Success StoryUniversity of Kentucky Crop Pest Management Webinars--2021



University of Kentucky Crop Pest Management Webinars--2021

Author: Kiersten Wise

Planning Unit: Plant Pathology

Major Program: Integrated Pest Management

Outcome: Intermediate Outcome

The field crop pest management group at UK created a 5-week webinar series in November and December of 2021 to provide stakeholders with research-based information, and also provide Certified Crop Advisor continuing education credits, County Agent In-service training, and pesticide applicator training to clientele. Webinar series speakers and topics included Dr. Kiersten Wise, “What we learned about corn fungicides in 2021;” Dr. Carl Bradley, “Spots, Rots, and Syndromes: Managing Challenging Soybean Diseases;” Dr. Raul T. Villanueva and Zenaida Viloria, “Studies on the management of bean leaf beetle, three cornered alfalfa hoppers and the fall armyworm outbreak in soybeans;” Dr. JD Green, “A Resurgence of Other Weeds from the Past;” and Dr. Travis Legleiter, “Re-setting the Defense for Control of Problematic Weeds.” These webinars were hosted by the Southern IPM Center and had over 100 attendees in total. In addition to local stakeholder and Agent attendees, each webinar had attendees from states outside of Kentucky, and several webinars had international attendees. Multiple people attended more than one webinar in the series.






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