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Follow the links below to view PowerPoint presentations while listening to the narration of the speakers.

2008 NYFVI Berry Webcast Series
These recordings are of a pilot series live, online berry seminars organized by Laura McDermott, Cathy Heidenreich and Marvin Pritts in fall, 2008. This project was funded by the New York Farm Viability Institute.

Weed Management Strategies for Berry Crops [Sept. 24, 2008]
Dr. Marvin Pritts, Small Fruit Specialist with Cornell’s Department of Horticulture, discussed new and effective weed management strategies for berry crops. How to help growers optimize a season-long combination of cultural and chemical methods to the best end result is the focus.

Helping Growers Choose Berry Varieties [Oct. 8, 2008]
Dr. Courtney Weber, the Small Fruit Breeder for Cornell University, discussed new and time-tested varieties of small fruits.

Managing Insect Pests of Berry Crops {Nov. 5, 2008]
Dr. Greg Loeb, Cornell Small Fruit and Grape Entomologist describes insect that plague berry crops, their lifecycles, and effective control strategies.

Berry Crops Nutrition–How to Advise Growers [Nov. 19, 2008]
Dr. Marvin Pritts, Small Fruit Specialist with Cornell’s Department of Horticulture, discussed berry crops' nutrient needs. Given the increasing cost of fertilizer, it's imperative that educators understand best management protocol for high-value berry crops, including how to use information from soil tests and foliar leaf analysis.

2009 NEIPM Berry Webcast Series
Webcast recordings from a 12 part series of live, online berry IPM seminars organized by Laura McDermott, Cathy Heidenreich and Marvin Pritts in fall, 2009. This project is funded by the Northeast Integrated Pest Management Center.

Strawberry Mini Series
Strawberry Production [Sept. 9, 2009]
Dr. Lewis Jett, Growing Strawberries in a High Tunnel
Kathy Demchak, Growing Strawberries on Plastic in the Northeast

Strawberry Insect Management [Sept. 22, 2009]
Dr. Richard Cowles, Management of Black Vine Weevil in Strawberries
Dr. Greg Loeb, Managing Sap Beetle in Strawberries

Strawberry Disease Management [Oct. 7, 2009]
Dr. Michael Ellis, Managing Fruit Rots in Strawberries
Dr. David Gadoury, Strawberry Powdery Mildew Management

Strawberry Weed Management [Oct. 30, 2009]
Dr. Marvin Pritts, Cultural approaches to strawberry weed management
Dr. Robin Bellinder,Overview of strawberry weed management products

Blueberry/Cranberry Mini Series
Blueberry/Cranberry Weed Management [Nov. 4, 2009] Dr. Hilary Sandler, IPM for Dodder in Cranberries
Dr. Eric Hansen, New Approaches to Blueberry Weed Management

Blueberry/Cranberry Disease Management [Nov. 18, 2009] Dr. Frank Caruso, Important Cranberry Diseases in the Northeast
Dr. Annemiek Schilder, Blueberry Viruses

Blueberry/Cranberry Production [Dec. 2, 2009]
(link to recording coming soon)
Dr. Gary Pavlis, Blueberry Site Preparation and Fertility Considerations
Sonia Schloemann, Overcoming Blueberry Pollination Challenges

Questions?

Email Laura McDermott: lgm4@cornell.edu.

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