The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will host the Greenhouse and Nursery Pest Management Seminar on July 25 in Overton.
The seminar will be from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Overton, 1710 Farm-to-Market Road 3053. Registration is $50 and can be completed online at the link here.
Four continuing education units will be offered, one general, two integrated pest management, and one laws and regulations, for private, commercial and noncommercial agricultural pesticide applicator license holders.
There will also be four continuing education units available for structural applicator license holders.
The program will provide the latest information on emerging pests and best management practices for greenhouse and nursery producers and retailers.
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will host the Greenhouse and Nursery Pest Management Seminar on July 25 in Overton
Topics covered
From monitoring to management: Best practices for greenhouse pest control — Rafia Khan, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension entomologist and assistant professor in the Department of Entomology, Overton.
Sustainable practices in nursery and greenhouse horticulture: Tools and techniques for the modern grower — Andrew King, Ph.D., Texas A&M AgriLife Research ornamental specialist and assistant professor in the Department of Horticultural Sciences, Overton. Protecting pollinators through pollinator-friendly pest management practices — Garett Slater, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension honeybee specialist and assistant professor in the Department of Entomology, Overton.
Texas Department of Agriculture laws and regulations for nurseries and greenhouses — Kathy Newton, Texas Department of Agriculture regulatory inspector, Dallas.
Best management practices for preventing diseases in greenhouse and nursery growing operations — Kevin Ong, Ph.D., director of the Texas Plant Disease Diagnostics Laboratory, professor and associate department head in the Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Bryan-College Station.
Resilient woody ornamentals for a changing pineywoods: What works, what doesn't and finding a path to the future — David Creech, Ph.D., director of the Stephen F. Austin Gardens, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches.
For more information:
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
www.agrilifetoday.tamu.edu