AD Makepeace Meeting Room
UMass Cranberry Station
1 State Bog Road
Easte Wareham, MA 02538
United States
TENTATIVE AGENDA
7:30 Check in starts, in-person coffee chat
7:45 Frost Update – Peter Jeranyama
8:00 WPS Requirements and Pesticide Safety – Marty Sylvia
8:25 Biopesticide Available in Cranberry – Crysta Taylor, Ocean Spray
8:50 Pesticide and Regulatory Updates – Katie Ghantous
9:10 New Insects, Old Insects – Marty Sylvia
9:40 Keeping Quality Forecast & Optimizing Fruit Rot Fungicides– Leela Uppala
10:00 **Coffee Break**
10:15 Strategies Against Cranberry Fruit Rot, Upright Dieback & Phytophthora Root Rot– Leela Uppala
10:45 Herbicide Use Patterns – Katie Ghantous
11:15 Pesticide reminders: spray intervals, zone II, and restrictions! – Marty Sylvia
11:30 Chemigation - Brian McGrath, AD Makepeace
TO ATTEND THE 2025 UMASS CRANBERRY PESTICIDE SAFETY MEETING:
- Registration fee $60 per person (must be postmarked by 4/18/25)
- After 4/18/25 please contact Robyn Hardy by phone or email to register and cost will be $75 per person.
Please contact Robyn Hardy at 508-970-7635 or rmhardy[at]umass[dot]edu (rmhardy[at]umass[dot]edu). for an email registration form to be sent to you to complete and return as soon as possible. In-person seating will go fast due to room capacity allowance. Once your form and payment are received, a confirmation email will be sent to each person confirming your selection of attendance via Zoom or in-person. The Zoom confirmation email will have a link to register online. All meeting attendees MUST pay to attend whether receiving credits or not.