Pomegranate and Citrus HLB Extension Meeting

UC Davis Campus

Plant and Environmental Sciences - Room 3001

October 31, 2023

8 AM: Coffee

Introductions and Welcome

Dr. John Chater: HLB tolerant citrus accessions from UF/IFAS

Dr. Themis Michailides: Black Heart research update

Dr. Zhanao Deng: Fruit rot research

-Break-

Dr. Giuseppe Lana: Update on ‘Wonderful’ genome assembly

Dr. Muhammad Shahid: Citrus in cold climates

Dr. Ali Sarkhosh: Growing pomegranate in Florida

Dr. Jonathan Kaplan: Pomegranate economics

12:15: Lunch: on your own

After lunch, there will be a visit to the pomegranate germplasm
block at the USDA-ARS National Clonal Germplasm Repository
in Winters, CA.  Space will be limited, so register soon!