2023 Seminar Program


8:00 a.m.              

Registration Opens/Breakfast Served                     

9:00 a.m.               

Welcome | Frank Giles, AgNet Media, Scott Adkins, USDA, ARS, Ronald Cave, UF/IFAS, Doug Bournique, Indian River Citrus League

9:05 a.m.               

USDA, ARS, USHRL: Focused on Specialty Crop Production | Scott Adkins, USDA, ARS         

9:15 a.m.               

The Next Era in Florida Citrus | Scott Angle, UF/IFAS     

9:30 a.m.               

Seeking Game Changers and Antimicrobials in the HLB Fight | Rick Dantzler, Citrus Research and Development Foundation      

9:50 a.m.               

Plant Nutrition: Supply, Demand and Regulatory Landscape | Jason Troendle, The Fertilizer Institute

10:20 a.m.            

Land-Use Trends on Treasure Coast and Surrounding Areas | Tom Lanahan, Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council/Jeff Cusson SVN, Dean Saunder  

10:50 a.m.            

The Future of Ag Water Policy Under Commissioner Wilton Simpson | Lisa Jenson, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

11:10 a.m.            

LUNCH/BREAK | Canine Detection Demonstration, Scott Adkins, USDA, ARS

              

Citrus Sessions

2:00 p.m.     

UF/IFAS Updates on New Citrus Nutrient Recommendations | Kelly Morgan, UF/IFAS  

2:10 p.m.               

Potential of PGRs in Rejuvenating HLB-Affected Fresh Varieties | Tripti Vashith, UF/IFAS 

2:20 p.m.               

Rapid Selection and Evaluation of Citrus Bud-Sports for HLB Resistance/Tolerance | Yong Ping Duan, USDA, ARS       

2:30 p.m.               

Moving New HLB Therapeutics to the Grove and Growers | Michelle Heck, USDA, ARS    

2:40 p.m.               

Potential HLB-Tolerant Citrus Hybrids for Orange Juice | Anne Plotto, USDA, ARS         

2:50 p.m.               

High-Throughput Phenotyping Citrus by Drone: UF/IFAS Field Trials Update | John Chater, UF/IFAS               

3:00 p.m.               Q&A                     

3:10 p.m.   

New Diagnostic Kit for Lebbeck Mealybug |             Muhammad (Zee) Ahmed, USDA, ARS

3:20 p.m.               

New UF/IFAS Citrus Scions and Rootstocks | Jude Grosser, UF/IFAS  

3:30 p.m.               

Two New SuperSour Rootstocks with Exceptional Field Performance | Kim Bowman, USDA, ARS       

3:40 p.m.               

New Citrus Scion Selections from USDA, ARS Breeding Program | Matt Mattia, USDA, ARS         

3:50 p.m.               

Performance of Grapefruit Scion/Rootstock Combinations in IRREC Millenium Block | Mark Ritenour, UF/IFAS   

4:00 p.m.                Q&A                     

Vegetable and Specialty Crop Sessions

2:00 p.m.               

Thrips parvispinus – New invasive thrips attacking vegetables, ornamental nurseries and landscapes in Florida | Cindy McKenzie, USDA, ARS

2:10 p.m.               

The biggest threats of Thrips parvispinus in Florida | Muhammad (Zee) Ahmed, USDA, ARS

2:20 p.m.               

UF/IFAS South Florida Commercial Vegetable Extension Update | Anna Mészáros, UF/IFAS, Craig Frey, UF/IFAS

2:30 p.m.               

How to Mitigate Insecticide Resistance | Julien Beuzelin, UF/IFAS

2:40 p.m.               

Opportunities for Areawide Management of Whitefly and Whitefly-Transmitted Viruses | William W. Turechek, USDA, ARS

2:50 p.m.               

What’s New in Vegetable Viruses and Detector Dogs | Scott Adkins, USDA, ARS

3:00 p.m.               Q&A                     

3:10 p.m.               

Weed Management: Why Don’t my Herbicides Work? | Nathan Boyd, UF/IFAS

3:20 p.m.               

BMP Update: Where Nutrient Recommendations Stand | Sanjay Shukla, UF/IFAS

3:30 p.m.               

Artificial Intelligence and Precision Agriculture in Vegetable Production | Yiannis Ampatzidis, UF/IFAS

3:40 p.m.               

Nematode Management in Vegetables: The Old and the New | Johan Desaeger, UF/IFAS

3:50 p.m.               

Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation for Buffer Zones and Organic Production | Erin Rosskopf, USDA, ARS

4:00 p.m.                Q&A