Virtual IPM Orchard Scout Training 2
Event Details
Date
June 25, 2024
Time
1:30 - 3 PM
Location
Zoom - no registration necessary
Host
New York State Integrated Pest Management Program
Join Zoom Meeting
Anna Wallis
(443) 421-7970
aew232@cornell.edu
Farmers, farm employees, and industry members with IPM & pest management responsibilities, looking for new or refresher training are welcome. Join Anna Wallis (NYSIPM Program), Mike Basedow (CCE ENYCHP), and Janet van Zoeren (CCE LOFT) for a second live, virtual training on scouting of major insect pest of apple orchards.
Specialists will broadcast from orchards in their region to discuss best practices for monitoring.
Click Here to Join Zoom meeting on June 25, at 1:30pm
Topics:
- Identifying spring and summer diseases
- Monitoring for insects including:
- plum curculio (PC)
- woolly apple aphid (WAA)
- San Jose scale (SJS)
- obliquebanded leafroller (OBLR)
- apple leafcurling midge (ALCM).
Agenda
- 1:30 p.m.—Welcome, DEC Credits
- 1:40 p.m.—Anna Wallis: Diseases and mites
- 2 p.m.—Janet van Zoeren: PC, WAA
- 2:20 p.m.—Mike Basedow: SJS, OBLR, ALCM
- 2:40 p.m.—Questions & end with DEC credits
- 3 p.m.—End
1.25 DEC Credits available
- If you would like to receive credits:
- Send a photocopy of your license to Anna Wallis at aew232@cornell.edu.
- You will also need to attend the entire meeting and complete the pre- and post-survey to confirm your participation.
This is a follow-up to our first training on April 15. You can view the recording of that training on NYSIPM's YouTube channel.
Apples
Apricots
Asian Pears
Blueberries
Cherries
Currants
Gooseberries
Nectarines
Peaches
Pears
Plums
Raspberries / Blackberries
Strawberries
Unusual Fruit
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