Please Contact Aaron Tevik at atevik@arizona.edu to register or if you have any questions.
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Schedule of Online In-Service Training Lectures:
MONDAY January 4, 2016 - Tomato
11:00 - 12:00pm Greenhouse set-up (Chapter 3) - CEAC Classroom
- Basic components including environmental settings
- Crop layout
- Crop scheduling
1:00 - 2:00 pm Crop maintenance - Emphasis on tomatoes (Chapter 3) - CEAC Classroom
- Training & pruning
- Physiological disorders - leaves, stems, trusses (briefly, fruit)
- Factors controlling plant architecture
TUESDAY January 5, 2016 - Tomato
1:00 - 2:30 pm Flowers, pollination and the fruit - CEAC Classroom
- Bee hives / bee management (Chapter 7)
- Cluster maintenance (Chapter 8)
- Fruit problems (fresh fruit & Chapter 3)
- Harvest / grading / storage (Chapter 8)
WEDNESDAY January 6, 2016 - Tomato
9:15 - 12:00 pm Plant protection - CEAC Classroom (Chapter 4)
- Introduction to the pests: Insects, Mites & Diseases
- Integrated pest management (IPM)
THURSDAY January 7, 2016 -
9:15 - 11:00 am Plant nutrition basics - CEAC Classroom
- Tomato nutrients & deficiencies (Chapter 9)
- Nutrient delivery systems (Chapter 10)