Day 1 Tuesday February 3, 2015 8:00 am- 10:00 NASGA Board Meeting Santa Cruz 10:00 am- 12:00 pm NASG Research Foundation Meeting Santa Cruz 11:00 am 7:00 pm Registration Pre- function Area 12:00 pm 5:00 pm Poster set- up Santa Barbara Lunch On your own 1:00 2:30 pm Workshops 1. Water- Use Efficiency and Nutritional Management Facilitator: Andre Biscaro, San Miguel A 2. Alternatives to Soil Fumigation Facilitator: Steve Fennimore, San Miguel B 3. Breeders Workshop Assays, Strategies and Cooperative Evaluations Facilitator: Kim Lewers, USDA- ARS Santa Rosa 2:30-3:00 pm Break - coffee/refreshment. Sponsored by GW Allen Nursery 3:00-4:30 pm Workshops 1. Production Physiology: The Science behind Day- Neutral Plant Performance Phil Stewart, Driscoll Associates San Miguel A 2. Pesticide- Resistance Management Facilitator: Hillary Thomas, Strawberry Commission Santa Rosa 3. Soil Fumigation Post- Methyl Bromide Facilitator: Husein Ajwa, San Miguel B 4:30 5:30 pm Opening of poster session Santa Cruz 5:30-9:00 pm Exhibitor Set- Up Santa Rosa 7:00 9:00 pm Reception (all delegates) San Miguel Ballroom. Sponsored by Lassen Canyon Nursery Welcome - Henry Gonzales, Ventura County Ag Commissioner Feature Speaker: Gerald Holmes, Director of the Strawberry Sustainability Research and Education Institute at Cal- Poly strawberries: an outsider s view from the inside. Day 2 Wednesday February 4, 2015 7:00 am 4:00 pm Registration open Pre- Function Area 7:00 am 8:00 am Continental breakfast 8:00 am- 5:00 pm Silent Auction, Posters and Exhibits open 8:00 am- 5:00 pm General Session San Miguel Ballroom General Session Sponsored by Plant Sciences and Berry Genetics
8:00 Keynote Speaker: Fumigant use for strawberry production in Europe: The current landscape and solutions Jose Manuel López- Aranda 8:40 How sustainable soil management practices Amanda McWhirt and fumigation strategies interact to impact strawberry yield and soil quality 9:00 Soil disinfestation with steam: a review of Steven A Fennimore economics, engineering and soil pest control in strawberry 9:20 Working with anaerobic soil disinfestation Joji Muramoto for control of key soil borne pathogens 9:40 Effect of anaerobic soil disinfestation and Mark Mazzola Brassica seed meal amendment on soil biology and system resistance 10:00 The Effect of four commercial composts on Margaret Lloyd disease suppression and strawberry health 10:20 Break - Trade Show, Silent Auction and Posters Sponsored by Crown Nursery 10:40 Strawberry production patterns in Quebec Valerie Bernier- English and soilless growing at Ferme Onesime Pouliot 11:00 Two new developments in strawberry Natalia Peres extension and research 11:20 Use of predaceous nematodes for Mark Bolda management of spotted wing drosophila and vinegar flies in berry crops Spain North Carolina State University UC Santa Cruz Wenatchee, WA Ferme Onesieme Pouliot Inc. Florida Winauma, FL UC Watsonville 11:40 Global trends in strawberry Steve Nelson Plant Sciences, Watsonville, CA 12:00 Lunch and NASGA annual meeting Sponsored by Nourse Farms Top of the Harbour 12 th Floor 2:00 The latest Dutch/European strawberry Willem van Eldik Netherlands developments 2:20 Milestones, methods and strategies Tom Van Delm Belgium resulting in year- round strawberry production in Belgium 2:40 Off- season strawberry production in semi- Chieri Kubota Arizona arid greenhouse: Key technologies and crop yield 3:00 Break - Trade Show, Silent Auction and Posters Sponsored by Crown Nursery 3:20 Future direction of the strawberry Ted DeJong breeding/genetic improvement program 3:40 Use of polyethylene in strawberry Kallol K.Pramanick India cultivation in hilly areas of India 4:00 A systems- based approach to safeguard the strawberry industry from virus diseases Ioannis Tzanetakis Arkansas 4:20 The national clean plant network for berries and certification Bob Martin, Zvezdana Pesic- Van Esbroeck Sue Sim Oregon North Carolina State Day 3 Thursday February 5, 2015
