7:30 Breakfast with Vendors
Grab a bite to eat and meet with exhibitors.
8:45 Welcoming remarks
Jack Rechcigl, UF/IFAS GCREC, Center Director and Professor
Frank Giles, AgNet Media, Editor-in-Chief9:00 - Scott Angle, UF/IFAS
A New Era: How AI and Nutrient Rate Research Will Be Game Changers
9:15 - Cathy Burns, International Fresh Produce Association
Industry Insights: What’s on the Horizon for Produce
9:45 - Jerry Parrish, Florida State University
Predicting Florida’s Economic Outlook by the Data
10:15 - Greg Fowler, CNI
2023 Crop Protection Supply and Price Trends
10:45 - Q&A with Session Speakers
11:00 - Visit Trade Show and Lunch
12:30 - CEU Sessions Begin
There will be two sets of concurrent CEU courses
Pest Management Session
12:30 - Techniques to Optimize Herbicide Effectiveness
Nathan Boyd, UF/IFAS
12:50 - Arthropod Management Using Biological, Cultural and Physical Controls
Sriyanka Lahiri, UF
1:10 - MELCAST: Spray-Advisory System for Management of Foliar Diseases in Florida Watermelon
Matthews Paret, UF/IFAS
1:30 - Peeking Under the Plastic: What Happens to Soil Microbes When You Fumigate
Sarah Strauss, UF/IFAS
Breeding Programs at GCREC
12:30 - Breeding Efforts for Resistance to Neopestalotiopsis Disease in Strawberry
Seonghee Lee and Vance Whitaker, UF/IFAS
12:50 - Breeding Strategies to Incorporate Novel Resistances for Protection Against Bacterial Spot and Target Spot of Tomato
Sam Hutton, UF/IFAS
1:10 - Blackberry Breeding and Variety Trials
Zhanao Deng, UF/IFAS
1:30 - Viability of Artichoke and Hops as New Specialty Crops in Florida
Shinsuke Agehara, UF/IFAS
Field Tours
Start Times: 2:15 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.
Alternative Crops Tour
Nematode Management
Plant Pathology and Disease Management
Weed Management
Hops Yard/Beer Tasting