Apple Crop Load Management Webinar
What Has PACMAN Delivered for North American apple growers? Key Advances in Precision Crop Load Management. ‘The Past, The Present, and The Future of PACMAN”
All North American growers are warmly invited to participate in a PACMAN (Precision Apple Crop Load Management) webinar featuring renowned scientists. After more than five years of scientific research and ground-truth evaluations, the latest PACMAN results will be presented. The webinar will also highlight new research directions and provide opportunities for collaboration as we plan the next phase of the PACMAN project in the coming years. Don’t miss this chance to learn about cutting-edge technologies and strategies that can help improve crop load management and orchard efficiency.
Agenda:
- 8:00–8:10am PST: Introduction to USDA-SCRI-PACMAN project – Terence Robinson, CU
- 8:10–8:30am PST: Optimum bud and fruit number of HC and Gala – Terence Robinson, CU
- 8:30–8:50am PST: Economics of thinning HC and Gala – Mauricio Guerra, CU
- 8:50–9:30am PST: Fruit Growth Rate Model results – Todd Einhorn, MSU; Tom Kon, NCS
- 9:30–9:50am PST: WA-38 crop load management – Stefano Musacchi, WSU
- 9:50–10:10am PST: Pollen Tube Growth Model improvements – Greg Peck, CU
- 10:10–10:30am PST: Engineering Results – Long He, PSU
- 10:30–11:00am PST: GPS and Variable Rate Spraying – Brian Lawrence, Yu Jiang, CU
- 11:00–11:20am PST: Extending the results of PCLM – Jon Clements, UMass
- 11:20–11:40am PST: Discussion
- 11:40am–12:00pm PST: Future SCRI proposal to continue PCLM – Yu Jiang and Terence Robinson, CU
