Pesticide recertification credits available at Northeast Greenhouse Conference and Expo

Keeping up to date with pesticide re-certification is a fact of life for greenhouse growers. A total of 12 hours of presentations (credits will vary by state) will be offered for the six New England states, plus New York, at the 2016 Northeast Greenhouse Conference and Expo.

Please check the schedule on the program brochure, as some of the presentations are held concurrently. Licensed pesticide applicators will be able to earn up to four credit-hours on the first day, and up to three credit-hours on the second day of the conference.

On Wednesday, Nov. 9:

• Thrips tips, pot drips, mite blips and neonic hits: Management matters from 2016, Dan Gilrein, LIHR, Cornell
• Alternatives to neonicotinoids, Carlos Bogran, OHP
• Diagnosis: disease, abiotic disorder or normal? Know enough to know the difference (Spanish language), Rosa Raudales, UConn
• Advanced biocontrol panel, Suzanne Wainwright-Evans, Ron Valentin, Jeff Marstaller, hour #1
• Advanced biocontrol panel, Suzanne Wainwright-Evans, Ron Valentin, Jeff Marstaller, hour #2
• Cutting edge PGR’s, Brian Whipker, NC
• Identifying the good and the bad bugs (Spanish language), Carols Bogran, OHP
• Being a plant diagnostic detective, Brian Whipker, North Carolina
• Work Safely in the greenhouse (Spanish language session), Anna Meyerhoff

On Thursday, Nov. 10:

• What’s new and how do we stop it: disease management on flowers and herbs in the greenhouse, Margery Daughtrey, LIHR, Cornell
• Mealybug management: how to deal with this fuzzy-sucking insect pest, Raymond Cloyd, Kansas State
  
• The ins and outs of using biopesticides to manage diseases of greenhouse flowers and herbs, Margery Daughtrey, LIHR, Cornell