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This Advanced IPM training is a hands-on, train-the-trainer workshop. By attending and completing the workshop, you agree to actively convey the information you learn to your community and other UC Master Gardener volunteers in your program.
7:45 Check-in and pick up materials 8:30-9:20 Welcome and overview (Ballroom) Karey Windbiel-Rojas, UC Statewide IPM Program Brief introduction to UC IPM Overview of schedule and logistic Interactive Pre-training Survey Concepts of IPM Diagnosing pest problems UC IPM Resources 9:25-10:30 Breakout 1*...
Educational Aids Blue Ribbon Award, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE), 2024. IPM Achievement Award, 2021, California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR). Awarded to Spray Application Pest Management Alliance Team.
Despite efforts to reduce pesticide use in crop production via integrated pest management methods such as sanitation and biological control, pesticide use remains inevitable in most cases. Pesticide spray applications provide critical protection for crops against pest and diseases.
Larbi, P. A. (2020, May 5). Spray Calibration and Coverage. Grower Educational Field Day (virtual): The San Joaquin Valley Winegrowers Association. Larbi, P. A. (2020, March 11). Fine-tuning Spray Applications.
CitrusSprayEx is an expert system that was developed between 2009 and 2011 as part of Dr. Peter Ako Larbis PhD dissertation at the University of Florida entitled Development of a Model to Predict Spray Deposition in Air-Carrier Sprayer Applications.
Despite Microsoft Excel's large data handling and graphing capabilities, it was not considered as a regular software for digital image processing and analysis until recently.
