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2016 Salinas Valley Weed School
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Agricultural Center Conference Room
(1432 Abbott Street, Salinas)
8:00 Registration (no fee required) and Refreshments. Weed seedling exhibit
8:30 Update on weed control in coastal vegetables • Richard Smith, Vegetable Crop and Weed Science Farm Advisor, Monterey County
9:00 Mechanized control of weeds in vegetable crops • Steve Fennimore, Extension Vegetable Weed Specialist, UC Davis, Salinas
9:30 Engineering concerns for designing mechanical vegetable weeding systems • Mark Siemens, Crop Mechanization Specialist, University of Arizona, Yuma Agricultural Center
10:00 Break and weed seedling exhibit
10:30 The effect of irrigation technique and amount on vegetable herbicides • Barry Tickes, Weed Science Farm Advisor, La Paz and Mohave Counties, University of Arizona
11:00 Recent developments in the cost of hand weeding vegetables • Laura Tourte, Farm Management Farm Advisor, Santa Cruz and Monterey counties
11:30 Development (or lack of) of herbicide resistance in weeds • Steve Fennimore, Extension Vegetable Weed Specialist, UC Davis, Salinas
12:00 Conclusion
3.0 Continuing education credits have been approved.
Please call ahead for special accommodations.
For more information, call Richard Smith (831) 759-7357.