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
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IPM Workshop
January 24, 2024
8:00 am - 3:30 pm
Event Location
Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Langley
Langley
British Columbia
Canada
V3A 4H9
