Pre-Season Elba Muck Onion Grower Roundtable Meeting
Event Details
Date
March 23, 2023
Time
10:00 am - 12:00 noon
Location
Big O Farms
5520 North Byron Rd
Elba, NY 14058
Cost
FREE!
Host
Cornell Vegetable ProgramChristy Hoepting
585-721-6953
email Christy Hoepting
Attention Elba muck onion growers! Share your experiences as we provide our updates on our perennial sowthistle research, onion thrips and Iris yellow spot virus trials. Your input will help us develop research plans for the 2023 field season!
2.0 DEC recertification credits will be available in categories 1a, 10, and 23. This event is FREE!
AGENDA:
9:55 AM Sign up for DEC credits
Highlights from 2021-2022 perennial sowthistle research featuring Stinger, bicyclopyrone, Buctril and Chateau -- Christy Hoepting and Sarah Caldwell, CCE Cornell Vegetable Program
Highlights from onion thrips and Iris yellow spot virus trials in Elba muck, 2022, and research plans for 2023 field season -- Brian Nault and Lidia Komondy, Dept. of Entomology, Cornell AgriTech
12:00 NOON Adjourn, pick up DEC credits
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