Thurs, May 11, 2017 @ 7:45am - 4:20pm
- When?
May 11, 2017 - Where?
UC Davis Agronomy Field Headquarters 2400 Hutchison Dr., Davis, CA 95616
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8:15am - 12:00pm: Small Grains Program
| 7:45 | Registration (no charge) | |
| 8:15am | Welcome and Introductions | Mark Lundy, CE Grain Cropping Systems Specialist |
| 8:20 | Overview of wheat breeding | Jorge Dubcovsky, UC Davis wheat breeder |
| 8:25 | California Wheat Commission remarks | Claudia Carter, Executive Director |
| 8:30 | California Crop Improvement Association remarks | John Palmer, Executive Director |
| 8:35 | Depart for field | |
| Field Tour | ||
| 9:00 - 11:30 | Small grain variety evaluations, breeding, and management research | |
| 9:00 | Common Wheat, Durum and Triticale variety evaluations: productivity and disease resistance | Mark Lundy and Nicholas George, UCCE/UCDavis |
| 9:30 | Barley breeding update | Alicia del Blanco, UC Davis |
| 9:45 | Wheat breeding update | Oswaldo Chicaiza, UC Davis |
| 10:00 | Common wheat lines with increased resistant starch, positive and negative effects on agronomic traits | André Schönhofen, UC Davis |
| 10:15 | Triticale breeding for breadmaking quality | Josh Hegarty, UC Davis |
| 10:30 | Root differences favoring flooding and drought tolerance | Tyson Howell, UC Davis |
| 10:45 | Research progress in grain yield components | Alejandra Alvarez/Junli Zhang, UC Davis |
| 11:00 | Barley & Common Collaborative variety evaluations: productivity and disease resistance | Mark Lundy and Nicholas George, UCCE/UC Davis |
| 11:10 | Malting barley market prospects | Konrad Mathesius, UCCE Sacramento Valley Agronomy Advisor |
| 11:15 | Research update: Nitrogen management for productive & high quality malting barley | Taylor Nelsen, UC Davis |
| 11:25 | Seeding rates in grain sorghum | Michelle Leinfelder-Miles, UCCE Delta Farm Advisor |
| 11:35 | Return for lunch | |
| 12:00 | Barbeque Lunch |
12:30pm - 4:30pm: Alfalfa/Forages Program
| 12:00 | Barbeque Lunch | |
| 12:30pm | Welcome and Introductions | Dan Putnam, UCCE/UCD Alfalfa Specialist |
| 12:35 | Appreciation for the Field Station Staff | Brad Hanson & Ted Dejong, UCCE/UC Davis |
| 12:45 | Key Activities for California Alfalfa & Forage Association | Jane Townsend, CAFA, Sacramento, CA |
| Field Tour | ||
| 1:05 | Near-loss of Chlorpyrifos (Lorsban) – The story isn't over yet: pay attention to stewardship in alfalfa IPM! | Pete Goodell, UC IPM Program, Kearney Ag Center, Parlier, CA |
| 1:20 | Implementing IPM in Alfalfa Production for insects, weeds and diseases | Rachael Long & Larry Godfrey, UCCE Yolo-Solano-Sacramento Counties, Woodland, CA |
| 1:35 | Alfalfa Blogs- Electronic Communications on Pest Management of Interest to you! | Michelle Leinfelder-Miles, UCCE, Delta Region, CA |
| 1:40 | Developing cropping systems to maximize protein from alfalfa for human consumption | Dan Putnam, UC Davis, Davis, CA |
| 2:05 | Identifying the Bad Guys—Identifying Weeds Common in Sacramento Valley & What strategies makes sense Q&A | Brad Hanson, Weed Specialist, UC Davis |
| 2:20 | Poisonous weeds in alfalfa – Nitrates, alkaloids and tannins: What are the keyones that affect animals? | Birgit Puschner, UC Veterinary College, UC Davis |
| 2:35 | Estimating the true water needs of alfalfa and using ET to schedule Irrigations | Daniele Zaccaria, Irrigation Specialist, UC Davis, CA |
| 2:50 | Kura Clover – Introduction of a new crop – the importance of being patient | Dan Putnam, UC Forage Specialist, UC Davis, CA |
| 2:55 | Switchgrass Plantings for Biofuels | Dan Putnam, UC Davis |
| 3:00 | Choosing Alfalfa Varieties for Maximizing Pest Resistance and Yield | Dan Putnam, UC Davis |
| 3:15 | Low Lignin Alfalfa – A New Technology coming along - Current and Future UC Experiments | Brenda Perez, UC Graduate Student, UC Davis |
| 3:30 | Drip Irrigation Studies in Alfalfa | Ali Montazar, Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis |
| 3:45 | Breeding and Evaluation of Fall Dormancy in Alfalfa | Charlie Brummer, UC Davis |
| 4:00 | Deficit Irrigation of Alfalfa and Interactions with varieties | James Radawich, Graduate Student, UC Davis |
| 4:20 | Return to Base |