Field Vegetable Session – Ontario Fruit & Vegetable Convention

Feb 20-21, 2013, Scotiabank Convention Centre, Niagara Falls, Ontario

 Wednesday, February 20, 2013 – AM

9:30 am  Cucurbit Disease Control Using Conventional and Air-Assisted Spray Technology, Jim Jasinski, Ohio State University

10:00 am  Natural Enemies in Vegetable Fields, Mary Gardiner, Ohio State University

10:30 am  Organic Management of Swede Midge – Update, Dr. Rebecca Hallett/Braden Evans, University of Guelph

11:00 am  Cucurbit Variety Trials, Jim Jasinski, Ohio State University

Wednesday, February 20, 2013 – PM

2:00 pm  Vegetable Disease Management in High Tunnels (organic and conventional), Dr. Beth Gugino, Pennsylvania State University

2:45 pm  Tomato Flavour, Dr. Jay Scott, University of Florida

3:30 pm  Food Safety, Phil Tocco, Michigan State University

Thursday, February 21, 2013 – AM

9:30 am  Soilborne Diseases of Vegetables, Dr. Beth Gugino, Pennsylvania State University

10: 00 am  Explaining Variability Between Fields, Dr. Ivan O’Halloran, Ridgetown Campus – Univ. of Guelph

10:45 am  Irrigation During a Drought: Find Out What Your Neighbour Did?, Donna Speranzini and Andrew Jamieson, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Thursday, February 21, 2013 – PM

2:00 pm  New field crop auxin herbicides and horticulture – US experience, Steve Smith, Red Gold, Indiana

2:30 pm  Spray Drift, Bob DeBrabandere, Western General Insurance

3:00 pm  Research updates:

• Perceived differences between imported and locally grown ethnic crops, Isabelle Lesschaeve, Vineland Research & Innov. Centre
• Assessment of postharvest regimes using a novel sensory approach to evaluate vegetable freshness, Amy Bowen – Vineland Research & Innov. Centre
• “Specialty Cropportunities”, OMAFRA – Simcoe Team
• Leek Moth Update, Marion Paibomesai, OMAFRA
• Tomato Pest Management Research, Cheryl Trueman, Ridgetown Campus
• N Loss and Cooking Oil on Cole Crops, Katelyn Congreves, University of Guelph

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