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Southwest Research and Extension Center
362 Hwy 174 N. Hope, AR
June 5 2008
3:00 - 8 pm
Please RSVP by May 25
You are invited to attend 2008 Horticulture
Field Day at the University of Arkansas Southwest Research & Extension Center on
June 5 2008, 3:30-8pm. After the field tour and dinner we will have a plant
disease clinic. Bring your problem plants for diagnosis by Sherrie Smith.
Horticultural research at this
experiment station began in 1928. The current research program includes variety
testing of peaches, blackberries, blueberries, and ornamental plants. Information gained from these trials is used to provide variety recommendations
to farmers and home-owners. You will get first-hand information from the breeder
and specialist.
Other major research programs at S.W.R.E.C. are in the areas of Beef , Forages, Forestry, and Plant Pathology.
The station is also home of the Nematode Diagnostic Clinic.
Registration is $8.
Program
June 5, 2008
3:00 pm - Welcome- Station Director
Field Tour
The following presentations will be
given in the field:
3:20 pm - ‘Blackberry and Peach
Breeding Update’ - Dr. John R. Clark, Professor,
Fruit Breeding
3:50 pm - ‘Fertilizer recommendation for Southern Orchard’ - Dr. Elena Garcia, Extension
Fruit Specialist
4:20 pm - ‘How to pick up right plants
for southern Arkansas Yard’ - Dr. Jon Lindstrom,
Professor, Horticulture
4:50 pm– “Manage Tomato Nematode with Biofumigation Crops - Dr. Terry, Kirkpatrick,
Professor, Plant pathology
5:20 pm - ‘Lawn and turf Weed
management’ - Qingfang Chen, program
associate
Return to the main building for the
following:
5:50 pm - Vegetable garden disease
management - Sherrie Smith, Director of
Plant Disease Clinic, Lonoke
6:20 pm - Barbecue Dinner
After dinner, Sherrie Smith, Director of the
Plant Disease Clinic in Lonoke, Arkansas and Ronnie Bateman, Director of the
Arkansas Nematode Diagnostic Clinic at Hope will host a "walk-in" plant disease
clinic. Feel free to bring specimens from your home, garden, or lawn for
diagnosis and suggestions for how to correct the problems."
PLEASE R.S.V.P. by May 25 by contacting (870) 777-9702 ext. 109 or
Qchen@uaex.edu.
Please let us know if you require handicap
accessibility
Directions to the Station
From I-30 East (Little Rock):
Take Emmet exit 36. Go left at end of ramp. At Y
junction go right onto Hwy 174 N. Follow road approx. 2 miles. Station will be
on your right.
From I-30 West (Texarkana)
Take Hope exit 31. Go left at end of ramp. Take
left at first light onto Bill Clinton Expressway (KFC is on corner). Take
second left onto Experiment Station Road. At T junction go left onto Hwy 174
N. Station will be immediately to your left.
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