Event Details
Date
March 8, 2016
Time
9:00 am - 3:30 pm
Location
Cornell Cooperative Extension Orange County
18 Seward Ave., Suite 300
Middletown, NY 10940-1919
Cost
$80.00 ENYCHP/CCE Orange Enrollee
(additional attendee $80.00 ea.)
$95.00 Non-ENYCHP Enrollee
(additional attendee $95.00 ea.)
At the Door
$80.00 ENYCHP/CCE Orange Enrollee
$95.00 Non-ENYCHP Enrollee
Host
Lake Ontario Fruit Program
Pre-Registration Deadline: March 9, 2016
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2016 Onion School
March 8, 2016
2016 Onion School Agenda
9:00 AM Registration, DEC credit sign-in, coffee
9:25 Welcome & Announcements
9:30 GAPs/FSMA Update - Erik Schellenberg, CCE Eastern NY Commercial Horticulture Program
10:00 New Proposed Standards for Pesticide Applicator Certification - Cathy Ahlers, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
10:15 Coffee Break
10:30 Bacterial Diseases of Onions - Dr. Steven Beer, Cornell University, Dept. of Plant Pathology
11:15 Update on Fungal Diseases and 2015 Herbicide Trial Results - Christy Hoepting, Cornell Vegetable Program
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 Onion Breeding/Variety Trial Updates - Dr. Martha Mutschler-Chu, Cornell University, Dept. Plant Breeding and Genetics
1:45 Insect Pests and Management Update - Brian Nault, Cornell University, Dept. of Entomology
2:30 Onion Weed Control - Bernard H. Zandstra, Michigan State University, Dept. of Horticulture
3:30 Wrap Up and Adjourn
2016 Onion School Agenda (PDF; 120KB)
Printable Onion School Agenda and Registration (PDF; 159KB)
