Event date/time:
Thursday, March 18, 2021 - 10:00am to 2:00pm
Event Type:
Online
Price:
Free
Pre-season apple thinning briefing for growers: Using PGR’s to optimize crop load for a profitable 2021
Thursday, March 18, 2021
12 noon to 2 PM
Via Zoom (pre-registration is required)
AGENDA
12 Noon - Introduction
- Carbohydrate model and measuring fruitlets, it all adds up (enter metamitron) - Dr. Duane Greene (UMass Amherst)
- Fruitlet growth rate model cookbook - Jon Clements (UMass Amherst)
- Apple tree physiology: effect on thinning decisions - Dr. Poliana Francescatto (Valent Biosciences)
- Exceed your late thinning expectations with Protone and Accede (coming soon) - Dr. Gregory Clarke (Valent USA)
- Arrange your “off” year - Jim Scruggs/Drew Hubbard (Fine Americas)
- Making your PGR applications work - Win Cowgill (Professor Emeritus, Rutgers University, and Win Enterprises International, LLC)
2 PM - Adjourn
Pre-registration required: https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJArd-yurzMiH9TB57LwSDMu7DyG7WjFgaxN
2 pesticide license recertification credits available to New England attendees
Price: FREE, but you must pre-register to attend
How to Participate:
Pre-registration is required
Contact's name:
Jon Clements
Contact's email:
Contact's phone on day of event:
413-478-7219
This event will be recorded:
No
