Webinars on Thrips parvispinus are coming quick and exhausting these days, as scientists and extension brokers attempt to get you the very newest info on this critical pest of ornamentals and peppers.
Be a part of us for a GrowON webinar subsequent Tuesday on potential options for this pest from “boots on the bottom” of us. This contains technical reps, trade consultants, an your pleasant neighborhood extension specialist in Ontario.
Learn on for extra info and the best way to register.
What:
Earlier webinars (from the College of Florida on Could 4th and the Horticultural Analysis Institute on Could tenth) have introduced you essential info on the historical past and unfold of this pest, monitoring suggestions, and potential pesticide choices from lab-based checks.
With this webinar, we wish to provide you with potential IPM options primarily based on area observations and on-farm trials. Though we’re a good distance away from a tried-and-true IPM program for T. parvispinus, each success – and failure – within the area may help information different growers.
When:
Tuesday Could thirtieth, from 12-1:30pm.
The place:
Register at https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FR-qlIs-RUO_X1hoJynAnw
Any points with registration might be directed to sarah.jandricic@ontario.ca
Who:
12:00 – 12:05 pm : Welcome and Intro by Dr. Sarah Jandricic, OMAFRA.
12:05- 12:25 pm: Suzanne Wainwright-Evans, Buglady Consulting. For the previous 25 years, Suzanne (buglady@bugladyconsulting.com) has supplied professional horticultural/entomological recommendation to the trade. She makes a speciality of organic management, IPM, pesticides, biopesticides, organics, and sustainable pest administration. Her crop focuses embrace ornamentals, hashish, hemp, and herbs/greens.
Discuss: “Identification, injury and biocontrol choices for T. parvispinus in decorative crops”. Description: with a wealth of images, the Buglady will educate you what to search for to find out when you’ve got Parvispinus in your farm. She’ll additionally talk about potential biocontrol choices, from mites to nematodes.
12:25-12:45 pm :Steven Arthurs: Technical Gross sales Specialist at BIOBEE USA. Dr. Arthurs is an Entomologist with 20+ years’ tutorial and trade expertise in arthropod pest administration and plant safety. Steven’s present work focuses on implementing and increasing the usage of helpful arthropods in each horticultural and open area crops.
Discuss: “Thrips parvispinus, experiences from the sphere and potential biocontrols“. Description: Dr. Arthurs will share preliminary observations of utilizing helpful mites and bugs to regulate T. parvispinus within the nursery (gardenia and mandevilla). He may also cowl the seemingly compatibility of such beneficials with pesticides presently getting used in opposition to T. parvispinus and talk about potential methods that could be simpler for sustainable management of this pest.
12: 45 – 1:15 pm: Sarah Jandricic, Greenhouse Floriculture IPM Specialist, OMAFRA. Dr. Sarah Jandricic has labored in floriculture IPM for over 25 years in academia, trade and authorities. Her work focuses on long-term, economical options for each pests and ailments plaguing floriculture growers.
Discuss: “An IPM program for T. parvispinus in mandevilla: outcomes of an on-farm trial”. Description: This speak will cowl efforts to regulate this pest with mass trapping, organic management and chemical pesticides over 8 months in a greenhouse in Ontario, Canada. We’ll talk about what labored and what didn’t, considerations over pesticide resistance, in addition to what we’re attempting this yr.
1:15 – 1:30pm: Q&A Interval.