7:00 am 2:00 pm Registration open 7:00 am 8:00 am Continental breakfast 8:00 am- 5:00 pm Silent Auction, Posters and Exhibits open 8:00 am- 5:00 pm Concurrent Sessions. Tracks 1 &2 Day 3 - Track 1 San Miguel A Session Sponsored by Plant Sciences and Berry Genetics 8:00 Flowering tendencies in strawberry species in the USDA collection Kim Hummer Corvallis, Oregon 8:20 Multiple avenues to gender in strawberries Toktam Taghavi Guelph, Canada 8:40 Evaluation of strawberry genotypes for Chaetosiphon fragaefolii (strawberry aphid) Andrew.R. Jamieson AAFC, Kentville, NS, Canada preference 9:00 Breeding strawberries using a Fragaria Tomohiro Yanagi Japan chiloensis clone (CHI- 24-1) that initiates flower buds under 24- hr daylength 9:20 Breeding strawberry for high vitamin C and Bruno Mezzetti Italy folates content 9:40 International Strawberry Symposium 2016 André Gosselin Laval University Quebec, Canada 10:00 Break - Trade Show, Silent Auction and Posters Sponsored by Ultra Gro plant Food 10:20 Methyl anthranilate biosynthesis in Nir Dai Israel strawberry 10:40 Identification of SSRs associated with strawberry seasonality and runner production Kim Lewers USDA- ARS Beltsville 11:00 Screening for Anthracnose disease resistance in strawberry using a detached leaf assay 11:20 Improving gray mold management in strawberry though characterizing inoculum sources and Botrytis genetic diversity 11:40 Low UV- C radiation under dark conditions and application of biological control agents Melinda Miller- Butler Natalia Peres Fumiomi Takeda Poplarville, Mississippi Florida Kearneysville, West Virginia 12:00 Lunch Top of the Harbour 12 th Floor Sponsored by Quieden Company 1:30 Effect of mother plant distances in soilless Mohamed Ragab Egypt culture and transplant size on flowering and fruiting of field- grown strawberry 1:50 Improving dayneutral strawberry cultural practices in Ontario John Zandstra Guelph, Canada 2:10 The impact of application depth on fumigant behavior in raised bed systems for Ruijin (Ray) Qin Davis, CA strawberry production 2:30 Status of Macrophomina phaseolina on Steve T. Koike
strawberry in and preliminary characterization of the pathogen 2:50 Break - Trade Show, Silent Auction and Posters Sponsored by Crown Nursery 3:30 Recent research in angular leaf spot biology, detection, and control strategies Bill Turechek 3:50 Fusarium wilt of strawberry in : Tom R. Gordon Pathogen biology and options for management 4:10 Strawberry plant breeding for disease Mike Nelson tolerance in the post- methyl bromide era Fort Pierce, Florida Plant Sciences, Watsonville, CA Day 3 - Track 2 San Miguel B Sponsored by Cedar Point Nursery 8:00 Irrigation strategies for strawberry in mineral soils and in growing media: 4 years of trials in and Quebec 8:30 Doubling number of drip lines for water conservation during strawberry establishment 9:00 Reaction of strawberries under Maryland low- tunnels to three light- manipulating plastics Producing strawberries throughout the growing season in low tunnels 9:30 A primer on mineral nutrition of strawberry in Jean Caron Oleg Daugovish Kim Lewers Steve Poppe Mark Bolda Laval, Quebec, Canada Maryland Minnesota UC Watsonville 10:00 Break - Trade Show, Silent Auction and Posters Sponsored by - Agro- K Corporation 10:30 Experiences in raised bed trough (RaBeT) strawberry production Dwight Rowe 11:00 Integrated management of black root rot of Frank Louws strawberry: pathogen diversity and farming system solutions 11:30 Non- fumigant treatments and their Oleg Daugovish combinations affect soil pathogens and strawberry yield in Southern 12:00 LUNCH Sponsored by Quieden Company 1:30 Evaluating integrated pest management Hillary Thomas implementation in strawberry production 2:00 Integrating chemical, botanical, and microbial Surendra Dara solutions for managing strawberry pests Sun Grow Horticulture North Carolina Strawberry Commission UC San Luis Obispo 2:30 Biocontrol of spider mites in strawberry Anna D Howell 3:00 Break - Trade Show, Silent Auction and Posters 3:30 Biology and management of western tarnished Shimat V. Joseph plant bug in Northern Central Coast of 4:00 Integrated management of anthracnose of strawberry: detection, dynamics and Frank Louws North Carolina State University
recommendations 4:30 Evaluation of strawberry cultivars in Virginia Jayesh Samtani Virginia Tech Day 4 Friday February 6 th Breakfast on your own Bus tour Ventura County Berry Farms and Research Facilities Tour the fabulous strawberry production fields in the Oxnard district, led by Led by local and regional strawberry researchers. The day wraps up with a reception on the beach at the Crowne Plaza at 5:00 pm. Included for everyone in the registration fee. Lunch Sponsor