8:35 INDUSTRY UPDATES: What’s New for 2004?
9:00 MORNING SESSION I: “Pest Management Strategies”
Moderator: Leon Church
9:00 Dr. Harold Kaufman – Powdery Mildew Control in Pumpkins
& Cantaloupes
9:20 Mr. Tim Brubaker – Biologicals for Disease Control: Snake
Oils or the Real Thing?
9:40 Dr. Pat Porter – Annual Variation in Corn Earworm Susceptibility
to Insecticides
10:00 Monti Vandiver – IPM for Black-Eye Pea Production on
the High Plains
10:20 BREAK / VISIT EXHIBITOR DISPLAYS & POSTERS
11:00 MORNING SESSION II: “Thinking Alternatively to Maximize
Your Business”
Moderator: Russ Wallace
11:00 Dr. Dan Lineberger – Using the Web as a Business Tool
in the Fruit & Vegetable
Industries – I’ve Changed My Mind!
11:30 Dr. Carol Miles – New Crops, New Markets
12:15 LUNCH
1:00 AFTERNOON SESSION I: “Regulatory Issues in Vegetable
Crops”
Moderator: Steve Davis
1:00 Dr. Al Wagner – Food Safety Issues for 2004 and Beyond
1:30 Texas Dept. of Ag. – 2004 Update on Pesticide Laws and
Regulations
1:50 Mr. Ray Prewett – COOL Regulation Updates
2:10 BREAK / VISIT EXHIBITOR DISPLAYS & POSTERS
3:00 AFTERNOON SESSION II: “Crop Production Strategies”
Moderator: Monti Vandiver
3:00 Dr. Dana Porter – Feasibility and Benefits of Drip Irrigation
in Vegetables
3:20 Dr. Thayne Montague – Water Use Efficiency in Plants
3:40 Dr. Frank Dainello – Fertility for Vegetable Crop Production
4:00 Dr. Russ Wallace – Weed Control with Sandea in Vegetable
Crops
4:20 WRAP-UP
4:30 VISIT EXHIBITOR DISPLAYS & POSTERS
5:00 ADJOURN (EXHIBIT BREAKDOWN)
For more information contact: Dr. Russ Wallace (806) 746-6101
