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Field Tours
TOUR A: Dairy Production and Processing: New Technologies and Product Uses Visit 1: A cheese processing and milk constituent extraction plant featuring
the newest applied technologies and new uses for milk and whey
constituents. Visit 2: State-of-the-art dairy production facilities featuring research on
animal nutrition, waste management, and heat-stress reduction. TOUR B:
Rice
Breeding: Pest and Water Management and Milling Visit 1:
A grower-owned rice research station for improving rice varieties
for international and specialty marketing.
In-field experiments are presented concerning disease, insect, and
weed management. Visit 2: A new rice milling operation featuring state-of-the-art quality control, storage, integrated transportation systems, pest control, and security. TOUR C:
Winegrapes:
Research, Vineyard Management, and Wine Production Visit 1:
A winegrape outdoor laboratory featuring innovations in trellising,
rootstocks, clones, deficit irrigation, and worker health and safety. TOUR D:
Food
and Nutrition Technologies, and Environmentally-Benign Pesticides Visit 1:
University
food science and technology laboratories that analyze fruits and
vegetables for phytonutrients, develop edible coatings and films, and
determine effects of food processing on quality. Visit 2:
A firm developing environmentally-friendly pesticides of natural
biological origin. TOUR E: Animal Health, and Food Safety Visit 1:
A university animal health laboratory with the latest diagnostic
techniques to detect and identify animal diseases and their sources
(including exotic animal diseases). TOUR F:
Crop
Health and Safety, and Plant and Seed Development Visit 1: A university facility that produces, tests, maintains, and distributes virus- and disease-tested horticultural plant materials including grapes, strawberries, fruit trees, and roses. Visitors will observe programs for detection of bacterial and viral pathogens of horticultural crops; use of serological and DNA technologies; and micro-propagation and tissue culture to eliminate disease. Visit 2: A private seed company with field and lab sites to develop new vegetable varieties. In the labs, visitors will see tissue cultures, learn about genetic engineering, and see demonstrations showing how molecular markers are used to detect crop characteristics.
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