This 12-lesson webinar course will demonstrate how to utilize habitat, biopesticides, augmentative releases, scouting and whole farm decision making to manage pests. PCAs, CCAs, scouts, growers and other agricultural professionals can integrate lasting solutions into their pest management regimes, saving money on input costs.
Continuing Education Credits have been requested and are expected to be approved from California Department of Pesticide Regulation and American Society of Agronomy.
All lessons are one hour long. Click on the lessons below for more information and to register for each class separately. Or register for all lessons at once.
LESSON 1
Optimizing Beneficial Insects and Their Habitat
Tuesday, September 24, 2024 - 11:00 am
View Lesson 1 Recording & Resources Here
LESSON 2
Cost Effective Habitat Offers a Blanket of Attack
Tuesday, October 8, 2024 - 11:00 am
View Lesson 2 Recording & Resources Here
LESSON 3
Managing Pests with Bio-Pesticides
Tuesday, October 22, 2024 - 11:00 am
View Lesson 3 Recording & Resources Here
LESSON 4
Augmentative Biocontrol: Modes of Release and Types of Supportive Habitat
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 11:00 am
LESSON 5
In-Field and Edge Beneficial Insect Habitat
Wednesday, November 20, 2024 - 11:00 am
LESSON 6
Managing Soilborne Pathogens Without Chemicals
Tuesday, December 3, 2024 - 11:00 am
LESSON 7
Co-existing with and Supporting Beneficial Birds and Bats
Tuesday, December 10, 2024 - 11:00 am
LESSON 8
Plant Health Fosters Pest Suppression
Tuesday, January 14, 2025 - 11:00 am
LESSON 9
Promoting the Soil’s Beneficial Entomopathogenic Microorganisms
Tuesday, January 28, 2025 - 11:00 am
-Coming Soon
LESSON 10
Providing Habitat for Predatory Insects and Wasp Parasitoids
Tuesday, February 11, 2025 - 11:00 am
-Coming Soon
LESSON 11
A Day in the Life of Scouts and a PCA
Tuesday, February 25, 2025 - 11:00 am
-Coming Soon
LESSON 12
Sustainable Pest Management Encompasses Whole Farm Systems Thinking
Tuesday, March 11, 2025 - 11:00 am
-Coming Soon