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Integrated Pest Management for Organic and Sustainable farmers-web tools, scouting and understanding degree daysJune 21, Thursday from 2:00-3:30 (EST)
To join the meeting on June 21 at 2 pm EST Click on this link: http://connect.msu.edu/msuorganicipm/
If you cannot attend the live presentation the webinar will be available for later viewing on www.MichiganOrganic.msu.edu website.
Outline of IPM Webinar
1) Introduction: (challenges of producing a crop)
2) Pest Management
a) History
3) What is IPM?
4) What you need to know for effective IPM Decision-making
i) Pest Life Cycles
5) The effects of weather
i) How weather affects the crop and pests
ii) Effects of wind and fronts, moisture, sunlight, and
Temperature
6) Degree-days.
a.) What are they, how to calculate
b) Using degree-days to predict pest occurrence
7) Disease predictions
8) Sources of weather information
a) Enviroweather
b) Other web-based Resources
9) Predictions vs. actual. The importance of monitoring
10) Scouting
i) Methods (general)
(1) Scouting site selection
(2) Frequency
11) Examples: predicting and monitoring for pests
i) Tomatoes
ii) Corn
iii) Apples