Texas A&M Greenhouse and Nursery Webinar Series – 2020

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Greenhouse and Nursery Webinar Series

We are particularly excited about our Greenhouse and Nursery Webinar Series this year. This program has traditionally been a single-day in-person program with 5 speakers (Texas A&M Greenhouse and Nursery Symposium). However, due to concerns surrounding COVID-19 this year, we have opted for converting this program into a web series. This gives the attendees the ability to only register for talks that are most relevant to them and gives us the flexibility to invite speakers from all across the nation. See below for speaker and registration information.

When?

End of November till second week in December, from 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm each day. See speakers below for specific dates.

Where?

Online through Zoom. Registration is separate for each speaker. See below for details.
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2019 Texas A&M Greenhouse & Nursery Symposium

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Greenhouse and Nursery Symposium

We are particularly excited about our annual Greenhouse and Nursery Program held here in Overton, TX. We have a great line-up of speakers, including one many of you may be familiar with. Dr. Karl Steddom worked as a plant pathologist with Texas A&M before starting a career in remote sensing technologies, precision agriculture, and other ‘tech’-related ventures in agriculture with the company AGERpoint. We will also have some familiar faces coming back to deliver some topics time-relevant to our green industry personnel in Texas. See below for more details and we hope to see you here on December 3rd, 2019.

When?

December 3, 2019
Time: 8:30 am – 3:00 pm
Lunch is included.

Where?

Texas A&M AgriLife Research & Extension Center,
1710 N. FM 3053, Overton, TX
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Mansfield Grower Program

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This week, one of our Texas growers held an internal full-day training program and were kind enough to allow me to take notes and share them with the rest of you growers! One of the many things I continue to really appreciate and like about the green industry in Texas: they are collaborative and help each other out. See below for speakers and notes related to their presentations.

Please note that I do not personally endorse the products mentioned by the presenters below – the notes provided below are “as-is”, as written as accurately I could based on the information provided by the presenters. Any lack of information or misinformation is not intentional.

Dr. Ann Chase – Recognizing plant diseases and how to manage them.

Dr. Ann Chase – Common diseases of poinsettias.

Dr. Raymond Cloyd – How to deal with mite pests in horticultural production systems.

Dr. Raymond Cloyd – Thrips management.

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Greenhouse and Nursery Regulatory Compliance Workshop 2018 – Notes and Resources

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If speakers provided permission to provide PDFs of their presentations, they are found at the end of the notes associated with that section.

Speakers:

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2018 Greenhouse and Nursery Regulatory Compliance Workshop

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Greenhouse and Nursery Regulatory Compliance Workshop

When?

November 30th, 2018

Time: 8:30 am – 3:00 pm

Lunch is included.

Where?

Texas A&M AgriLife Research & Extension Center,
1710 N. FM 3053, Overton, TX
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Notes from 2018 Ornamental & Turf CEU Meeting

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Below are some notes taken from some of the speakers at the 2018 Ornamental & Turf CEU Meeting held by Helena Chemical Company at the Rose Center, Tyler TX on June 26th. Disclaimer: the notes below do not represent endorsement, research, or vetting by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension and the AgriLife IPM Program Specialist Program. Notes below as provided as is from the speakers who provided the information.

Full program, including sponsors, is attached at the end of this document.

Rotation Strategies in Turf & Ornamentals – Kathie Kalmowitz, BASF

Irrigation Pond Management – Clint Formby, SePro

Key Turfgrass Insect Pests – Gary Brooks, Bayer

Laws & Regulations Update – Don Renchie, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension (additional links and resources included)

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Greenhouse & Nursery Regulatory Compliance Workshop 2017 – Notes and Resources

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Another year and another successful greenhouse and nursery workshop here in Overton. We had many great speakers and are very grateful for our sponsors. I have included some summaries and resources from some of our speakers down below. I have created links below that will direct you to information pertinent to each speaker below. In the case where the speaker has given consent to share their presentation, I have also included that too.

