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LANDSCAPE DISEASE & PEST WORKSHOP
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Jun 22, 2016 from 08:00 AM to 05:00 PM |
Where | TULSA GARDEN CENTER |
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2016 Landscape Disease & Pest Workshop
Workshop Size: Limited to the first 100 registrants. Preregistration is required!
Fee: $25 per individual by June 15th deadline.
$35 late fee registration. No refunds after June 15th deadline.
Format: Presentations by Extension Specialists with hands-on, practical exercises for pest and disease identification and management
CEUs are expected for many of the sessions.
Registration:
Schedule:
8:00-8:30 Registration and refreshments
8:30-8:35 Welcome, Introductions
Mike Schnelle, Linda and Charles Shackelford Endowed Professor of Floriculture, OSU Stillwater
8:35-8:50 Brief overview of the Linnaeus gardens, Tulsa Garden Center and more
Barry Fugatt, Tulsa Garden Center, Tulsa
8:50-9:10 Crape myrtle bark scale: What it is and how to kill it!
Eric Rebek, Horticultural Extension Entomologist, OSU Stillwater
9:10-9:45 How to identify, sample and manage major pine diseases in Oklahoma (includes Pine wilt, Diplodia tip blight, Dothitroma needle blight, drought)
Jen Olson, Assistant Extension Specialist/PDIDL Director, OSU Stillwater
9:45-10:15 Recognizing and managing pine pests
Eric Rebek, Horticultural Extension Entomologist, OSU Stillwater
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-11:05 Pine species and other evergreens for Oklahoma
Mike Schnelle, Linda and Charles Shackelford Endowed Professor of Floriculture, OSU Stillwater
11:05-12:00 Why is my oak tree dying? Common insect and disease problems of oak in OK.
Jen Olson and Eric Rebek
12:00-1:00 Lunch provided. Please take time to explore the Tulsa Municipal Rose Garden and Linnaeus Gardens during the break.
1:00-1:25 Emerging diseases in the landscape: Tar spot of holly, Japanese Pear rust, others
Jen Olson
1:25-1:45 Oak itch mite
Eric Rebek
1:45-2:00 Rapid diagnostic tests for the field
Jen Olson
2:00-2:15 Break
2:15-2:45 Common mistakes or practices that predispose plants to bigger problems
Mike Schnelle
2:45-3:30 Introduction and how to recognize rose rosette disease
Jen Olson
3:30-3:50 Mite we have a problem? (Introduction to the rose rosette mite and mite
management)
Eric Rebek
3:50-4:05 Break
Please take a look at the microscopes during the break and throughout the afternoon to examine mites.
4:05-4:35 Management of Rose Rosette Disease in the Landscape
Jen Olson
4:35-4:45 Wrap-up, questions, comments