2011 Conference Proceedings

Berry Crops

• Kestrel Perch Berries: A U-pick CSA - Katie Creeger
• Weather 101: Understanding Frost - Art DeGaetano
• Strawberry Root Problems - James LaMondia
• Evaluating Marketing Opportunities & Choosing Channels - Matthew LeRoux
• Leaf and soil tests on local berry farms - Molly Shaw

Cabbage & Other Cole Crops

• Combatting alternaria leaf spot in cole crops: New fungicides in the pipeline - Helene Dillard and Joi Strauss
• Feasibility of Managing Slugs in Cabbage - Christine Hoepting and Kathryn Klotzbach
• Introducing the new Swede midge website - Julie R. Kikkert and Christine A. Hoepting
• Cabbage Weed Management Research Report 2010 - Robin Bellinder and Glenn Evans
• Development of a new broccoli industry in the Eastern United States - Thomas Björkman
• Managing bacterial black rot with pesticides - Chris Smart and Holly Lange

Cover Crops & Soil Health

• Cornell Soil Health Test: New guidelines, packages of tests,l easier interpretation - Bianca N. Moebius-Clune Robert R. Schindelbeck, Harold M. van Es
• Evaluation of Cover Crops for Improving Root Health and Yield of Vegetables - George S. Abawi, Curt Petzoldt and Kundan Moktan
• Benefits of and best management practices for mustards and tillage radish cover crops - Thomas Björkman
• Rebuilding soils with Brassica cover crops - Dale J. Gies
• Whole Farm Approach of Soil and Plant Health at Roxbury Farm - Jean-Paul Courtens and Jody Bolluyt

Cultural Controls To Deal with Climate Change

• Harold van Es bio
• Climate change: Vulnerabilities, opportunities, and adaptation strategies for New York farmers - David W. Wolfe
• NYS Climate Action Planning for Agriculture - Ron Rausch
• Understanding past hydrometerorological events - Stephen Shaw

Direct Marketing

• When Disaster Strikes - Eric Toftegaard
• Farming – Good Food, Good Cause - TJ Tyler
• Varieties That Sell at Harris Seeds - Bill Russell

General Session

• Preparing the Next Generation to Take Over the Family Business - Bernie Erven

Greenhouse & Tunnels

• High Tunnel Hanging Baskets - Judson Reid, Kathryn Klotzbach and Nelson Hoover
• Pest Management in High Tunnel Winter Crops - Judson Reid and Kathryn Klotzbach
• Phytonutrient Crop Production in High Tunnels - Vincent Fritz

Hot Topics In Food Safety

• Produce GAPs Harmonization Initiative - David E. Gombas

Leafy Greens

• Managing Cercospora and Other Diseases of Leafy Greens - Ann Hazelrigg
• Growing organic mesclun and salad mixes in St. Alexis, Quebec - Richard S. Behm
• Producing leafy greens for a new CSA market - Benoît Duval

Management of Pre-Harvest Fruit Drop

• Mechanics of Drop Control in the orchard: Use of NAA, Retain and Harvista - S. A. Hoying and T.L. Robinson
• The Physiology of Apple Pre-harvest Fruit Drop - Terence Robinson

Onions & Garlic

• 2010 Season Report: Cornell Onion Breeding Program - Martha Mutschler, Peter Hyde, Nina Westerling, Stephen Southwick, and Darlene DeJong
• 2010 bloat nematode problem on garlic: Symptoms, distribution, and management guidelines - George S. Abawi and Kundan Moktan
• Relationship between nitrogen fertilizer rate, onion thrips and yield in New York - Cynthia Hsu, Stephen Reiners, Christy Hoepting, and Brian Nault
• Do tank mixes of insecticides and fungicides affect thrips control - Brian A. Nault, Cynthia L. Hsu and Christy A. Hoepting
• Studies of bacterial problems of onion in New York 2010 - Steven V. Beer, Ali M. Zaid and Jean M. Bonasera
• Using cultural practices to manage bacterial diseases and increase profitability of fresh market onions - Christine Hoepting, Kathryn Klotzbach, Judson Reid and Beth Gugino

Peas & Snap Beans

• Pea Root Rot and Results of Variety Evaluations - George S. Abawi, John W. Ludwig, and Kundan Motkan
• New York State 2010 processing pea cultivar trial summary - Stephen Reiners and James Ballerstein
• Weed management research in beets, carrots, sweet corn and snap beans 2010 - Robin Bellinder and Glenn Evans
• Phytophthora blight: A new disease of snap beans in NY - Christine Smart and Helene Dillard
• Asian soybean aphid as a vector for bean viruses: Why the biennial cycle? - J. Keith Waldron and Julie R. Kikkert

Potatoes

• Brassica green manure use in commercial potato production - Dale Gies
• Cis/intragenics: A different kind of genetic modification - Walter De Jong
• Golden Nematode Program Update - Daniel Kepich
• Potato varieties for table, chip and organic production - Donald E. Halseth
• The changing face of Potato virus Y: Why NY growers should be concerned about their source of seed potatoes - Stewart Gray
• Soil borne Pathogens and Potato Production - Helen Griffiths, Tom Zitter, Walter De Jong et al
  

Preparing for and caring for new tree fruit plantings

• Effects of crop load, fertilizer, and leader selection on new tree growth - S.A Hoying and R.L. Adams
• Managing Highly Feathered Apple Trees After Planting - T. Robinson S. Hoying, M. Fargione, M. Miranda, K. Iungerman and L. Dominguez
• Geneva apple rootstocks: disease and pest resistances, other characteristics and availability (Table) - G. Fazio, H.S. Aldwinckle and T.L. Robinson
• Preventing Fire Blight in New Apple Plantings - Herb Aldwinckle and Deborah Breth
• Identifying and addressing soil health constraints ini perennial crop systems - Harold van Es, Robert Schindelbeck, and Bianca Moebius-Clune

Reduced Tillage

• Reducing tillage in vegetable systems: Progress to date - Anu Rangarajan
• Transitioning to reduced tillage at Hemdale Farms - Casey Kunes
• Reduced tillage - Ronald Wagner

Sweet Corn

• Adapt-N: Incorporating weather, soils and management information to provide more precise in-season N recommendations for corn. - Harold M. van Es, Jeff Melkonian and Bianca Moebius-Clune
• The changing insect complex in sweet corn and how it affects management options - A. M. Shelton and Dan Olmstead

Tomatoes & Peppers

• Preliminary results of irrigation water sampling - Lisa A. Jones, Randy Worobo and Chris Smart
• Update on phytophthora resistant variety trials - Amara Dunn, Chris Smart, Michael Mazourek, and Holly Lange

Tree Fruit - Business & Labor Management

• Hiring the Right Person - Bernie Erven
• Developing and Using Job Descriptions - Bernie Erven
• Labor regulations and record keeping - Alison M. De Marree

Vine Crops

• Maximizing Yield and Eating Quality in Winter Squash: A Grower's Paradox - Brent Loy
• The potential for bumble bees to improve production of cucurbit crops - Brian A. Nault and Derek R. Artz
• Managing cucurbit mildews: New challenges and new opportunities - Margaret Tuttle McGrath