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2012 Educational Programs

Insect ID, Scouting, Spray Evaluation, and Resistance Management
May 24, 2012 Monrovia Nursery, Woodlake CA

Effective Use of Pesticides to Produce Ornamental Plants While Protecting Water Quality
(1/2 day English, 1/2 day Spanish)
June 5, 2012 Ventura

Risk Management Workshop for Nursery and Greenhouse Managers (Long Beach)
June 12, 2012 Long Beach

Risk Management Workshop for Nursery and Greenhouse Managers (Watsonville)
June 26, 2012 Watsonville

ABCs of Horticulture in English full day
July 11, 2012 San Marcos CfAHR

ABCs of Horticulture in Spanish full day
July 12, 2012 San Marcos CfAHR

Water Alliance Conference
August 21, 2012 UC Davis

Erosion and Pesticide Runoff Management in Nurseries
September 27, 2012 Watsonville

Disease Management Symposium
October 25, 2012 Watsonville

Water Quality Management
TBD, Carpinteria

BMPs for Pests and Diseases
TBD, Northern California
TBD, Southern California

Presentations now available for viewing
Biological Control in Ornamental Plant Production Symposium
January 18, 2012 San Marcos CA

News and Announcements

Central Coast Water Board - 2012 Agricultural Order
On March 15, 2012, the Central Coast Water Board adopted updated requirements for irrigated agriculture (Order #R3-2012-0011). The updated requirements are now in effect. These downloadable flyers contain information about the Order: 1) Flyer about the updated order (English and Spanish), 2) List of upcoming grower workshop dates (English and Spanish), 3) Frequently asked questions (English) and 4) Frequently asked questions (Spanish)

For your information, if a landowner and/or operator has NOT yet enrolled their farms in the Ag Order by submitting an electronic Notice of Intent (eNOI), they must do so by May 15, 2012 to be in compliance. More detailed information about the Ag Order, enrollment and eNOI information is located on the Water Board's web site at: http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralcoast/water_issues/programs/ag_waivers/index.shtml

The Water Education Alliance for Horticulture helps growers conserve irrigation water and manage water quality issues. View recent presentations from workshops and webinars: http://www.watereducationalliance.org/video.asp

DPR Continuing Education Info

CCA Continuing Education Info

LA Irrigated Lands Group Info

LA Regional Water Quality Control Board Conditional Waiver Info

Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board Conditional Waiver Info

About UCNFA (formerly CORF)

Beginning in 2010, the University of California Nursery and Floriculture Alliance (UCNFA) will be the name for the organization formerly known as the California Ornamental Research Federation (CORF). This will reflect the outreach program's expanding focus to include all aspects of the California nursery and floriculture industry.

The University of California Nursery and Floriculture Alliance (UCNFA) aims to serve the educational needs of the various agricultural production industries in California that produce greenhouse ornamental crops and outdoor nursery products.

Prior to 2008, the management of UCNFA was through the Kee Kitayama Research Foundation (www.kkrf.org) and the California Cut Flower Commission (www.ccfc.org). During 2008 this management was moved to the University of California.

From the UC Blogosphere...

Katydid, Katy Didn't
Posted 5/18/2012 - My late father, who called me "Katydid," loved poetry.Decades after he passed, a cousin gave me a set of his books from his childhood home. One was "The Early Poems of Oliver Wendell Holmes," published in 1899 by T. Y. Crowell and Company.In it is a...

A Pomegranate Kind of Day
Posted 5/17/2012 - It was a pomegranate kind of day. Red, bright and wonderful.The papery-thin reddish blossoms in our yard draw both beneficial and pestiferous insects. Honey bees are there for the pollen and nectar; ladybugs are there for the pesky aphids. Occasionally...

Shirley Luckhart: Outstanding Mentor
Posted 5/16/2012 - The honor is so well deserved. UC Davis molecular biologist Shirley Luckhart, professor of Medical Microbiology and Immunology (MMI) and a graduate student advisor with the UC Davis Department of Entomology, has just received a 2012 Outstanding...

Directors:

Loren Oki
Department of Plant Sciences
UC Davis

David Fujino
California Center for Urban Horticulture
UC Davis

Program Representative:
Linda Dodge
Department of Plant Sciences
UC Davis

Event Coordinator:
Sally Mohr
Department of Plant Sciences
UC Davis

UCNFA Partners:

San Diego Chapter