Sharpen Your Scouting Skills Workshop 2024 Webinar (Zoom)
Learn to identify major pests and diseases of conifers, broadleaf trees and shrubs and herbaceous perennials
Presenters:
- Margery Daughtrey: Plant Pathologist, Long Island Horticultural Research and Education Center, Cornell University
- Dan Gilrein: Entomologist, Long Island Horticultural Research and Education Center, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County
- Karen Snover-Clift: Director, Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic, Cornell University
Dates/Time: Thursdays, February 8, 15, and 22, 2024; 2-3:45pm via Zoom
Fee: $150 early bird rate (on or before January 31, 2024); $200 after January 31, 2024. To register, click here https://branchingoutwkp.securepayments.cardpointe.com/pay or call Shari Romar at 917-747-2286.
Know what to look for in 2024! Ideal for new professionals, particularly arborists, landscape architects, horticulturists, and nursery growers, as well as a perfect “refresher” for those with more experience, this Green Industry webinar series covers the basics on identification of important ornamental plant diseases and pests. Three weekly sessions will be offered on Thursday afternoons starting February 8 and ending on February 22. The program will be similar to the series offered in 2023.
Continuing education credits are available for registered NYS DOE landscape architects and NYS DEC pesticide applicators. ISA and CNLP credits have been applied for and are pending. See below for details.
February 8, 2024 Webinar 1: Scouting Skills for Conifers
The panel will discuss common issues affecting conifers (pine, spruce, juniper, etc.) commonly used in the landscape, with tips on recognition, scouting and management.
- Insect and mite pests such as: spruce spider mite, arborvitae leafminer, various scales, hemlock woolly adelgid, southern pine beetle, white pine weevil, pine sawflies, spongy moth, and bagworm.
- Diseases will include: Phytophthora root rot, white pine blister rust, Rhizosphaera needle cast, Seridium, Botryosphaeria and Phomopsis cankers, Diplodia tip blight, pear trellis rust, and Swiss needlecast.
- Abiotic factors with symptoms often mistaken for disease or insect injury: flooding, drought, temperature extremes, and mechanical damage.
February 15, 2024 Webinar 2: Scouting Skills for Broadleaf Trees & Shrubs
The panel will discuss common issues affecting broadleaf trees and shrubs, with tips on recognition, scouting and management.
- Insect and mite pests such as: flatheaded and clearwing borers (e.g. emerald ash, bronze birch, rhododendron); aphids; lace bugs; boxwood leafminer; caterpillars (e.g., spongy moth, cankerworms, sawflies); gall wasps and gall midges; spider, rust, and gall mites; and beetles (Japanese, e.g.). The new invasive pests (e.g. spotted lanternfly, box tree moth) will be noted.
- Diseases will include: beech leaf disease, anthracnoses, tar spot of maple, Tubakia and Cristulariela leaf spots, Armillaria root rot and brittle cinder, cedar-apple rust, and brown rot.
- Characteristics of vascular wilt diseases including Dutch elm disease, verticillium wilt, bacterial leaf scorch, pine wilt, as well as a detailed review of the oak wilt status in New York and surrounding states.
February 22, 2024 Webinar 3: Scouting Skills for Herbaceous Perennials
The panel will discuss common issues affecting herbaceous perennials commonly used in the landscape, with tips on recognition, scouting and management.
- Insect and mite pests such as: beetles (lily leaf, Japanese, blister), aphids, potato leafhopper, plant bugs, cyclamen and broad mites, sawflies, and leaf miners.
- Diseases will include: powdery mildews, downy mildews, root rots, rusts and leaf spots as well as Fusarium wilt and Rhizoctonia canker.
- Details on collecting and submitting samples to the Plant Disease Clinic including: what makes a good sample, and providing guidance on how to collect, package and submit a sample so materials arrive in the best condition possible.
CEUs are available for the entire course, not for individual sessions, so all three webinars must be attended to earn credits, except for ISA. Email Shari Romar at sr369@cornell.edu with any questions.
Attendees seeking CEUs will be required to sign-in 15 minutes before each presentation (1:45pm) using the Chat feature, noting full name, license number and email. Attendees must remain for the duration of the class to earn credits.
- NYSDEC Pesticide Applicator – 5.25 credit hours in catagories 10, 1a, 25, 3a (Submission of photo identification: By 2/1/2024, attendees must submit scans, photos or copies of their NYS DEC pesticide ID or their government-issued photo identification to sr369@cornell.edu.)
- NYS registered LAs – 5.25 HSW credit hours
- ISA and CNLP credits have been applied for and are pending.
REGISTER NOW FOR THE EARLY BIRD RATE! Online at: https://branchingoutwkp.securepayments.cardpointe.com/pay or call Shari Romar at 917-747-2286.