2024 Session 2 - IFAS CCA Educational Program - Pest and Soil & Water Management
Oct 29, 2024 - Dec 30, 2024
Full course description
Registration for this course begins Monday, October 29th at 8am. The enrollement fee is $60.
This UF/IFAS CCA course offers 5.0 CEUs in Pest Management and 5.0 CEUs in Soil & Water Management.
The speakers are drawn from UF faculty across the state and outside as needed, who provide high value and timely information to our professionals, showcasing latest research, priority areas, and emerging topics, and even revisiting basics as necessary.
These sessions are offered through UF/IFAS Extension Online Learning in an on-demand format that can be completed over several months. There is an opportunity to provide comments and offer feedback on each of these presentations. Suggestions on emerging and priority topics are always accepted. The modules will be individually evaluated for effectiveness, clarity, and relevance each time.
The following topics are included in this training session:
Pest Management (5 hours)
- Integrated Pest Management in Florida Agronomic Crops - Isaac Esquivel
- Developing an IPM Strategy for Insect Pest Control in Strawberry - Sriyanka Lahiri
- Insecticide Modes of Action - Emily Kraus
- Glyphosate in Citrus Weed Management - Ramdas Kanissery
- Biological Control of Pests - Daniel Carillo
Soil & Water Management (5 hours)
- Soil and Water Management Approaches-Case Study Tomatoes in North Florida - Shahd Alrabia
- The Role of Biosolids in Phosphorus Dynamics in the Upper St. Johns River Basin - Todd Osborne
- Florida Soil Profiles: Characteristics, Classifications, and First Order Assessments from Your Desk (Part I & II) - Allan Bacon
- Nutrient Management for Sustainable Row Crop Production - Vivek Sharma
For more information please contact: (email is the preferred way):
Dr. Rao Mylavarapu
Christian Bartell
c.bartell@ufl.edu