Eastern Shore Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Virginia Cooperative Extension
Department of Plant Pathology
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
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Wednesday, October 24
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8:00 - 9:00 AM
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Registration, Crown Royal Plaza, Williamsburg, VA (www.crowneplaza.com/williamsburg)
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9:00 - 9:15 AM
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Bus Loading and Departure
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10:00 - 10:30 AM
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Chesapeake Bay Bridge - Tunnel Trip with Tour (http://www.cbbt.com/)
Bathroom Break at CBBT/Eastern Shore Visitor's Center
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11:00 - 11:45 AM
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Tour of C&E Farms, Cheriton, VA
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12:15 - 1:15 PM
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Lunch at Eastville Inn, Eastville, VA (http://www.eastvilleinn.com/)
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1:45 - 2:30 PM
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Tour of Six L's / Kuzzen's Packaging House, Painter, VA
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3:00 - 4:00 PM
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Tour of Chatham Vineyards, Machipongo, VA (http://www.chathamvineyards.net/)
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4:30 - 6:30 PM
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Social and Dinner at the Barrier Island Center, Machipongo, VA
(http://www.barrierislandscenter.com/)
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6:30 - 8:30 PM
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Travel and arrival in Williamsburg, VA
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Thursday, October 25
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8:00 - 8:30 AM
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Registration and Setup
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8:30 - 8:40 AM
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Welcome and Housekeeping - Steve Rideout
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8:40 - 8:55 AM
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Tomato Industry in Virginia (Eastern Shore) - Bill
Shockley, Virginia Cooperative Extension, Northampton
County, Exmore, VA
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8:55 - 9:00 AM
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Tomato Industry in Virginia (Eastern Virginia) - Sam
Johnson, Virginia Cooperative Extension, Westmoreland
County, Montross, VA
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9:00 - 9:15 AM
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ESAREC - Henry Wilson, Director, Virginia Tech Eastern Shore AREC, Painter, VA
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9:15 - 9:30 AM
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History of Agriculture on the Eastern Shore of Virginia -
Butch Nottingham, Virginia Department of Agriculture and
Consumer Services, Onley, VA
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9:30 - 9:50 AM
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Tomato Safety Initiative - Capt. Thomas Hill, Environmental
Health Officer, Food & Drug Administration, Center for Food
Safety & Applied Nutrition, College Park, MD
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9:50 - 10:10 AM
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Thrips Management and Damage in Virginia - Tom Kuhar,
Virginia Tech Eastern Shore AREC, Painter, VA
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10:10 - 10:30 AM
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Break
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10:30 - 10:50 AM
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Agricultural Adjuvants - Matthew Shipp, Goldschmidt Chemical
Corporation, Hopewell, VA
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10:50 - 11:10 AM
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Prevention, Detection and Treatment of Diseased Tomato Seed
- Jeff Dodson, Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Oxnard, CA
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11:10 - 11:30 AM
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How effective is hydrochloric acid (HCl) treatment to
control Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis
contamination in tomato seed? - Prakash Pradhanang and
George Collier, HeinzSeed Company, Stockton, CA
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11:30 - 11:50 AM
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Pepino Mosaic Virus on Tomato Seed: Virus location,
Mechanical Transmission and Seed Treatment - Kai-Shu Ling,
USDA-ARS, U.S. Vegetable Laboratory, Charleston, SC.
