Parking and registration is free and so is the barbeque lunch...
University of California Small Grains - Alfalfa/Forages Field Day
Thursday, May 11, 2017, UC Davis Agronomy Field Headquarters
2400 Hutchison Dr., Davis, CA 95616, Davis, CA
8:15-4:30 Includes Lunch
PCA Credits: Pending
CCA Credits: Pending
8:15am – Noon: Small Grains Field Day
7:45 Registration (no charge)
8:15am – Noon: Small Grains Program
8:15 Welcome and Introductions—Mark Lundy, CE Grain Cropping Systems Specialist
8:20 Overview of wheat breeding—Jorge Dubcovsky, UC Davis wheat breeder
8:25 California Wheat Commission remarks—Claudia Carter, Executive Director
8:30 California Crop Improvement Association remarks—John Palmer, Executive Director
8:35 Depart for field
Field Tour
9:00 – 11:30 Small grain variety evaluations, breeding, and management research
9:00 Common Wheat, Durum and Triticale variety evaluations: productivity and disease resistance—Mark Lundy and Nicholas George, UCCE/UCDavis
9:30 Barley breeding update—Alicia del Blanco, UC Davis
9:45 Wheat breeding update—Oswaldo Chicaiza, UC Davis
10:00 Common wheat lines with increased resistant starch, positive and negative effects on agronomic traits— André Schönhofen, UC Davis
10:15 Triticale breeding for breadmaking quality—Josh Hegarty, UC Davis
10:30 Root differences favoring flooding and drought tolerance—Tyson Howell, UC Davis
10:45 Research progress in grain yield components—Alejandra Alvarez/Junli Zhang, UC Davis
11:00 Barley & Common Collaborative variety evaluations: productivity and disease resistance— Mark Lundy and Nicholas George, UCCE/UCDavis
11:10 Malting barley market prospects—Konrad Mathesius, UCCE Sacramento Valley Agronomy Advisor
11:15 Research update: Nitrogen management for productive & high quality malting barley—Taylor Nelsen, UCDavis
11:25 Seeding rates in grain sorghum—Michelle Leinfelder-Miles, UCCE Delta Farm Advisor
11:35 Return for lunch
12:00 Barbeque Lunch
Many thanks to California Crop Improvement Association for the complementary lunch!
2017 UC Davis Alfalfa/Forages Field Day
Thursday, May 11, 12:30-4:30
12:30 Welcome and Introductions—Dan Putnam, UCCE/UCD Alfalfa Specialist
12:35 Appreciation for the Field Station Staff—Brad Hanson & Ted Dejong, UCCE/UC Davis
12:45 Key Activities for California Alfalfa & Forage Association—Jane Townsend, CAFA, Sacramento, CA
1:00 Field Tour:
1:05 Near-loss of Chlorpyrifos (Lorsban) – The story isn't over yet: pay attention to stewardship in alfalfa IPM! – Pete Goodell, UC IPM Program, Kearney Ag. Center, Parlier, CA
1:20 Implementing IPM in Alfalfa Production for insects, weeds and diseases – Rachael Long & Larry Godfrey, UCCE Yolo-Solano-Sacramento Counties, Woodland CA
1:35 Alfalfa Blogs- Electronic Communications on Pest Management of Interest to you!— Michelle Leinfelder-Miles, UCCE, Delta Region, CA
1:40 Developing cropping systems to maximize protein from alfalfa for human consumption – Dan Putnam, UC Davis, Davis, CA
2:05 Identifying the Bad Guys—Identifying Weeds Common in Sacramento Valley & What strategies makes sense Q&A –Brad Hanson, Weed Specialist, UC Davis.
2:20 Poisonous weeds in alfalfa – Nitrates, alkaloids and tannins: What are the key ones that affect animals?—Birgit Puschner, UC Veterinary College, UCD.
2:35 Estimating the true water needs of alfalfa and using ET to schedule Irrigations – Daniele Zaccaria, Irrigation Specialist, University of California, Davis, CA
2:50 Kura Clover – Introduction of a new crop – the importance of being patient – Dan Putnam, UC Forage Specialist, University of California, Davis, CA
2:55 Switchgrass Plantings for Biofuels—Dan Putnam, UC Davis
3:00 Choosing Alfalfa Varieties for Maximizing Pest Resistance and Yield—Dan Putnam, UC Davis
3:15 Low Lignin Alfalfa – A New Technology coming along - Current and Future UC Experiments – Brenda Perez, UC Graduate Student, UC Davis
3:30 Drip Irrigation Studies in Alfalfa—Ali Montazar, Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis
3:45 Breeding and Evaluation of Fall Dormancy in Alfalfa – Charlie Brummer,
4:00 Deficit Irrigation of Alfalfa and Interactions with varieties—James Radawich, UC Graduate Student, UC Davis
4:20 Return to Base
Directions: The field Day is located on Hutchison Road, Davis, just west of town. Take 113 exit north from I80 or 113 south from Woodland. Turn west on Hutchison Road, take a right at the first roundabout, left at the second roundabout, the Agronomy Headquarters is about ¼ mile in a clump of trees and buildings on your left. Parking and registration is free and so is the barbeque lunch.