Field Day 2024 Information and Handouts

Strawberry Center 8th Annual Field Day
Thursday • August 8, 2024

Over 600 strawberry growers, researchers and industry representatives from all over California (and beyond) gathered again this year for the 8th annual Strawberry Center Field Day! Participants rotated through Automation, Entomology and Plant Pathology stations, hearing from Cal Poly students and staff about the latest research taking place at the Strawberry Center. Topics ranged from the newest automation technology to predatory mites to soil-borne pathogens of strawberry, and much more! Lunch by Taco Man was provided.

General questions or inquiries? Email us @ strawberrycenter@calpoly.edu

FIELD DAY 2024 HANDOUTS 

Complete Field Day 2024 Handout Booklet (PDF)
Field Day Agenda  (PDF) 
2024 Sponsors Sheet (PDF)
2024 In-Kind Donors Sheet (PDF)

Platinum Sponsor Handouts

• JH Biotech, Inc.
• Plant Sciences, Inc. 
• Lassen Canyon Nursery 
• Rovensa Next
• aerialPLOT
   

Gold Sponsor Handouts

• FMC 
• BioWorks
• Lytone Enterprise
• RYP Labs 
• AEF Global
• AfriKelp 
• GroPro
• SQM
• AEA
• Agrofocal
• BitWise 
• Liventia 
• Corteva
• YARA
• Good Farms
• Hortau
• BASF
• California Marine Sanctuary Foundation
• California Fruit & Vegetable Magazine
• AGP4 Farms 
• Biobee 
   

Individual Presentation Handouts (PDFs) 

1. Susceptibility to Macrophomina root rot and Verticillium wilt in 63 cultivars and advanced breeding lines
2. CA survey of Botrytis fruit rot in Santa Maria strawberry fields with and without fungicides
3. Update on Fusarium wilt race 2
4. Effects of drought and salt stresses on Macrophomina root rot development in strawberry
5. Fungicide resistance and efficacy against Botrytis gray mold and efficacy against powdery mildew
6. Cultivar host resistance to powdery mildew
7. Strawberry disease diagnostic service: 2023 and 2024 summary
8. California soilborne pathogen surveys
9. Investigating emerging diseases in California strawberries
10. Mechanical plastic mulch removal
11. Evaluation of miticides for control of two-spotted spider mites
12. Miticide resistance monitoring of two-spotted spider mites
13. Evaluation of insecticides for control of Lygus
14. Insecticide resistance monitoring of Lygus
15. Lygus bug monitor 
16. Operation aid system and spray rig
17. Hoop house arch remover
18. Heated hole puncher
19. Laser runner cutter & platform guidance system
20. Mechanical runner cutter 

FIELD DAY 2024 MEDIA COVERAGE 
 

California Strawberry Commission: Field Day 2024 "Preview"

KSBY Coverage: Heated Hole Puncher at the 2024 Field Day
Article: "New technologies being developed locally to advance strawberry industry" 

The Packer: "California Strawberry Commission showcases environmental stewardship at field day"

Thank you to our 2024 Field Day SPONSORS and IN-KIND DONORS!