Thurs, May 17, 2018 @ 7:30am - 4:40pm
- When?
May 17, 2018 - Where?
UC Davis Agronomy Field Headquarters 2400 Hutchison Dr., Davis, CA 95616
View the agenda below, or click here:
8:00am - 12:00pm: Small Grains Field Day
| 7:30 | Registration (no charge) | |
| 8:00am - 12pm | Small Grains Program | |
| 8:00 | Welcome and Introductions | Mark Lundy, CE Grain Cropping Systems Specialist |
| 8:05 | Plant Sciences Future Developments | Gail Taylor, Chair, UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences |
| 8:10 | California Wheat Commission remarks | Claudia Carter, Executive Director |
| 8:15 | California Crop Improvement Association remarks | John Palmer, Executive Director |
| 8:20 | Depart for field (travel to breeding trials) | |
| Field Tour | ||
| 8:45 - 11:50 | Small grain breeding, variety evaluation and agronomic research | |
| 8:45 | New wheat varieties with increased resistant starch | Jorge Dubcovsky, UC Davis |
| 8:55 | New wheat releases “Central Red” and “Desert Gold” | Jorge Dubcovsky, UC Davis |
| 9:00 | Improving barley malting varieties and oats | Alicia del Blanco, UC Davis |
| 9:10 | Organic wheat breeding and naked barleys | Allison Krill-Brown, UC Davis |
| 9:20 | Improving triticale for bread and forage | Josh Hegarty, UC Davis |
| 9:30 | Genetic regulation of wheat grain number | Sarah Kuzay, UC Davis |
| 9:40 | Genetic regulation of grain size and its effects on quality | Alejandra Alvarez, UC Davis |
| 9:50 | Travel to agronomic and variety testing trials | |
| 10:10 | Nitrogen management in malting barley | Taylor Nelsen, UC Davis |
| 10:20 | Herbicide management demonstration trial in wheat | Mariano Galla, UCCE |
| 10:30 | Strategies for reducing mice damage in SDI systems during small grain crop rotations | Konrad Mathesius, UCCE |
| 10:40 | Updates on statewide small grain research and extension efforts, with comments on variety performance, pests and diseases, nitrogen management, and extension tools | Mark Lundy and Nicholas George, UCCE/UC Davis |
| 11:05 | New wheat entries in Regional trials | Oswaldo Chicaiza, UC Davis |
| 11:15 | Comments from breeders with entries in UC Regional trials | |
| 11:30 | Trial observations | |
| 11:50 | Return for lunch | |
| 12:00 | Barbeque Lunch |
12:30pm - 4:30pm: Alfalfa/Forages Field Day
| 12:00 | Barbeque Lunch | |
| 12:30pm | Welcome and Introductions | Dan Putnam, UCCE/UCD Alfalfa Specialist |
| 12:35 | Statewide Nitrogen Management Survey | Jessica Rudnick, UC Davis |
| Field Tour: | ||
| 12:50 | Irrigating to Control Salinity | Michelle Leinfelder-Miles, UCCE, Stockton, CA |
| 1:05 | Alternative Crops: Kura Clover and Switchgrass Studies | Dan Putnam, UC Davis |
| 1:20 | Reduced Lignin Alfalfa Interactions with Harvest Scheduling | Brenda Perez, Graduate Student, UC Davis |
| 1:35 | Seedling Weed Management in Alfalfa | Mariano Galla, UCCE Advisor, Orland, CA |
| 1:50 | Alfalfa Weevil Studies and IPM Approaches to Weevil Control | Rachael Long, UCCE |
| 2:05 | Estimating the P and K Requirements of Alfalfa | Daniel Geisseler, Department of Land Air and Water Resources, UC Davis |
| 2:20 | Breeding Tall Fescue for Quality and Summer Dormancy and Objectives of the UC Davis Alfalfa Breeding Effort | Charlie Brummer, Professor and Director, UC Davis Plant Breeding Center, UC Davis |
| 2:35 | Small Grain Forage Studies | Cal Qualset, Professor Emeritus, UC Davis |
| 2:50 | Fun with Drones: Monitoring Alfalfa for Growth, Pests, and Water Use | Umair Gull, Graduate Student, UC Davis |
| 3:05 | What is the Interaction between Irrigation Deficits and Varieties? | James Radawich, Graduate Student, UC Davis |
| 3:20 | Weed Identification Contest – Test your Weed IQ! | Lynn Sosnoskie, UCCE Advisor, Merced County, Merced, CA |
| 3:40 | Choosing Alfalfa Varieties for Maximizing Pest Resistance and Yield - Importance of Multiple Year Trials and Pest Ratings | Dan Putnam, UC Davis |
| 4:00 | Importance of Owls and Birds for Alfalfa Pest Management | Sara Kross, California State University, Sacramento, CA |
| 4:15 | An IPM Approach to gopher management in Alfalfa | Roger Baldwin, UC Vertebrate Pest Specialist, UC Davis |
| 4:40 | Return to Base |