2024 Seminar Program
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
General Session- Indian River Research and Education Center Auditorium
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8:45 a.m. |
Welcome |
Frank Giles, AgNet Media, Scott Adkins, USDA Ron Cave, UF/IFAS |
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9:00 a.m. |
Federal Agriculture Priorities in 2024 |
Mike Joyner, Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association |
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9:30 a.m. |
TBA | |
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10:00 a.m. |
4Roots Farm’s Reverse Demand Program Driving the Buy Local Movement |
Tommy Ward, 4Roots Farm |
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10:30 a.m. |
The Endangered Species Act: Species Endangered or Florida Ag Endangered? |
Mike Aerts, Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association |
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11:00 a.m. |
Break for Lunch |
Citrus Seminars - Indian River Research and Education Center Auditorium
CEUs available
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2:00 p.m. |
Welcome |
Session Moderator: Amir Rezazadeh, UF/IFAS |
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2:10 p.m. |
Florida Citrus Breeders Discuss What’s New and Recommended |
Jude Grosser, UF/IFAS; Matt Mattia, USDA; Kim Bowman, USDA; John Chater, UF/IFAS Moderator: Flavia Zambon, UF/IFAS |
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2:40 p.m. |
Updates on Trunk-Injection Therapy Performance |
Ute Albrecht, UF/IFAS |
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2:50 p.m. |
Identifying New Therapies in a Grove-First Approach |
Randy Niedz, USDA |
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3:00 p.m. |
Water Farming in Florida |
Sandra Guzmán, UF/IFAS |
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3:10 p.m. |
Broadening the Sweet Orange Definition to Offset HLB |
Anne Plotto and Jinhe Bai, USDA |
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3:20 p.m. |
Improving Pectin Extraction and Characterization |
Wei Zhao, USDA |
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3:30 p.m. |
New Citrus Fertilizer Recommendations Update |
Kelly Morgan, UF/IFAS |
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3:40 p.m. |
Post-Harvest Fungal Disease Management |
Gabi Olmedo, USDA |
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3:50 p.m. |
Nanoparticles to Enhance Soil Amendment Performance |
Xiaoping Xin, UF/IFAS |
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4:00 p.m. |
Growers Discuss HLB Management Tactics |
Timothee Salin, George Hamner Jr., Matt Machata and Pat Schirard Moderator: Mark Ritenour, UF/IFAS |
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4:45 p.m. |
Seminar Session Ends |
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Vegetable Seminars - U.S. Department of Agriculture
CEUs available
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2:30 p.m. |
Welcome |
Moderator: Anna Mészáros |
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2:40 p.m. |
Origins of Florida’s Invasive Insect Species |
Muhammad “Zee” Ahmed, USDA |
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2:50 p.m. |
Thrips parvispinus Monitoring and Management |
Anna Mészáros and De-Fen Mou, UF/IFAS |
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3:00 p.m. |
Florida Vegetable Virus Update and Area-Wide Pest Management |
Clive Bock, USDA |
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3:10 p.m. |
Utilizing Banker Plants in Pest Management |
Cindy McKenzie, USDA |
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3:20 p.m. |
Saving Water and Money with Soil Moisture Sensors |
Craig Frey and Sandra |
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3:30 p.m. |
Robotics and AI in Vegetable Production |
Yiannis Ampatzidis, UF/IFAS |
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3:40 p.m. |
Weed Identification and Management |
Calvin Odero, UF/IFAS |
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3:50 p.m. |
Food Safety Regulations Update |
Taylor O’Bannon, UF/IFAS |