“Laurel wilt – A new threat to California's avocado industry”
Presented by: California Avocado Society, Inc., California Avocado Commission, University of California Cooperative Extension, and University of Florida's Tropical Research and Education Center. Event is FREE, everyone is welcome!
- Tuesday, August 1, 2017, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.,
UC Cooperative Extension Office Auditorium, 2156 Sierra Way, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
- Wednesday, August 2, 2017, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.,
UC Cooperative Extension Office Auditorium, 669 County Square Dr. Ventura, CA 93003
- Thursday, August 3, 2017, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.,
Fallbrook Public Utility District Board Rm., 990 East Mission Rd. Fallbrook, CA 92028
Agenda
| Speaker(s) | Title |
| Jeff Wasielewski, Subtropical Fruit Agent, University of Florida Extension | The current status of laurel wilt in South Florida |
| Randy Ploetz, Professor of Plant Pathology at the Tropical Research & Education Center of the Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences (IFAS), University of Florida | Laurel wilt epidemiology and management |
| Bruce Schaffer, Professor of Ecophysiology of Subtropical and Tropical Horticultural Crops,IFAS, University of Florida
| Vascular physiology and anatomy of different avocado genotypes relative to laurel wilt susceptibility |
| Daniel Carrillo, Professor of Entomology and Nematology in Subtropical and Tropical Horticultural Crops, IFAS, University of Florida
| Laurel wilt vectors: biology and management |
| Edward Evans, professor in the Food and Resource Economics Department located at the University of Florida's Tropical Research and Education Center | Economic impact and economics of control strategies |
| Jonathan Crane, Professor of Horticulture / Tropical Fruit Crop Specialist, University of Florida's Tropical Research and Education Center | Current control strategies, recommendations and issues |