PLANT DOCTORnet
 18th Annual TOMATO DISEASE WORKSHOP
         December 5-6, 2002
                  Holiday Inn Capitol Plaza –Sacramento, California

------PROGRAM------


December 5, 2002 (Thursday)

7:30-8:30 AM        Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30-8:40 AM        Welcome
            Hasan Bolkan, Campbell R&D, Davis
            James Brooks, Campbell R&D, Davis

8:40-8:45 AM        House Keeping
            Dennis Larsen, Campbell R&D, Davis

8:45-12:00 PM    Session 1: FUNGAL DISEASES
            Moderator: Hasan Bolkan, Campbell R&D, Davis

8:45-9:15 AM        California Tomato Production
            Chuck Rivara, California Tomato Research Institute (CTRI)

9:15-9:45 AM        Epidemiology of Foot Rot (Fusarium solani) in California
            Mike Davis, University of California, Davis

9:45-10:00 AM    Fungicide Control of Fusarium solani as a Transplant Root Dip Treatment: A 2002 Progress Report. Gene Miyao, UC Coop Ext; Mike Davis, UC Davis; and Bob Mulen, UC Coop Ext.

10:00-10:15 AM    Modernizing the Delivery of TOM-CAST
    Ron Pitblado, Ridgetown College, Ontario, Canada
   
10:15 –10:30 AM    Break – Refreshments

10:30-10:45 AM    Control of Black Mold Disease Caused by Alternaria alternata in Processing Tomatoes considering Heat Unit accumulation and Weather Variables to Schedule Azoxystrobin Applications in Sinaloa, Mexico. Ruben Felix, Universidad de Occidental, Los Mochis, Sinalo, Mexico; and Carlos A. Galvez-Figueroa, Agridiagnosticos, Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico.


10:45-11:00 AM    Control of Major Fungal Diseases of Processing Tomatoes and Effect on Yield Using Different IPM Programs Under Commercial Conditions. Necip Tosun and Hikmet Saygili, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey.

11:00-11:15 AM    Different species of Alternaria are responsible for early blight of tomato and potato. Thomas A. Zitter and Jennifer T. Frazer, Cornel University.

11:15-11:30 AM    Recent research in the control of Tomato Powdery Mildew (Heveillula taurica) in the Northern San Joaquin Valley. Robert, J. Mullen. University of California Cooperative Extension.

11:30-11:45 AM    Control of Tomato Powdery Mildew using milk and lactose. Victoria L. Smith. Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station.

11:45-12:00 AM    Deployment strategies for Late Blight and Early Blight Resistance in tomato. Martha A. Mutschler, Min Jea Kim and Thomas Zitter. Cornell University.

12:00-01:30 PM    LUNCH

01:30-04:00 PM    SESSION 2 – BACTERIAL DISEASES
    Moderator:  Sally Miller

 1:30-02:00 PM    Breeding for Bacterial Spot Disease
    David Francis, Ohio State University

 2:00-02:15 PM    Integrated Management of Bacterial Spot on Tomato
    Tim Momol, Jeff Jones, and Steve Olson. University of Florida

02:15-02:30 PM    Investigation of recent outbreaks of Bacterial Canker Disease in California. Q.J. Shi, R.M. Davis and R.L. Gilbertson, University of California Davis

2:30- 2:45 PM     Rapid Detection of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis and Ralstonia solonacearum. Barbara Schoedel, Agdia Inc., Elkhart, Indiana

3:00-3:15 PM    Break- Refreshments


3:15-3:30 PM    Identifying and overcoming problems associated with detection of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis in tomato seeds. A. M. Alvarez and W.S. Kaneshiro, University of Hawaii.

3:30 – 3:45 PM    Evaluation of AgDia BID and dipstick immunoassays for Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis. S. A. Miller, M.L. Lewis Ivey, A.M. Alvarez2, and W.S. Kaneshiro2. Ohio State University and 2University of Hawaii.

3:45 – 4:00 PM    Effect of StbX, a product of Source Tech Bio, on Botrytis Gray Mold and Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis on tomato seedlings in the Greenhouse. M.L. Lewis Ivey and S.A Miller, Ohio State University - OARDC

4:00 - $:15 PM


December 6, 2002 (Friday)

7:30-8:30 AM        Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30-10:15 AM    Session 3: Viral Diseases/ Industry/New Products
            Moderator: James Brooks

8:30-9:00 AM    Emerging and re-emerging tomato viruses: Do any pose a threat to California production? R.L. Gilbertson, University of California Davis

9:00-9:30 AM    California Tomato IPM Programs. F. Zalom, University of California Davis

9:30-9:45 AM    Management of tomato chlorosis and tomato infectious chlorosis viruses in field and greenhouse production. William M. Wintermantel, USDA-ARS, 1636 East Alisal street, Salinas, CA 93905

9:45-10:15 AM    Current and New Technologies for Detection of Seedborne Pathogens of Tomatoes.  Anne M. Van Buren, STA Laboratories, Inc.

10:15-10:30 AM    Tanos A New Broad-Spectrum Fungicide for Tomatoes.
Roydean Armstrong, DuPont, Newark

10:30-10:45 AM     Closing and Location of the Next workshop. H Bolkan, Campbell R&D, Davis

   
10:45-11:15 AM    Refreshments

                        ----Bring Power Point Presentations on a CD-------

11:15- 6:00 PM    Napa Valley Wine tour (40 reservations required)



Major Sponsors: Campbell’s Seeds/Campbell Soup Company

Sponsors:
Ag Seeds Unlimited                            Sunseeds Company       
TS&L Seed Company                        Harris Moran Seed Co.
Sakata Seeds                                     California Seed and Plant Lab
The Morning Star Packing Co.            Colusa Canning Co.
Del Monte Foods                               Orsetti Seed Company, Inc.
Heinz                                                 Ingomar Packing Company
Syngenta                                            STA Laboratories, Inc.





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