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2019 Strawberry Agritech Educational Session Day 2

Wednesday, April 1,2019

8:50 – President’s Welcome Mark Harrell

9:00 – DNA markers and new molecular tools to improve Florida strawberries- Dr. Seonghee Lee, UF Horticulture

9:20 – Production recommendation updates: plastic mulch, fertilization, and transplant quality-Dr. Shinsuke Agehara, UF Horticulture

9:45 – Importance of root-knot and lesion nematodes in strawberries and potential of cover crops for their management- Dr. Johan Desaeger, UF Nematology

10:05 – Break and trade Show

10:40 – Research updates on management of fruit and foliar diseases: Anthracnose, Botrytis, and Powdery Mildew- Dr. Natalia Peres, UF Plant Pathology.

11:10 – A multi-angle imaging system for automatic strawberry flower and fruit counting- Dr. Daniel Lee, UF Agricultural and Biological Engineering

11:30 – Introducing new Strawberry Entomologist- Dr. Sriyanka Lahiri

11:45 – Lunch and trade Show

1:20 – Strawberry plant wetness detection using color and thermal imaging- Dr. Daniel Lee, UF Agricultural and Biological Engineering

1:40 – Who are our strawberry Super Heroes? CORE talk – Alicia Whidden, UF/HC Extension Service

2:45 – Wrap up and adjourn

2019 Strawberry Agritech Educational Session Day 1

Tuesday, April 16, 2019

8:50 – Presidents Welcome and Opening Remarks Mark Harrell

9:00 – Executive Directors Remarks Kenneth Parker Keynote Address

9:05 – Blockchain’s impact on produce- Ed Treacy, VP PMA

10:05 – Break and trade Show

10:50 – Farm risk management and crop insurance- Dr. Zhengfei Guan, UF Food and Resource Economics

11:10 – Fumigants for crop destruct and pest management in strawberry- Dr. Nathan Boyd, UF Horticulture

11:30 – Diagnostic clinic wrap-up including Pestalotiopsis outbreak- Dr. Jim Mertely, UF Plant Pathology

11:50 – Lunch and trade Show

1:15 – Hillsborough County Public Schools, Migrant Education Program- How can we collaborate? – Carol Mayo, Supervisor Migrant Education Program, HC Public Schools

1:30 – Research update on crown rot diseases: Macrophomina, Phytophthora, and Collectotrichum- Dr. Natalia Peres, UF Plant Pathology

2:05 – Evaluation of fumigant and non-fumigant nematode management strategies in Florida strawberry using ground trothed and aerial imaging technologies- Dr. Joe Noling, UF Emeritus

2:25 – Progress on statistical modeling of strawberry fruit yield using weather and image information- Dr. Amr Abd-Elrahman, UF Agricultural and Biological Engineering

2:45 – Wrap up and adjourn

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