Elba Muck Onion Growers Pre-Season Meeting: SLB in Transplants, Onion Thrips
Event Details
Date
March 10, 2025
Time
10:00 AM - 12:00 noon
Location
CY Farms Boardroom
6465 Transit Rd
Elba, NY 14058
Cost
FREE!
Host
Cornell Vegetable ProgramChristy Hoepting
585-721-6953
email Christy Hoepting

This meeting will provide muck onion growers with a heads-up prior to the 2025 growing season.
AGENDA
9:50 AM Sign up for DEC recertification credits
10:00 AM Stemphylium leaf blight in onion transplants and its effect on SLB epidemics and fungicide resistance -- Natalia Pineros Guerrero and Frank Hay, Dept. of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Cornell AgriTech
10:30 AM Onion thrips topics:
- Effectiveness of early applications of adulticide insecticide (e.g. Lannate) on control of onion thrips and Iris yellow spot virus (IYSV) -- Brian Nault, Dept. of Entomology, Cornell AgriTech
- Research initiative to understanding movement of thrips and implications for improved control with insecticides in Elba muck -- Brian Nault, Dept. of Entomology, Cornell AgriTech
11:30 AM Potential of My Efficient Vineyard (MyEV) App and weekly scouting data to map onion thrips pressure in Elba -- Sarah Mertson and Christy Hoepting, CCE Cornell Vegetable Program
12:00 PM Pick up DEC recertification credits
COST: FREE! No pre-registration required.

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