Wednesday 8:30AM – 4:00 PM

Johnson Auditorium of Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute in Ft. Pierce, FL (North of Ft. Pierce on US 1, look for the sign north of Indrio Rd.)

Free Registration 8:20-8:50

8:50-8:55 Welcome - Bobby Sexton, President of the Indian River Citrus League

9:00-9:10 The Never Ending Struggle with Pests! An update on citrus canker. Tim Gottwald, USDA, Ft. Pierce.

9:15-9:35 Effect of soil type on Diaprepes control with nematodes. Larry Duncan, UF, Lake Alfred

9:40-10:00 New approaches to controlling root weevil larvae with bacterial pathogens. Allen Weathersbee, USDA, Ft. Pierce

10:05-10:30 Greasy spot and melanose - biology and control. Pete Timmer, UF, Lake Alfred

10:35-10:55 Break - Refreshments provided by Dupont and Freshco

*Drawing for Door Prize at 10:55, you have to be seated in auditorium to win!*

11:00-11:20 Alternative measures for fruit fly control: Carib fly management with residential neighbors and options for future Med-fly control. Herb Nigg, UF, Lake Alfred

11:25-11:40 Reports on using Entonet. Nick Morris, Blue Goose Growers; Dave Bass, Sexton Grove Service

11:45-12:00 Update on BMPs Why we all have to take the BMPs seriously – Stan Carter ->>details on BMP cost-sharing will be available

12:00 Free Lunch - Sunrise New Holland Tractor hosts a barbecue for IR Citrus Seminar participants

1:05-1:40 Update on nutritional sprays, where do we know they work? Ed Stover, UF, Ft. Pierce

1:45-2:05 Irrigation strategies to minimize effects of salinity. Brian Boman, UF, Ft. Pierce

2:10-2:25 Experience with mechanical harvesting in the Indian River. George Pantuso

2:30-2:50 Update on the Indian River Lagoon Feasibility Study Project - when will it happen, and how will IR citrus be affected? (Proposed maps will also be posted in the lobby.) Dave Unsell, IRL Feasibility Study Project Manager, SFWMD

2:50 Break - *CEU forms should be handed in to the receptionist.*  Citrus juice provided by Freshco

3:05-4:00 Industry experience with sour orange rootstock substitutes on heavy soils. Industry Panel: Peter McClure, Pete Spyke, Jeff Cusson, and Randy Sexton.

*CEU forms will be signed and returned after the last presentation!*

O.C. Minton Hall of Indian River Research and Education Center

Marketing Florida Fresh Citrus

8:20-8:40 Future directions for DOC- How can it make a difference for Florida fresh fruit? Dan Richey, Chairman of the Florida Citrus Commission

8:45-9:05 New leadership for the Florida Department of Citrus. Bob Crawford, Executive Director of DOC

9:10-9:30 Developing the China market- consumer preferences and barrier to entry. Ivy Leventhal, Director of International Marketing, DOC

9:35-9:55 Projecting effects of CTV on grapefruit production for the next ten years. Mark Brown, DOC, Gainesville.

10:00-10:15 Break - Citrus juice provided by Freshco

*Drawing for Door Prize at 10:15, you have to be seated in auditorium to win!*

10:20-10:40 Changes in produce marketing-what do they mean for Florida citrus? Suzanne Thornsbury, UF, Ft. Pierce

10:45-11:05 Potential marketing advantage of -low spray environmentally friendly citrus production. Michel Sallin, President & CEO of IMG Citrus

Coordination of Citrus Research

11:10-12:00 Benefits of inter- and intrastate coordination of citrus research, and developing political power in agricultural commodity groups to enhance coordination. Ted Batkin, President of the California Citrus Research Board

Out-of-state speaker sponsored fully by FACTS (a 501c3 foundation working in the interest of Florida agriculture)