SCHEDULE
2003 GEORGIA TOBACCO TOUR
Monday, June 9, 2003
7:00 pm - Kick-Off Supper - Vittles, Hwy 301 N, Claxton
Tuesday, June 10, 2003
7:30 am - Leave Carriage House
Inn (Hwy 301 Claxton)
PH: 912-739-2962
7:45 am - Arrive Del Beasley Farm - Evans County
(Released Varieties Demonstration)
- Mike Dollar, County Extension Coordinator
9:00 am - Arrive Paschol Pearce Farm - Appling County
(Effect of Actigard Treatment on TSWV)
- James Clark, County Extension Coordinator
- Ronnie Blackley, County Extension Agent
10:15 am - Arrive James Tate Farm - Jeff Davis County
(Comparing Transplant Water Applications of Admire 2F to Suppress Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus in Flue-Cured Tobacco)
- Tim Varnedore, County Extension Agent
11:00 am - Arrive James and Keith Harrell Plot - Coffee County
(Effects of Mild TMV on TSWV for Cross Protection)
- Randy Roberts, County Extension Coordinator
12:00 am - SPONSORED LUNCH - Bacon County High School, Alma
- lunch prepared by the Bacon County Farm Bureau Women's Committee
Courtesy of: Alma Exchange Bank and First National Bank
1:00 pm - Leave Bacon County High School
1:15 pm - Arrive Johnny Rewis Farm - Bacon County
(Fertilizer Programs)
- Danny Stanaland, County Extension Coordinator
1:50 pm - Arrive David Lee Plot - Bacon County
(Regional Variety Farm Test)
- Danny Stanaland, County Extension Coordinator
2:40 pm - Arrive A. J. Bennett and Son Farm - Ware County
(Influence of Nemacur 3 on Admire 2F and Platinum 2SC in Controlling Mole Crickets, Granulate Cutworm And Suppression of Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus in Flue-Cured Tobacco)
- Tony Otts, County Extension Coordinator
3:30 pm - Arrive Mixon Farms - Ware County
(Actigard Trials Using House Plants)
- Tony Otts, County Extension Coordinator
4:15 pm - Check-in Holiday Inn, Waycross PH: 912-283-4490
6:30 pm - Social - Mixon's Pond - Hwy. 82, Waresboro,
Ware Co.
7:00 pm - Supper - Mixon's Pond - Hwy. 82, Waresboro,
Ware Co.
Wednesday, June 11, 2003
7:30 am - Leave Holiday Inn parking lot.
8:30 am - Arrive Randall Griner Farm - Berrien County
(Weed / Cover & TSWV)
- Forrest Connelly, County Extension Coordinator
- James Jacobs, County Extension Agent
9:10 am - Arrive Greg McClellan Farm - Berrien County
(Effect of Calcium Carbonate Cover on TSWV)
- Forrest Connelly, County Extension Coordinator
- James Jacobs, County Extension Agent
10:00 am - Arrive Tim and Steve McMillan - Berrien County
(Released Varieties, Regional Variety Farm Test and te Effect of Rotation Crop on the Incidence of TSWV)
- Forrest Connelly, County Extension Coordinator
- James Jacobs, County Extension Agent
11:00 am - Arrive Bowen Farm - Coastal Plain Experiment Station
Mike Stephenson, Research Coordinator
Regional Variety Small Plot Test
Georgia Official Variety Test
Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus Host Plant Resistance
Natalia Martinez, Pathologist
Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR)and Actigard/Admire for the Control of Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus in the Field
J. Michael Moore, Extension Agronomist - Tobacco
- Sidedress Nitrogen Fertilizer Source Demonstration
- Transplant Water Fertilizer Demonstration
- Transplant Health Treatments Demonstration
Alex Csinos, Pathologist
- Timing Application of Actigard and Admire for TSWV Control in K 326
- Multiple Planting Date Evaluation
Bob McPherson, Entomologist
Tobacco Entomology Research Projects
12:30 pm - SPONSORED LUNCH -
Courtesy of the Georgia Tobacco Commission
- Rural Development Center, University of Georgia, Tifton Campus, RDC Rd. off Hwy 41 at I-75 Exit 63.
1:30 pm - Leave RDC
1:45 pm - Arrive Black Shank Nursery - Coastal Plain Experiment Station
1. Official Variety Test
2. Regional Small Plot Test
3. Regional Farm Test
- Alex Csinos, Pathologist
- Jimmy Laska & Lewis Mullis, Research Technicians
2:45 pm - Arrive Tommy and Bem Daughtrey Farm - Cook County
(Nutsedge Control)
- Ben Tucker, County Extension Coordinator
4:00 pm - Check-in Fairfield Inn - Exit 18, Valdosta, GA
PH: 229-244-7711
6:30 pm - Social - Lowndes County Civic Center
and Fairgrounds, Hwy 84 E
7:00 pm - Supper - Lowndes County Civic Center
and Fairgrounds, Hwy 84 E
Thursday, June 12, 2003
2003 FLORIDA TOBACCO TOUR
7:30 am - Leave Fairfield Inn - Exit 18, Valdosta, GA