Winchester Regional Commercial Tree Fruit Production School

February 13, 2015

Lee Jackson Conference Center, 711 Millwood Avenue, Winchester, VA 22601

Sponsored by: Virginia Cooperative Extension, WVU Extension, Frederick County Fruit Growers Association

8:00 – 8:25    Registration and Pesticide Recertification Sign-in (View Exhibits, Coffee and Pastries)

8:25 – 8:30                           Welcome - Mark Sutphin, Associate Extension Agent, Horticulture - Frederick 

8:30 – 9:00                           Brown marmorated stink bug research update for 2015 - Chris Bergh, Professor of Entomology, Virginia Tech-Winchester

9:00 – 9:30                           Summer Disease Challenges faced in 2014 and Glomerella Leaf Spot Update - Keith Yoder, Professor of Plant Pathology, Virginia Tech-Winchester                      

9:30 – 10:00                         Sponsor/Vendor Brag Session (New products, chemicals, improved technologies, equipment, etc.)

10:00 – 10:15                    Neonicotinoid insecticides and pollinators: Can impacts be mitigated?   - Doug Pfeiffer, Professor of Entomology, Virginia Tech-Blacksburg

10:15 – 10:30                      Break  (View Exhibits)

10:30 – 11:00                     Tall spindle system and root stock trial: What have we learned to date about these systems in the mid-Atlantic?  - Greg Peck, Assistant Professor of Horticulture, Virginia Tech-Winchester

11:00-11:15                        Virginia hard cider: An industry overview  - Greg Peck, Assistant Professor of Horticulture, Virginia Tech-Winchester

11:15 – 11:30                      Invasive species update: Spotted wig drosophila and spotted lanternfly - Doug Pfeiffer, Professor of Entomology, Virginia Tech-Blacksburg

11:30 – 12:00                      Herbicide application timing study in apple: What have we learned about glyphosate applications? - Rakesh Chandran, Professor and Extension Specialist, Weed Science, WVU-Morgantown, Virginia Tech-Blacksburg

12:00 – 1:00                         Lunch (View Exhibits)

1:00 – 1:45                           Thinking about fresh produce food safety on the farm in light of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act -  Laura Strawn, Assistant Professor of Food Science, Virginia Tech,- Eastern Shore AREC

1:45 – 2:00                           FSA Program Updates - Jeanette Smith, Farm Service Agency

2:00-2:30                   An overview of the Integrate Pest Information Platform for Extension and Edcuation (iPiPE) - M. Mahfuz Rahmna, Assistant Professor and Extension
                                                Specialist, Plant Pathology, WVU-Morgantown

2:30-3:00               Spray Bulletin Update

Chris Bergh, Professor of Entomology, Virginia Tech-Winchester;
Greg Peck, Assistant Professor of Horticulture, Virginia Tech-Winchester
Keith Yoder, Professor of Plant Pathology, Virginia Tech-Winchester

2:45                                        Pesticide Recertification Sign-out and Adjourn (View Exhibits)

3:15                                        West Virginia State Horticulture Society Meeting