Managing Fire Blight and Apple Scab under Difficult Conditions – Pathogen Resistance and Conducive Weather
In-Depth Fruit School
Wednesday, March 14, 8:00 AM-5:00 PM Thursday, March 15, 8:00 AM-noon
Jordan Hall Auditorium, NYSAES
630 West North Street
Geneva, NY 14456
Broadcasted to remote site at Hudson Valley Lab via Polycom, hosted by Mike Fargione. Full registration required to attend remote location.
Featured speakers include:
- Dr. George Sundin, Michigan State University, has considerable experience with streptomycin resistant fire blight and how to manage it.
- Dr. Jay Norelli, USDA-ARS-AFRS, Kearneysville, returns to his Cornell roots with expertise in managing fire blight.
- Dr. Andrew Landers, Cornell University, will integrate his research on efficiency in spraying into management strategies for fire blight and apple scab.
- Dr. Dave Rosenberger, Cornell University, is widely experienced with all aspects of tree fruit production and their impacts on disease management.
- Dr. Lailiang Cheng, Cornell University, will share his breadth of knowledge in apple nutrition as it relates to physiological stress and crop improvement
- Dr. Timothy J Smith, Washington State University, will share experiences on the possibility for latent fire blight infections in nursery budwood.