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
