CPE Short Couse

ceac : extension : Continuing Professional Education Short Course

Greenhouse Crop Production and Engineering Design

(A Continuing Professional Education Short Course from the University of Arizona)

January 18-21, 2004
The University of Arizona
Controlled Environment Agriculture Center
Tucson, Arizona

Designed specifically for Controlled Environment Agriculture in the Southwest

Crop Production

Engineering

Marketing

Pest Management

Environmental Control

Detailed Program Schedule

Organized and sponsored by the Controlled Environment Agriculture Center and Coooperative Extension in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciencies, The University Of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

Why attend?

Learn to monitor and manage the greenhouse environment

Separate fact from fiction about hydroponic tomato production

Learn the "lingo" - PAR, EC, pH, IPM

Understand how plants respond to environment and culture

Gain undestanding of environmental instrumentation

Learn about Integrated Pest Management practices

Hear strategies for marketing greenhouse crops

Visit state-of-the-art tomato production greenhouses

Invited Speakers

William “Bill” Roberts, PE, Engineering, Rutgers University
Merle Jensen, PhD, Plant Sciences, University of Arizona
Gene Giacomelli, PhD, Engineering, University of Arizona
Pat Rorabaugh, PhD, Plant Sciences, University of Arizona
Roger Huber, PhD, Entomology, University of Arizona
Mary Olsen, PhD, Plant Pathology, University of Arizona
Chieri Kubota, PhD, Plant Sciences, University of Arizona
Peter Waller, PhD, Engineering, University of Arizona
Richard Furash, Marketing Lecturer, University of Arizona

Times, Locations & Fees

The Short Course will be held at the Windmill Inn in Tucson, Arizona. A welcoming reception at the hotel Sunday night (7pm), will precede the lectures (Monday 8am - Tuesday 4pm). All lectures and meals will be at the hotel. Demonstrations will be conducted at the Controlled Environment Agriculture Center greenhouses, located adjacent to the hotel. The $210 fee includes course notes & handouts, meals (2 breakfasts, 2 lunches, and Monday banquet dinner), and Sunday evening reception. An optional tour to a 160-acre commercial greenhouse is available Wednesday, January 21, 2004, 8am-2pm, for an additional $35 fee (includes transportation and box lunch).

REGISTRATION

Open in Fall '03
$20 reduction for Arizona residents. Workshop will be limited to 100 attendees. Register early to ensure a place in the course, and a room at the hotel, but no later than January 7, 2004.

For more information

We encourage you to visit http://www.ag.arizona.edu/ceac/extension/
you may also leave a detailed message at (520) 909-8679 or contact: Mark Kroggel at kroggel@ag.arizona.edu.
(Please use CEA Short Course in the subject line of all email messages).

Printable Mail-In Registration Form (pdf)

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Developed and Sponsored by CEAC, Controlled Environment Agriculture Center and the Cooperative Extension, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Arizona.

ceac : extension : Continuing Professional Education Short Course