University of California
Advanced IPM Training - San Luis Obispo
Agenda
9:00 Check-in and pick up materials
9:30-10:10 Welcome and overview
Karey Windbiel-Rojas, UC Statewide IPM Program
- Brief introduction to UC IPM
- Interactive Pre-training Survey
- Overview of schedule and logistic
- Concepts of IPM
- Diagnosing pest problems
- UC IPM Resources
10:15-11:15 Vertebrate pests
11:20-12:00 How We Are Making a Difference
Speaker: Lauren Snowden, Statewide Master Gardener Program
12:00-12:30 Lunch
12:30-1:30 Insect Pests of Vegetables
1:35-2:35 Diseases and Abiotic Disorders of Vegetables
2:35-2:45 Break
2:45-3:45 Wrap up and survey
- Interactive Post-training Survey
- Bringing what you learned today back to your counties
- Toolkit overview
- Group brainstorm & discussion
- Evaluation
3:45 Adjourn
*Sessions:
- Vegetable insect pests – Diagnosis and identification of common insect pests found in vegetable gardens and recommended IPM solutions. Presenter: Dr. Surendra Dara, Entomology UC Cooperative Extension Advisor
- Abiotic disorders and vegetable diseases - Diagnosis and identification of common abiotic disorders of vegetable crops, vegetable diseases, and recommendations for sound integrated pest management solutions. Presenter: Dr. Chris Greer, Area IPM Advisor, UCCE and UC IPM
- Vertebrate pests - Diagnosis of damage and solutions for vertebrate pests of vegetable gardens. Presenter: Dr. Niamh Quinn, Human-Wildlife Interactions UC Cooperative Extension Advisor