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11:50 - 1:15 PM
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Lunch
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Industry Update
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1:15 - 1:30 PM
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Revus Top - a new fungicide for control of early blight and
late blight on tomatoes - Allison Tally, Syngenta Crop
Protection, Greensboro, NC
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1:30 - 1:40 PM
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Ranman Update - Sam Wilson, FMC Corporation, Cary, North Carolina
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1:40 - 1:50 PM
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The biostimulant effects of Ascophyllum nodosum as it affects
disease prevention - Phillip Ramsey, Acadian AgriTech, South
Boston, VA
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1:50 - 2:00 PM
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Arysta LifeSciences Update - Alan Kurtz, Arysta LifeSciences North America, Plymouth, IN
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2:00 - 2:10 PM
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Dow AgroSciences Update - Brian Olson, Dow AgroSciences, Geneva, NY
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2:10 - 2:20 PM
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Bayer CropScience Update - Franklin Dowless, Bayer CropScience, Courtland, VA
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2:20 - 2:30 PM
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Helena Update - Kenneth Waters, Helena Chemical Company, Brooklet, GA
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2:30 - 2:50 PM
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Field evaluation of processing tomatoes with resistance to
Fusarium wilt, race 3 - Gene Miyao, UC Cooperative
Extension, Yolo, CA.
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2:50 - 3:10 PM
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Break
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3:10 - 3:30 PM
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Control of bacterial tomato diseases on Virginia's Eastern
Shore - Steve Rideout, Christine Waldenmaier, and Mike
Mahovic, Virginia Tech Eastern Shore AREC, Painter, VA
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3:30 - 3:50 PM
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Integrating chemicals with host resistance for managing
bacterial disease on tomato - Kelly Ivors, Chris Holmberg
and Dreama Milks, North Carolina State University,
Fletcher, NC
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3:50 - 4:10 PM
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Evaluation of Lite Fungicides for Early Blight and Septoria
Leaf Spot Control and Pyramiding Fungicides with Genetic
Resistance - Thomas A. Zitter, Stella M. Zitter, and Jessica
L. Drennan, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
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4:10 - 4:30 PM
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Evaluation of soil and foliar treatments to I.D. factors
leading to vine decline during the fruit ripening period of
canning tomatoes in the Sacramento Valley - Gene Miyao, UC
Cooperative Extension, Yolo, CA
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4:30 - 4:50 PM
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Understanding FRAC and fungicide resistance management - Andy
Wyenandt, Rutgers AREC, Bridgeton, NJ
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4:50 - 5:00 PM
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Closing Remarks for the Day
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Friday, October 26
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8:30 - 8:50 AM
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High Tunnel Research and Grafting Tomatoes - Cary Rivard,
Suzanne O'Connell, Mary Peet and Frank Louws, North Carolina
State University, Raleigh, NC
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8:50 - 9:10 AM
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Greenhouse disease: Viroids..the latest in the saga - Karin
Tiftt, Eurofresh Farms, Willcox, AZ
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9:10 - 9:30 AM
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Tomato fruits Submerged in Water Become Predisposed to Sour
Rot - George M. Kariuki and Jerry A. Bartz, University of
Florida, Gainesville, FL
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9:30 - 9:50 AM
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Eastern Shore Post Harvest Decay Issues - Mike Mahovic,
Steve Rideout, and Christine Waldenmaier, Virginia Tech
Eastern Shore AREC, Painter, VA
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9:50 - 10:05 AM
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Evaluation of Commercial Media Containing Mycorrhizal Fungi in
Tomato - Meg McGrath, Cornell, Long Island Horticultural
Research & Extension Center, Riverhead, NY
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10:05 - 10:25 AM
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Break
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10:25 - 10:45
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Methyl Bromide Alternatives for Tomato Production - Rob
Welker, Jim Driver and Frank Louws, North Carolina State
University, Raleigh, NC
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10:45 - 11:00 AM
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Methyl Bromide Applications (Video) - David Langston, Coastal
Plain Exp. Station, University of Georgia, Tifton, GA
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11:00 - 11:20 AM
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Identification and mapping early blight resistance QTLs in a
S. esculentum X S. pimpinellifolium RIL population of tomato
- Hamid Ashrafi, The Pennsylvania State University,
University Park, PA
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11:20 - 11:40 AM
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Identification of Phytoplasmas Affecting Tomato in the US -
S. A. Miller, S. Elateek and M. L. Lewis Ivey, The Ohio State
University, OARDC, Wooster, OH
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11:40 - 12:00 PM
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Wrap up
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