2011 Annual Statewide Pistachio Day
Visalia Convention Center
Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Power Point Presentations (pdf)

• Current Status of Pesticide Registrations and Residue Tolerances
  Bob Klein, Manager, California Pistachio Research Board
   
• Relative Ovicidal/Neonate Activity, Length of Insecticide Efficacy and Control Strategies
  Joel P. Siegel, Research Entomologist, USDA/ARS, Parlier
   
• The Impact of Insecticides on NOW Populations and Damage
  Bradley S. Higbee, Research Entomologist, Paramount Farming Co.
  Presented by Joel Siegel with Candice Rogers, Research Technician, Paramount Farming Co.
   
• Growing the Tree and Pest Control for the ‘Golden Hills’ and ‘Lost Hills’ Cultivars
  Craig Kallsen, UCCE Farm Advisor, Kern County
   
• Weed Control - Herbicide Options
  Kurt Hembree, UCCE Weed Management Farm Advisor, Fresno County
   
• Salinity Red Flags in Growing Pistachio
  Blake Sanden, UCCE Irrigation and Soils Farm Advisor, Kern County
   
• Challenges in Management of Alternaria and Botryosphaeria
  Themis Michailides, Plant Pathologist, UC KAC/UC Davis