Pre-season apple thinning briefing for growers: Using PGR’s to optimize crop load for a profitable 2021
Thursday, March 18, 2021
12 noon to 2 PM
Via Zoom (pre-registration is required)
2 pesticide license recertification credits will be available
AGENDA
12 Noon - Introduction
Carbohydrate model and measuring fruitlets, it all adds up (enter metamitron) - Dr. Duane Greene (UMass Amherst)
Fruitlet growth rate model cookbook - Jon Clements (UMass Amherst)
Apple tree physiology: effect on thinning decisions - Dr. Poliana Francescatto (Valent Biosciences)
Exceed your late thinning expectations with Protone and Accede (coming soon) - Dr. Gregory Clarke (Valent USA)
Arrange your “off” year - Jim Scruggs/Drew Hubbard (Fine Americas)
Making your PGR applications work - Win Cowgill (Professor Emeritus, Rutgers University, and Win Enterprises International, LLC)
2 PM - Adjourn
Pre-registration required: https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJArd-yurzMiH9TB57LwSDMu7DyG7WjFgaxN
2 pesticide license recertification credits will be available
Price: FREE, but you must pre-register to attend
