Program / Speakers

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2010 Florida Ag Expo Program
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7:30 - 8:00 a.m.

Registration and Complimentary Breakfast / Vendor booths open

8:00 - 8:05 a.m.
Welcome/Event Overview

Dr. Jack Rechcigl, Director, UF/IFAS GCREC

8:05 - 8:20 a.m
Dr. Jack Payne, Sr. Vice President, UF/IFAS

8:20 - 8:40 a.m.

Congressman Adam Putnam - (Introduced by Dr. Jack Payne)

8:40 - 9:40 a.m.

Growers Roundtable - Current Issues Facing the Vegetable Industry

Moderator - Gene McAvoy, Regional Vegetable/Horticulture Extension Agent IV

Hendry County Extension Speakers:

Mr. Tony DiMare, DiMare Fresh

Mr. Jamie Williams, Six L’s

Mr. Billy Heller, Pacific Tomatoes

Mr. David Pensebene, Gargiulo

Mr. Chuck Obern, C&B Farms

Mr. D.C. McClure, West Coast Tomato

9:40 - 10:10 a.m.

Refreshments/Vendor Booths Open

Educational Session I

Moderator – Ms. Crystal Snodgrass

County Vegetable Agent, Manatee County Extension

10:10 - 10:30 a.m.

Managing Whitefly Adults and TYLCV: Challenges and Possibilities

Dr. David Schuster, UF/IFAS GCREC

10:30 - 10:50 a.m.

Remedial Control of Foliar Cucurbit Pathogens in Georgia

Dr. David Langston, Univ. of Georgia

10:50 - 11:10 a.m.

The Challenge of Managing Bacterial Diseases of Tomato and Pepper

Dr. Gary Vallad, UF/IFAS GCREC

11:10 - 11:30 a.m.

Update on Important Labor Issues (Health Care)

Mr. Walter Kates, FFVA

11:30 - 11:50 a.m.

Food Safety

Dr. Keith Schneider, UF/IFAS Food Science Dept.

11:50 - 1:20 p.m.

Complimentary Lunch/Vendor booths open

Educational Session II

Moderator – Ms. Alicia Whidden, County Vegetable Agent, Hillsborough County Extension

1:20 - 1:40 p.m.

New Regulations for Fumigants

Mr. Dan Botts, FFVA

1:40 - 2:00 p.m.

Proper Selection of Methyl Bromide Alternatives

Dr. Andrew MacRae, UF/IFAS GCREC

2:00 - 2:20 p.m.

Potential of Tropical and Subtropical Fruit Crops

Dr. Jonathan Crane, UF/IFAS Homestead REC

2:20 - 2:40 p.m.

Improving Water Management/Freeze Protection for Strawberries

Dr. Bielinski Santos, UF/IFAS GCREC

2:40 - 3:10 p.m.

Refreshments/Vendor Booths Open

Invasive Pests Impacting Florida

3:10 - 3:30 p.m.

Potential Future Pests Impacting Florida

Dr. Doug Restom Gaskill, USDA - Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey

3:30 - 3:50 p.m.

Spotted-Wing Drosophila: Impact on Small Fruits

Dr. James Price, UF/IFAS GCREC

3:50 - 4:10 p.m.

Invasive Exotic Viruses of Vegetables

Dr. Scott Adkins, USDA

Field Tours

Tours Begin at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

Dr. Bielinski Santos, Horticulture

Advances on cultural practices, nutrient and water management, and

soilless culture for tomato, pepper and strawberry.

Dr. Gary Vallad, Plant Pathology

1) Management of tomato bacterial spot with bacteriophage.

2) Use of copper-alternatives for the management of tomato and pepper bacterial spot.

3) Chemical control of early blight and target spot.

Dr. David Schuster, Entomology

1) Management of whiteflies and tomato yellow leaf curl virus on tomato.

2) Management of lepidopterous larvae on tomato and cabbage.

Dr. Andrew MacRae, Weed Science

Long term sustainability of methyl alternatives

Dr. Jay Scott, Breeding and Genetics

1) Tomato variety trials including large rounds, plums, and grape/cherry types.

2) TYLCV resistant tomato variety trial.

3) IFAS experimental tomato hybrid and inbred trials.

Program / Speakers

2010 Florida Ag Expo Program view program as PDF

2010 Florida Ag Expo Program
view program as PDF