HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. — The annual IPM Training School is next week. Because of the construction at the UK Research and Education Center (UKREC) in Princeton, we have moved the meeting to the Christian County Extension Office in Hopkinsville. Next year we will be in the renovated UKREC!
The program for the meeting is listed below and includes talks covering weed science, wildlife management, plant pathology, and entomology. This year, there will be 3 General Hours and 2 Specific Hours for Categories 1A, 10, 12, 14 for pesticide CEUs. Lunch will be on your own.
8:30 am Registration
8:50 am Welcome
9:00 am Reporting entomological studies in row crops conducted in Princeton, KY in 2017 – Dr. Raul Villanueva, UK Entomologist
10:00 am Wildlife damage management on your farm: introduction to multiple methods to reduce conflicts – Dr. Matthew Springer, UK Wildlife Management Specialist
11:00 am Management of tough to control and herbicide resistant weeds in Kentucky – Dr. Travis Legleiter, UK Weed Scientist
Noon Lunch – On your own
1:00 pm Improving communication between applicators and beekeepers and reviewing Kentucky’s IPM priorities – Dr. Ric Bessin, UK Entomologist
2:00 pm Fungicide fundamentals: spray program design and resistance management – Dr. Emily Pfeufer, UK Plant Pathologist
3:00 pm Wrap up; complete CEU forms
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— Ric Bessin, IPM Coordinator and Extension Entomologist, University of Kentucky
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