California Statewide Olive Seminar, April 4 

The online seminar, a series of presentations from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., is sponsored by the University of California Cooperative Extension and UC Integrated Pest Management Program.

7:55 a.m.         Welcome and Introduction – Cindy Kron, UC Cooperative Extension North Coast IPM Advisor

8 a.m.              Olive Fruit Fly: Testing Organic and Conventional Pesticides for Registration – Cindy Kron

9 a.m.              Irrigation Management Strategies for Olive Orchards in California – Giulia Marino, Associate Professor of Cooperative Extension

9:30 a.m.         Mitigation of Alternate Bearing of Table Olives – Elizabeth Fichtner, UC Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor for Tulare County

10 a.m.            BREAK

10:15 a.m.       Macro- and Micro-Fertilization in Olive – Richard Rosecrance, Professor, California State University, Chico

11:15 a.m.       Mechanical Harvest of Table Olives: An Update – Becky Wheeler-Dykes, UCCE Orchard Systems and Weed Ecology Farm Advisor for Glenn, Tehama and Colusa counties

11:45 a.m.       Yield and quality of olives and olive oil – Selina Wang, Associate Professor of Cooperative Extension at UC Davis

12:15 p.m.       UC Davis Olive Center Updates and Programming – Javier A Fernandez Salvador, Director of UC Davis Olive Center

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