Commercial Horticulture 3
Friday, August 3, 2018: 10:45 AM
Georgetown West (Washington Hilton)
Moderator:
11:00 AM
Tea As an Alternative Crop for Mississippi
Judson S. LeCompte, Mississippi State University;
Guihong Bi, Mississippi State University;
Eugene K. Blythe, Mississippi State University Coastal Research and Extension Center;
Qianwen Zhang, Mississippi State University;
Tongyin Li, Mississippi State University
11:30 AM
Growing Tea As a Cash Crop in the Southeastern US
Donglin Zhang, University of Georgia;
Yan Chen, Louisiana State University Agriculture Center & Research Station;
Brent Pemberton, Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center, Texas A&M University;
Jason W. Stagg, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center;
Jason McDonald, Great Mississippi Tea Company
12:00 PM
Coffee (Coffea arabica): A New Crop for Southern California?
Ramiro Lobo, UC Cooperative Extension;
Christopher Van Norden, Graduate Student, Cal Poly Pomona;
Keith Kittredge, Undergraduate Student, Cal Poly Pomona;
Duncan McKee, Cal Poly Pomona;
Jose Fernandez de Soto, Academic Coordinator, UC Hansen Agricultural Research & Extension Center;
Gary S. Bender, Farm Advisor Emeritus, University of California Cooperative Extension, University of California;
Gary Tanizaki, Staff Research Associate, University of California Cooperative Extension;
Valerie Mellano, Chair, Plant Sciences Department, Cal Poly Pomona;
Darren L. Haver, University of California
