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