UC Davis Small Grains/Alfalfa Field Day set for Wednesday, May 15 Posted on 4/17/2013
The purpose of this field meeting is to take a look at and discuss research trials and crop production issues in California related to forages and cereal grains. This includes variety trials, pest and disease updates, and weed control.
Meet at UC Foundation Seed warehouse on Hutchison Road west of Highway 113. Take Hwy 113 near Davis to Hutchison Rd. go west. Right at first rotary, left at second rotary, about 1/3 mile further down on the left.
• Welcome and Introductions • Issues for California Wheat, Pest and Disease Resistance Needs - Janice Cooper. California Wheat Commission • New UC wheat varieties, FSP increases, wheat research- Jorge Dubcovsky, UCD wheat breeder • Departure to filed tour • Promising UCD Lines for Future Common Wheat and Durum Wheat Variety Releases - Oswaldo Chicaiza, and Alicia del Blanco Wheat Breeders • Genetic Studies for New Traits - • Mapping new stripe rust resistance genes PhD student Nicolas Cobo • Discovering genes for drought tolerance Tyson Howell and Eligio Bossolini • Using barley to identify resistance genes to wheat stripe rust PhD Student Josh Hegarty • Pyramiding mutations to enhance resistant starch PhD student Brittany Howell • Engineering flowering time PhD student Rebecca Nitcher • Barley and Oats Breeding Programs - Lynn Gallagher and Alicia del Blanco • Collaborators Quality Program -Phil Mayo • Dedication of the new Small Grain Combine • Statewide Germplasm Development and Evaluation - Wheat & Triticale, Durum, and Barley - Phil Mayo, Wheat and Barley Regional Testing Program Coordinator. With participation of breeders from private breeding companies.
Noon: BBQ Lunch Many Thanks to CCIA for their sponsorship!!!
12:45am - 4:15 pm: Alfalfa/Forage/Biofuel Field Day
• Water Quality Issues with Pesticides in Alfalfa/Grain-Yolo Co Ag Commissioner • Yield and Pest Management in new crops: Canola, Camelina and Castor grown for Biofuels-Steve Kaffka, Nick George, UC Davis • Low Lignin Trials in Alfalfa-a new concept-What are the possibilities?-Dan Putnam, UC Davis • Sorghum and Corn Forage N-Variety trials-Chris DeBen and Dan Putnam, UC Davis • Testing of new weed control strategies for alfalfa-Mick Canevari, UCCE Advisor Emeritus, San Joaquin County, D. Putnam, UC Davis • Testing of Photosynthesis Enhancers in Alfalfa - Craig Giannini, Dan Putnam UC Davis • Alfalfa aphid Outbreak in 2013, and IPM update, Pete Goodell, UC IPM Program • Alfalfa Weevil Management in Alfalfa-Rachael Long, UCCE, Yolo County • Subsurface Drip Experiments on Campus-Dan Putnam, UCD • Management of Water in Alfalfa: My Experiences with Subsurface Drip Irrigation in Alfalfa-Rick Martinez, Grower, Dixon, CA • Management of Water in Alfalfa: Monitoring ET in the Field-Rick Snyder, LAWR, UCD Davis • Alfalfa Varieties: Yield and Pest Management Implications-Craig Giannini and Dan Putnam, UC Davis
CE hours (PCA credits) and Certified Crop Advisor (CCA) hours applied for
