Florida tomato growers should mark their calendars for the Florida Tomato Field Day, scheduled for Thursday, May 15 at the Gulf Coast Research and Education Center in Wimauma, Florida.
Multiple scientists from the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, including entomologist Hugh Smith, tomato breeder Jessica Chitwood-Brown, plant pathologist Gary Vallad, weed scientist Nathan Boyd, horticulturalist Shinsuke Agehara and nematologist Johan Desaeger will be in attendance to discuss various topics that impact the tomato industry.
Such topics include whitefly insecticide susceptibility, tomato breeding, fumigants as a weed management tool, root-knot nematode management and integration of controlled-release fertilizers and biostimulants and pathology field trials.
The event will be held from 9 a.m. to noon. Contact Craig Frey (craigfrey@ufl.edu) for more details.
The Gulf Coast Research and Education Center is located at 14625 CR 672, Wimauma, Florida, 33598.
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