Dr. Shaadi Khademi, MD & Dr. Vanessa Casanova, PhD – Pesticides: Exposure, Health Effects, and Safety Education
UT Health Northeast

Mrs. Kathy (Katherine) Newton – How to Comply with WPS Revisions
Texas Department of Agriculture

TDA Compliance Resources

Dr. Steven Arthurs – Integrated Pest Management for Greenhouse and Nursery
Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University

Mr. Daniel Cunningham – Water U Doing for Texas Horticulture?
Department of Horticulture, Texas A&M University


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2017 Greenhouse and Nursery Regulatory Compliance Workshop

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Greenhouse and Nursery Regulatory Compliance Workshop

When?

December 1, 2017

9:00 am – 3:00 pm

Lunch is included.

Where?

Texas A&M AgriLife Research & Extension Center,
1710 N. FM 3053, Overton, TX

What?

In addition to running an efficient and profitable business, it is imperative that you comply with Texas Department of Agriculture, Worker Protection Safety, and Occupational Safety and Health regulations. Complying with these regulations help keep yourself, your employees, and the environment safe from potential hazards. Non-compliance can result in some hefty fines, in some cases enough fines to run someone out of business!

Make sure you are aware of current compliance regulations and how to stay on top of them. This workshop will feature a current TDA auditor.

Who?

Speakers

8:30 am Registration check-in begins
9:00 am Gold Star Esperanza… Trouble in Paradise.
The history of Tecoma stans ‘Gold Star’ introduction and explain the troubles related to inferior clones in the trade
Greg Grant, Smith County Horticulturalist, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
10:00 am Pesticides: Exposure, Health Effects, and Safety Education
Dr. Shaadi Khademi, MD and Dr. Vanessa Casanova, PhD, UT Health Northeast, Dept. of Occupational and Environmental Medicine & The Southwest Center for Agricultural Health, Injury Prevention, and Education
11:00 am Break
11:15 am How to Comply with the WPS Revisions
Katherine Newton, Pesticide Inspector, TDA
12:15 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Integrated Pest Management for Greenhouse and Nursery
Dr. Steve Arthurs, Dept. of Entomology, Texas A&M
2:00 pm Water U Doing for Texas Horticulture?
Daniel Cunningham, Dept. of Horticulture, Texas A&M
3:00 pm Adjourn

Audience
This workshop is specifically designed for greenhouse ornamental and nursery growers, although some of the material may apply to greenhouse or outdoor vegetable growers, forage growers, and orchards.

Why?

Some of the most influential growers in East Texas considered this to be a great need for the industry and prioritized this program. Some of the growers in East Texas have already faced some large fines and “nightmares”, and would like their fellow industry-people to avoid the same fate.

Registration Fee

$25, which includes:

  • 5 CEUs (1 L&R, 1 IPM, 3 General)
  • Lunch

*Bring your applicator license to the meeting to register for CEUs.

Register

Sponsors

  • BioWorks
  • Syngenta
  • Dow
  • ICL Fertilizers
  • Helena Chemical Company
  • OHP Inc.
  • NuFarm
  • KBW Supply
  • BWI

IOBC Canada 2017 – Part III

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This post is a part of a series of notes taken at the International Organization of Biological Control 2017.

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Foraging and egg-laying behaviour of the coccinellid predator Rhyzobius lophanthae
Marjolein Kruidhof, Wageningen University & Research, BU Greenhouse Horticulture

  • Diaspis boisduvalii scales in cymbidium; major problem in Netherlands and they don’t know what to do anymore to control
    • Due to restrictions of use of chemicals (i.e. neonics), they have been unable to control the scale
  • Cage experiment; comparison of different natural enemies of Diaspis boisduvalii scales
  • Tried 8 different treatments, different release rates and frequencies of release of Rhyzobius lophanthae larvae or adults (with or without ephestia eggs)
  • In control, plant was covered with the scale at the end (5 weeks later)
    • When releasing R. lophanthae adults and ephestia eggs, got excellent control
  • R. lophanthae is a predatory beetle
    • Adults are about 2.5mm in small
    • Specialist predators of the Diaspididae family
    • Lays eggs under the shields of adult female scales

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IOBC Canada 2017 – Part II

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This post is a part of a series of notes taken at the International Organization of Biological Control 2017.

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Plant-provided food increases indirect defense through manipulation of a mutualism

Pete Nelson, North Carolina State University

Conservation biological control in tobacco

  • Spined stiltbug

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