USDA - Agricultural Research Service and Oregon State University are teaming up with the Oregon Department of Agriculture , the Oregon Association of Nurseries , and the Horticultural Research Institute ( HRI ) to get growers box plague best management practices and inquiry updates . Designed to educate growers , each session will render the attendees with the latest inquiry and give them actionable manoeuvre to implement in the baby’s room . The monetary value is $ 15 . Registration is required ; space is bound to 40 masses .
Over a quarter of all boxwood ( the # 1 broadleaf evergreen plant bush ! ) production in the US pass off in either Oregon , California , or Washington . A handful of pests challenge Turkish boxwood product and landscape management , but boxwood blight has go forth as a pregnant threat . This disease is even more troublesome in the PNW since symptoms appear to be more subtle as compared with other regions .
USDA - Agricultural Research Service and Oregon State University are bringing expert to the Willamette Valley for a shop to talk about Turkish boxwood health in five distinct sessions , succeed by an optional visit to an onsite box blight inquiry plot with the researcher . verbalizer include expert from Oregon State University , the USDA - Agricultural Research Service , and the Oregon Department of Agriculture .
Specific matter include the latest updates on scouting and disease management tips , how nursery production praxis and the environment influence disease outbreaks , the boxwood blight contagion risk app , fungicide selection , and insurance coverage , and the ODA Turkish boxwood blight cleanliness program .
Register here .
WORKSHOP AGENDA
8:00 - 8:30 amRegistration
8:30 amScouting bakshis and educational resources for boxwood disease and plague – Dr. Luisa Santamaria , Dept . of Botany & Plant Pathology , OSU / NWREC
9:00 amInfluence of baby’s room yield practices and environment on boxwood blight – Dr. Jerry Weiland , USDA - ARS , and Dr. Mana Ohkura , Dept . of Botany & Plant Pathology , OSU
10:00 amBreak ( snacks and burnt umber provided )
10:30 amInfection risk app and climate suitability model – Dr. Len Coop and Dr. Brittany Barker , Department of Horticulture , OSU
11:00 amFungicide selection and reportage – Dr. Jay Pscheidt , Department of Botany and Plant Pathology , OSU
11:30 amODA boxwood blight cleanliness course of study – Dr. Kara Mills , Oregon Department of Agriculture
12:00 amOptional tour to see onsite boxwood blight research and extra discourse opportunity
REGISTRATION : enrollment is $ 15 per attendant for the workshop .
RECERTIFICATION CREDITS:*ODA Pesticide Recertification Credits are useable for participants attend the total workshop ( 8:30 to 12:00 ) .
For more info : Oregon country Universitywww.oregonstate.edu
