June 5 2024: Sustainable Horticulture Field Day

Sustainable Horticulture Field Day

When: Wednesday, June 05, 2024 – 8:30 AM - noon
Where: Oregon State University Lewis-Brown Farm, 33329 Peoria Rd. Corvallis OR
Directions: https://agsci.oregonstate.edu/lewis-brown-farm

This is a no-cost event, but please RSVP: https://forms.gle/LcsBcpAgeWy2t731A

Faculty from OSU’s Department of Horticulture will present their innovative approaches to horticultural production and insect and weed management strategies. Hosted by Marcelo Moretti, David King, Austin Freewert, and Linda Brewer, all of the Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University.

• 8:30 am Introductions and coffee
• 9:00 am Turf Management - Alec Kowaleski
• 9:15 am USDA Blueberry Repository Collection – Nahla Bassil and Carolyn Scagel
• 9:30 am Ride to blueberry lysimeter plot – First Stop
• 9:50 am Ornamental Plant Breeding – Ryan Contreras Lab
• 10:05 am Blueberry Irrigation – David Bryla and Scott Orr
• 10:20 am Bee Habitat Stewardship Tool (demonstration) – Andony Melathopoulos
• 10:35 am Honeybees – Ramesh Sagili
• 10:50 am Stinkbug Mating Disruption – Vaughn Walton and Edwin Harris
• 11: 05 am Walk to Organic Blueberry Plots – Second Stop
• 11:20 am Cover Crops – Nick Andrews
• 11:35 am Pulse Electric Field: Alternative to Soil Fumigation - Inga Zasada, Tatiana
• Bendetti, Jerry Weiland, Pamela Medeiros, Marcelo Moretti
• 11:50 am Electric Weed Control in Organic Blueberry – Marcelo Moretti Lab. Learn about a NIFA OREI funded research project on electric weed control!