Growers, register now for the 2024 IPM Workshop with Mario Lanthier & Guests!

This Integrated Pest Management (IPM) workshop will primarily focus on new pests/pesticides and biocontrol, and is eligible for 4.5 CECs for Pesticide Applicator recertification – please have your Pesticide Certification Application License No. ready!

Lunch is included for in-person attendees! 

When:

January 24, 2024

8:30 AM – 3:30 PM

Where:

Kwantlen Polytechnic University – Langley Campus

20901 Langley Bypass, Langley, BC V3A 8G9

or

Virtual (link to follow)

Agenda:

8:30 to 8:45 – Doors open and registration

8:45 to 9:30 – Tracy Hueppelsheuser, Entomologist, BC Ministry of Agriculture
Biology and Management of new pests: Marmorated stink bug and Strawberry Blossom Weevil

9:30 to 10:00 – Amanda Brown, Biobest IPM Technical Lead, British Columbia
Thrips new and old in greenhouse ornamentals: know them, trap them, and control them

10:00 to 10:20 – Break

10:20 to 12:15 – Hands-on with common insect pests

12:15 to 1:00 – Lunch (provided for in-person attendees!)

1:00 to 1:30 – Dr. Jeanine West, Landscape Ontario
Box tree moth and Japanese Beetle in Ontario nurseries – How we are coping

1:30 to 2:00 – Tim Kohlhauff, Washington State University
New pests in Washington State: Emerald ash borer, Japanese beetle (and watching for Spotted lanternfly)

2:00 to 2:20 – Break

2:20 to 2:50 – Caroline Bédard, Pesticide minor use coordinator, BC Ministry of Agriculture
The process to register new pesticides in Canada

2:50 to 3:30 – Mario Lanthier, CropHealth Advising & Research
New insecticides for ornamentals and modes of action

3:30 – End of workshop

THANK YOU to IPM Workshop Sponsor TerraLink!

Event Dates

• IPM Workshop
   January 24, 2024
   8:00 am - 3:30 pm

Event Location

Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Langley

http://www.kpu.ca/langley