Turf and Ornamental Pest Management Short Course
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Friday, February 16, 2024 |
Thursday, February 29, 2024 |
The Turf and Ornamental Pest Management Short Course provides professional pest management training and updates for owners, managers, technicians, workers, salespersons, certified applicators, and others working in turf and ornamental pest control (weeds, diseases and/or insects).
This includes persons who do not have a professional license but work in the turf and ornamental plant industry and need to know more about the insect, disease, and weed pests they are likely to encounter.
Participants may also receive recertification credit in: Horticulture Weed Control license (HCW); Horticulture Pest Control license (HCP); Turf and Ornamentals Commercial Applicator Certificate (Category III); Demonstration and Research Pest Control Certificate (Category X). (Check you card to see when your license or certification expires. Recertification may occur up to 1 year before expiration).
This is a one-day face-to-face training with three hours of training in the morning, a one-hour break for lunch (provided on-site), and 3 hours of training in the afternoon (5-6 training hours).
Benefits of participation
- Discipline-focused pest management training on weed, disease, and insect pests
- Training refresher and enhancement for experienced employees, managers, and owners
- Initial training for new employees
- Training for persons preparing to take license exams
- Pesticide Safety Training
- Recertification for commercial Horticulture Weed Control license (HWP).
- Recertification for commercial Horticulture Pest Control license (HCP).
- Recertification for certified commercial Turf and Ornamental applicators (Category III).
- Recertification for Research and Demonstration Pest Control Certificate (Category X).
Topics Covered
- Weed Control in Turfgrasses
- Disease Pests of Turfgrass
- Insect Pests of Turfgrasses
- Pesticide Safety
- Regulatory Issues
- Weed Control in Ornamental Plants
- Disease Pests of Ornamental Plants
- Insect Pests of Ornamental Plants
Turf and Ornamental Pest Control Short Course
Two Locations: Oxford on February 16 or Hattiesburg February 29, 2024
No Registration Fee, but must register to reserve your seat and meal
- Begins: 9:00 AM
- Lunch provided on site
- Ends: 4:00 PM
- Enrollment Limited to 60 attendees at Oxford, 100 attendees at Hattiesburg
- Be sure to provide license number/card number if taking for recertification
- You will receive and e-mail confirming your registration
- If you have problems registering, please call 662-325-3226
- For February 16 at Oxford: Register here
- For February 29 at Hattiesburg: Register here
Cancellation?: Please call 662-325-2960 and let us know, so we can release your seat
For questions, contact Blake Layton at 662-325-2960 or blake.layton@msstate.edu
Agenda: Turf and Ornamental Pest Control Short Course
Resources and Literature:
Weeds and Weed Control
Lespedeza Control in Maintained Turfgrass
Annual Bluegrass Control in Mississippi Sod Production
Preventing and Managing Herbicide-Resistant Weeds in Turfgrass
Dollarweed Control in Mississippi Lawns and Ornamentals
Tips for Treating Lawn Burweed
Plant Diseases and Disease Control
Large (Brown) Patch of Warm-Season Turfgrasses Publication Number: P3743
Take-All Disease of Turfgrasses Publication Number: P2384
Dollar Spot of Warm-Season Turf Grasses Publication Number: P3750
Diseases and Disorders of Leyland Cypress Publication Number: P3621
Common Landscape Herbicides and Their Effects on Trees Publication Number: P3273
Plant Diseases and Nematode Diagnostics Services (including forms for submission)
MSU Extension Information Sheet 1663, The Plant Doctor: Cold Injury
MSU Extension Publication 2828, Cold Injury to Palms
Insects and Insect Control
MSU-ES Publication 2429, Control Fire Ants in Your Yard
MSU-ES Publication 1858, Insect Control in Commercial Turf
MSU-ES Publication 2331, Control Insect Pests in and around the Home Lawn
MSU-ES Publication 2369, Insect Pests of Ornamental Plants in the Home Landscape
MSU-ES Publication 2938, Crape Myrtle Bark Scale Identification and Control
Bug’s Eye View Newsletter (200+ archived articles, many on turf and ornamental pests)
Insect Identification Service (no fee for insect identification)
BugWise Newsletter, No. 1, 2012, Granulate Ambrosia Beetle
Regulatory
MDAC Bureau of Plant Industry Web Site
Agenda
Turf and Ornamental Pest Management Short Course
February, 2024
- 9:00 AM Introduction and Housekeeping
- 9:05 Disease Pests of Turfgrass, Dr. Alan Henn, MSU-ES
- 9:50 Key Insect Pests of Turfgrass, Dr. Blake Layton, MSU-ES
- 10:30 BREAK
- 10:40 Pesticide Safety! Mr. Gene Merkl, MSU-ES
- 11:20 Turfgrass Weed Control, Dr. Jay McCurdy, MSU-ES
- 12:00 LUNCH BREAK
- 1:00 PM Disease Pests of Ornamental Plants, Dr. Alan Henn, MSU-ES
- 1:40 Weed Control in Ornamental Plants, Dr. John Byrd, MSU-ES
- 2:20 BREAK
- 2:30 Key Insect Pests of Ornamental Plants, Dr. Blake Layton, MSU-ES
- 3:10 Regulatory Issues for T&O Applicators, Mr. Russell Kohler, MDAC-BPI
- 3:50 Evaluation and Recertification
