Citrus Mechanical Harvesting Field Day and Workshop
:: April 20, 2011

Getting Ready for Abscission

Southwest Florida Research and Education Center
Immokalee, FL

Agenda

7:30 am
Registration, coffee & refreshments

8:00 am
Welcome and program outline – Dr. John Dunckelman (UF/IFAS) and Dr. Fritz Roka, (UF/IFAS)

8:15 am
UF/IFAS Projects in Citrus Mechanical Harvesting & Abscission – Dr. Jackie Burns, (UF/IFAS)

8:30 am
Travel to SWFREC Concept Grove

• Over the Row Mechanical Harvester Demonstration (Video) - BEI Intl. & Oxbo, Intl.
• CMNP Sprayer Demonstration- Chemical Containers
• Abscission Pull-Force Demonstration- Dr. Tim Spann (UF/IFAS) and Dr. Bob Ebel (UF/IFAS)
• Tree Mapping Technology – Dr. Reza Ehsani (UF/IFAS)

10:15 am
Return to SWFREC Main Building

10:30 am
What Do We Know About CMNP - Taw Richardson (AgroSource, Inc.)
What We Hope to Learn From CMNP - Mark Trimmer (AgroSource, Inc.)

11:30 am
Canopy Uniformity, Fruit Recovery, and CMNP Value - Dr. Reza Ehsani (UF/IFAS), and Dr. Fritz Roka (UF/IFAS)

12:00 pm - Lunch/Evaluation

1:00 pm - Adjourn