Growers! Want to put the latest crop protection techniques to work? Start by "Taking Action" at SAF's 24th Annual Conference on Pest and Disease Management in Ornamentals, Feb. 28-March 1 in Atlanta.  

Sixteen educational sessions, led by top experts in the field, will focus on implementing "new science" to grow healthier, pest-free plants and flowers. Here are some of the topics being covered: 

• designing disease-suppressive growing media   
• plant-essential oils in pest control   
• new fungicides  
• emerging arthropod pests  
• silicon as a new pest management strategy  
• dealing with new or resistant pests  
• managing downy mildews  
• pesticide compatibility with natural enemies  
• fusarium disease management

In between sessions, exhibitors will display the latest pest and disease control products. There's also an optional pre-conference afternoon tour of local growing operations.

Anybody in your organization need pest applicator certification credits? More than 20 states accept this conference's CEUs.

Get more information about the Pest Management Conference and register online. Questions? Contact Laura Weaver, CMP, at 800-336-4743

--Shelley Estersohn
sestersohn@safnow.org

 

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