The Past, the Present, and the Future of PACMAN Webinar
Event Details
Date
January 12, 2026
Time
11am - 3pm
Location
Zoom Webinar
Host
CCE-LOF, CCE-ENYCHP, CU, PSU, MSU, UMass, NC State, & WSU
Mario Miranda Sazo
mrm67@cornell.edu
Event Registration
Playlist of PACMAN presentation recordings now available on the Lake Ontario Fruit Program YouTube channel link below.
https://www.youtube.com/playli...
Join nationally renowned scientists and extension specialists for this nationwide PACMAN webinar. After more than five years of scientific research and ground-truth evaluations, the latest results will be presented. The session will also explore new research directions and foster collaborations for the next phase of the PACMAN project in the coming years.
Agenda
11:00am Introduction to PACMAN - Terence Robinson, CU 11:10am Optimum bud and fruit number of Honeycrisp and Gala - Terence Robinson, CU 11:30am Economics of thinning Honeycrisp and Gala - Mauricio Guerra, CU 11:50am Fruit Growth Rate Model results - Todd Einhorn, Michigan State University; Thomas Kon, North Carolina State 12:30pm WA-38 crop load management - Stefano Musacchi, Washington State University 12:50pm Pollen Tube Growth Model improvements - Greg Peck, CU 1:10pm Engineering Results PA - Dr. Long He, Pennsylvania State University 1:30pm GPS and Variable Rate Spraying - Brian Lawrence, CU; Yu Jiang, CU 2:00pm Extending the results of PCLM - Jon Clements, University of Massachusetts 2:20pm Discussion 2:40pm Future SCRI proposal to continue PCLM - Yu Jiang, CU; Terence Robinson, CU
Register at: https://cornell.zoom.us/webina...
Permitted presentations will be available on the Lake Ontario Fruit Program YouTube channel once finalized.
For more details on PACMAN Research visite https://pacman.extension.org/
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