Prune Short Course
Please join the Fruit and Nut Research and Information Center for the Prune Short Course on October 29th and 30th, 2024! We'll cover everything from how climate change affects prune trees to new varieties and their bearing differences.
This course is designed for Prune Growers and Processors, PCAs, and CCAs. Make sure to register before October 25h, 2024!
Topics include:
- Water Relations
- Dormancy and Chilling
- Fruit Growth, Sunburn, and Thinning
- New Varieties and Bearing Differences
- Climate Change
Please contact fruitsandnuts@ucdavis.edu with any questions about course content.
Location: Foundation Plant Services, Davis, CA
10/29/24-10/30/24
CEUs applied for
- 3.5 Other - DPR
- 3.5 IPM
- 1 Nutrient Management - CCA
Day 1 - 10/29/2024
8:00 - 8:30 Coffee and Introductions
8:30 - 9:30 Physiology - Ted DeJong
9:30-10:30 Water Relations - Ken Shackel
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-12:00 Nutrition - Ted DeJong
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:30 Dormancy and Chilling - Katherine Jarvis-Shean
1:30-3:00 Fruit Growth, Sunburn, Thinning - Franz Niederholzer
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-3:45 Climate Change - Ted DeJong
3:45-5:00 Diseases - Jim Adaskaveg and Jamie Ott
Day 2 - 10/30/2024
7:45-8:00 Coffee
8:00-8:45 Topsin - Themis Michailides
8:45-9:30 Rootstocks and Nematodes - Andreas Westphal and Luke Milliron
9:30-10:30 Entomology - Jhalendra Rijal
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-11:45 Pruning/Hedging - Becky Wheeler-Dykes
11:45-12:15 New varieties - Bearing differences - Ted DeJong and Sarah Castro
12:15-1:15 Lunch
Afternoon In the field
Register by Oct 25 th
Date of Event:
Oct 29, 2024
Time of Event:
8:00
Location:
Foundation Plant Services
Contact Information:
jkstover@ucdavis.edu
Price Per Registration:
$595.00
Last day to register online:
Friday, October 25, 2024