LEXINGTON — The University of Kentucky has organized five webinars on field crop protection topics that will be hosted through the Southern Integrated Pest Management Center starting on November 11. These weekly webinars will cover topics such as new research on foliar corn disease management, soybean disease identification and management, updates on fall armyworm, guidelines for choosing herbicide options and herbicide-tolerant crop traits, and recommendations for control of weeds like Palmer amaranth, waterhemp, marestail (horseweed), annual ryegrass, and Johnsongrass. Kentucky pesticide applicator credits and Certified Crop Advisor continuing education credits have been applied for.
Pre-registration for the meetings is required through the registration URL provided. Webinars will not be recorded. Dates, speakers and presentation registration links are listed below:
All webinars will start at 9:00 AM Central/10:00 AM Eastern
Date: November 18, 2021
Speaker: Dr. Travis Legleiter
Title: Re-setting the Defense for Control of Problematic Weeds
Registration URL: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NcCn1dgjQ0C8fbvXHDMggw
Date: December 2, 2021
Speaker: Dr. Kiersten Wise
Title: What We Learned About Corn Fungicide Applications in 2021
Registration URL: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zd9vPB1mQEiG_VW83piXug
Date: December 9, 2021
Speaker: Dr. JD Green
Title: A Resurgence of Other Weeds from the Past
Registration URL: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0eljDlYARfe5m26zWJmRNg
Date: December 16, 2021
Speaker: Dr. Raul Villanueva
Title: Studies on the management of bean leaf beetle, three cornered alfalfa hoppers and the fall armyworm outbreak in soybeans
Registration URL: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Aqq56bqkSX-bix-uZLT3Pg
— Kiersten Wise and Carl Bradley, Plant Pathology Extension Specialists; JD Green and Travis Legleiter, Weed Science Extension Specialists; and Raul Villanueva, Entomology Extension Specialist
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