Agenda

7:30 AM                   Registration & Coffee and Refreshments.

8:00 AM                   Factors Affecting Final Prune Fruit Size

                                    Franz Niederholzer, UCCE Advisor, Colusa and Sutter/Yuba Counties

8:30 AM                   Update on mechanical hedging in prunes.

                                     Dr. Rich Rosecrance, Professor, CSU Chico

9:00 AM                   Bark canker management in prune orchards

                                    Dr. Themis Michailides, UC Davis Plant Pathologist, UC Kearney

9:30 AM                   Break

9:45 AM                   UC prune rootstock trials

                                    Luke Milliron, UCCE Orchard Systems Advisor, Butte/Glenn/Tehama Counties

10:15 AM                 Update on potential new prune cultivars from UC Davis

                                    Sarah Castro, UC Davis Plant Sciences Department

10:45 AM                 California Prune Board update
                                   Donn Zea and Kiaran Locy, California Prune Board California Prune Board Activities

11:15 AM                 Prune flower, fruit and foliage disease management

                                    Dr. Jim Adaskaveg, UC Riverside

12: 00 PM                Prune grower regulatory update.

                                  Matt Bozzo, Yuba Co Ag Comm Office: Sean Nelson, Sutter Co Ag Comm Office

   12:30 PM                 Hosted Lunch (Thank you, California Prune Board!)

1.5 hours PCA CE requested (0.5 L&R; 1.0 Other)
4.0 hours CCA CE requested (1.5 PM, 2.0 CM, 0.5 PD)