Agenda for 2018 Blueberry Education Workshop

2018 MISSISSIPPI BLUEBERRY EDUCATION WORKSHOP

January 23, 2018

1-5pm

MSU Forrest County Extension Office

952 Sullivan Drive

Hattiesburg, MS 

39401-2714

Time                      Author, Title

1:00-1:30pm       Registration (no charge, just sign in upon arrival)

1:30-1:50pm       Updated Research on Spotted Wing Drosophila

                                Dr. Blair Sampson

Research Entomologist

USDA-ARS Thad Cochran Southern Horticultural Laboratory, Poplarville, MS

1:50-2:10pm       I am GAPs certified- do I need additional training and documentation under FSMA?

Dr. Juan Silva

Professor, Food Processing

Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS

2:10-2:30pm       Proper Disease Sampling Techniques

Dr. Rebecca Melanson

Assistant Professor, Extension Plant Pathologist

Mississippi State University, Central MS Research and Extension Center, Raymond, MS

2:30-2:50pm       Break

2:50-3:10pm       Accelerating small fruit breeding through genetic technology

                                Dr. Ebrahiem Babiker

Research Geneticist

USDA-ARS Thad Cochran Southern Horticultural Laboratory, Poplarville, MS 

3:10-3:40pm       Potential of UAS (Drone) Technology in Agriculture

                                Louis Wasson

Senior Extension Associate, Unmanned Aerial Systems in Agriculture

Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS

3:40-4:00pm       Q&A, Evaluation

4:00pm                 Drone Demonstration