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The 2024 Florida Citrus Growers' Institute

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Program Agenda

Tuesday, April 4, 2024

8:00 AM - Registration

8:25 AM - Welcome and Introductions -
Mr. Chris Oswalt, CES, Bartow, FL

The 2024 Florida Citrus Growers' Institute

8:30 AM - CREC Update - Dr. Michael Rogers, Center Director, UF/IFAS CREC
[PDF Presentation]

8:45 AM - CRDF Program Update - Mr. Rick Dantzler, COO, CRDF
[PDF Presentation]

Citrus Pest Management
Moderator: Dr. Mongi Zekri, CES, LaBelle, FL

9:00 AM - Mind your P’s and Q’s: The Phytophthora Quandary - Dr. Megan Dewdney, UF/IFAS CREC
[PDF Presentation]

9:30 AM - Developing Management for Bulimulus banariensis, an Emerging Snail Pest in Citrus - Dr. Lauren Diepenbrock, UF/IFAS CREC [PDF Presentation]

10:00 AM - Sponsor Product Update

10:10 AM - Break

Citrus Horticulture

10:25 AM - Sponsor Product Update

10:35 AM - Update on Trunk Injection - Dr. Ute Albrecht, UF/IFAS SWFREC
[PDF Presentation]

11:05 AM - Irrigation to Improve Health and Productivity of HLB-affected Trees - Dr. Tripti Vashisth, UF/IFAS CREC
[PDF Presentation]

11:35 AM - Optimal Weed Control in Citrus: Latest on Chemical Strategies and Non-Chemical Alternatives - Dr. Ramdas Kanissery, UF/IFAS SWFREC [PDF Presentation]

12:05 PM - Sponsor Product Update

12:15 PM - Lunch

Moderator: Dr. Michael Rogers: UF/IFAS CREC

1:15 PM - Sponsor Product Update

1:25 PM - Use of Interstocks for HLB Management - Dr. Manjul Dutt, UF/IFAS CREC
[PDF Presentation]

Citrus Nutrient Management

1:55 PM - UF/IFAS Nutrient Management Renaissance - Dr. Tom Obreza, UF/IFAS Soil, Water & Ecosystem Sciences, Gainesville
[PDF Presentation]

2:15 PM - An Update on Citrus N and BMP Statewide Trials - Dr. Davie Kadyampakeni, UF/IFAS CREC
[PDF Presentation]

2:35 PM - Use of Silicon Fertilizer in Citrus Production - Dr. Shahid Muhammad, UF/IFAS NFREC
[PDF Presentation]

2:55 PM - Program Drawing

3:00 PM - Adjourn

CES: Cooperative Extension Service

COO: Chief Operating Officer

CRDF: Citrus Research and Development
Foundation

CREC: Citrus Research & Education Center,
Lake Alfred, FL

SWFREC: Southwest Florida Research &
Education Center, Immokalee, FL

NFREC: North Florida Research &
Education Center, Quincy, FL

UF/IFAS: University of Florida, Institute of
Food and Agricultural Sciences

The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) is an Equal Opportunity Institution.