Training the Trainer: Plant Disease, A Section of the Master Gardener Program
Training the Trainer: Plant Disease will provide skilled trainers for the Plant Disease section of the Master Gardener Program.
Target Audience(s):
Master Gardener students, especially those attending live classes.
Objectives:
Participants will:
- Learn and understand the three basic principle factors that drive the development of plant diseases, and understand some of their major interactions,
- Learn basic disease symptoms and their definitions for independent diagnosis,
- Learn the basics of how to manage plant diseases culturally and with commercial tools, and
- Understand the importance of free water and watering, sanitation, and proper rooting to plant disease.
Total Number of Modules or Sessions: 4
Total Number of Hours for Program Delivery: Approximately 6
Program Delivery:
- Demonstrations
- Educational Video (Online and DVD)
- Group Newsletter
- Numbered Extension Publication
- One-on-One Intervention
- Other: Popular Science Press Articles
Primary Contact:
Dr. Alan Henn, a.henn@msstate.edu
Contacts
Extension Professor
Extension Plant Pathologist, Disease management of ornamentals,peanut, turf,fruits, nematode program