The 2025 Florida Citrus Growers' Institute
Sponsors
Platinum
• Citrus Research and Development Foundation
• Syngenta Crop Protection
Gold
• Gowan
Silver
• FMC
• TradeMark Nitrogen
Bronze
• Agro-K
• Bayer Crop Science
• Tree Defender
• Valent
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Program Agenda
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
8:00 AM - Registration
8:25 AM - Welcome and Introductions -
Mr. Chris Oswalt, CES, Bartow, FL
8:30 AM - CRDF Program Update - Mrs. Morgan Porter, President, CRDF
[PDF Presentation]
8:45 AM - CREC Update - Dr. Michael Rogers, Center Director, UF/IFAS CREC
9:00 AM - Sponsor Product Update
9:10 AM - Findings of ACP Populations and its Natural Suppression in Citrus Blocks and Implications for its Management - Dr. Jawwad Qureshi, UF/IFAS SWFREC
9:30 AM - Achieving the Traditional Control Strategies through Biotechnological Approaches for Sustainability: Attack-and-Kill and Repellency to Control Asian Citrus Psyllid - Dr. Nabil Killiny, UF/IFAS CREC
[PDF Presentation]
9:50 AM - Research Update on Antibiotics and Bt Pesticidal Proteins - Dr. Lukasz Stelinski, UF/IFAS CREC
[PDF Presentation]
10:10 AM - Sponsor Product Update
10:20 AM - Break
10:35 AM - Sponsor Product Update
10:45 AM - Latest Results from Injection Trials - Dr. Ute Albrecht, UF/IFAS SWFREC
[PDF Presentation]
11:05 AM - An Update on Plant Growth Regulator Field Trials - Dr. Tripti Vashisth, UF/IFAS CREC
[PDF Presentation]
11:25 AM - UF/IFAS Crop Transformation Center: Science at the Service of Communities - Dr. Charlie Messina,
Crop Transformation Center, UF/IFAS Gainesville
[PDF Presentation]
11:45 PM - Sponsor Product Update
11:45 PM - Afternoon Preview
12:00 PM - Lunch
Activity and Demonstration Summaries
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