Agenda
7:45am: Log on to Zoom for DEC credits
8:00am: Welcome and Sponsor Information
8:05am: Spotted Wing Drosophila: Ongoing Work and News on the Horizon
Dr. Greg Loeb, Cornell
Work on exclusion netting, push-pull technology, and understanding pest biology will be reviewed and plans for working with introduced parasites will be explained.
8:30am: Herbicide Chemical Groups: How They Work, Which Weeds They Control, and What Injury Symptoms Look Like
Dr. Lynn Sosnoskie, Cornell
Dr. Sosnoskie will review herbicides available to growers in an effort to help growers manage these important tools more effectively.
9:00am: The Top Five Blueberry Problems in 2020 - Are You Managing Them Correctly?
Esther Kibbe, CCE Harvest NY
Berry Specialist Esther Kibbe will discuss diagnosing and managing the 5 most common and problematic pest issues that she sees in NYS blueberry plantings.
9:30am: Adjourn
Dr. Greg Loeb
The overall goal of Dr. Loeb’s research program is to understand the principal forces that influence species interactions involving plants, herbivores, natural enemies and more recently microbes with the specific applied goal of developing novel approaches to pest management. The Loeb lab seeks to translate and transfer results of applied research to growers so that they will be better informed and able to make sound pest management decisions.
Dr. Lynn Sosnoskie
Lynn M. Sosnoskie, assistant professor of weed ecology and management for specialty crop systems, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University.
Esther Kibbe
Esther Kibbe is the Western NY berry specialist with Harvest NY, a regional team of Cornell Cooperative Extension. Esther received her B.S. in Plant Science from Cornell and recently earned her M.S. from Ohio State University. Before joining extension, she worked as a strawberry and blueberry breeder for Driscoll’s and as a consultant for produce companies and berry growers. Esther works with growers on all aspects of berry production, with particular interest in helping them adopt new growing systems.