | Tyson Howell, UC Davis | |
| Combining two stripe rust resistance genes in a single locus | Nicolas Cobo, UC Davis | |
| Mutants for stripe rust resistance | Josh Hegarty, UC Davis | |
| Travel to forage trail | ||
| Small grain forage variety evaluation | Cal Qualset & Lynn Gallagher, UC Davis | |
| Statewide Variety Development and Evaluation – Wheat, Triticale, and Barley Yields, Performance and Pest Resistance | Mark Lundy & Phil Mayo, UC Davis | |
| Demonstration of in-field N monitoring & quicktests for improved precision of N fertilization | Jessica Schweiger, UC Davis | |
| Late-planted heirloom varieties at different seeding rates | Margaret Lloyd, UCCE | |
| 12:00pm | Barbeque Lunch | |
| 12:30 | Beer Tasting |
12:45pm - 4:00pm: Alfalfa/Forages Field Day
| 12:35 | Introductions | Dan Putnam, UCCE/UCD Alfalfa Specialist |
| 12:40 | Welcome, Department of Plant Sciences | Chris Van Kessel, Chair |
| 12:50 | Welcome from the Dean-Changes at UC Davis in Agriculture | Dean Helene Dillard, Dean College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, UC Davis. |
| 1:00 | Depart for field | |
| Field Tour | ||
| Insect Management and Disappearing Options for Alfalfa | Larry Godfrey, UC Davis and Rachael Long, UCCE | |
| Measuring Evapotranspiration (ET) in the Field | Ali Montazar, Project Scientist, UC Davis | |
| Using ET to schedule irrigations – How to | Daniele Zaccharia, Irrigation Specialist, UC Davis | |
| Sorghum Field Studies for Grain and Forage Crops | Jeff Dalberg, Kearney Ag. Center, Fresno, CA | |
| Sharpen, a new weed management option for alfalfa | Dawn Brunmeier, BASF and Mick Canevari, UCCE Emeritus, San Joaquin County | |
| Kura Clover, an alternative Clover for Pastures | Dan Putnam, UC Davis | |
| Subsurface Drip Irrigation Studies on Spacing-What is the optimum spacing for alfalfa? | Dan Putnam, Daniele Zaccaria, UC Davis | |
| Variety Performance Data for Managing Diseases, Insects, and Nematodes | Dan Putnam, Chris DeBen, Craig Giannini, UC Davis | |
| Deficit Irrigation Strategies and interactions with Alfalfa Varieties | James Radavich, Dan Putnam, Ali Montazar, UC Davis | |
| Monitoring subsoil moisture using watermark sensors | ||
| Controlling Gophers in Alfalfa Fields | Roger Baldwin, UC Davis | |
| Breeding Alfalfa for California | Scott Newell, Gitanshu Munjal, Charlie Brummer, UC Davis |