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Plants, Pests & Pathogens

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2010 Schedule

the Second Tuesday of the Month: March, May, July, September & November

10:00am - 12:00pm

Broadcast over the Internet via Elluminate

Recordings

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

10:05am

Regional Update

Coastal Plains:

Mike Wilder

Nash County

 

Mike Wilder
10:10am

Regional Update

Piedmont:

Al Cooke

Chatham County

 

Al Cooke
10:15am

Regional Update

Mountain/Foothills

Eric Caldwell

Transylvania County

 

White Squirell
10:20am

Featured Speaker:

Famous Insects

Steve Bambara

Extension Specialist Entomology

Steve Bambara
11:00

Entomology

David Stephan

NC State Plant Disease and Insect Clinic

Insect identification specialist

40 years of experience

David Stephan
11:30

Current Issues in Weeds
Beach Vitex

Beach Vitex
11:35

Current Issues in Plant Pathology

Mike Munster

Plant Disease & Insect Clinic

Plant pathologist, diagnostician

commercial ornamentals

(nurseries & greenhouses)

Mike Munster

 

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

10:05am

Regional Update

Coastal Plains:

Danny Lauderdale

Pitt County

Danny Lauderdale
10:10am

Regional Update

Piedmont:

Stephanie Romelczyk

Lee County

Stephanie Romelczyk
10:15am

Regional Update

Mountain/Foothills:

Terry Garwood

Surry County

Terry Garwood
10:20am

Featured Speaker:

Pesticide Safety

Wayne Buhler

Extension Specialist,

NC State Dept.

Horticultural Science

Wayne is the statewide coordinator of the Pesticide Safety Education Program and Director of the Southern Region Pesticide Safety Education Center.

Wayne Buhler
11:00

Current Issues in Entomology

David Stephan

Plant Disease & Insect Clinic

Insect identification specialist

40 years of experience in the clinic

David Stephan
11:30

Current Issues in Plant Pathology

Nematodes

Weimin Ye

Section Chief, Nematode Assay

NC Dept. Ag & Consumer Service

Agronomic Division

Weimin Ye
11:45

Current Issues in Plant Pathology

Mike Munster

Plant Disease & Insect Clinic

Plant pathologist, diagnostician commercial ornamentals

(nurseries and greenhouses)

Mike Munster

 

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

10:05am

Regional Update

Coastal Plains:

Charlotte Glen

Pender County

 

Charlotte Glen
10:10am

Regional Update

Piedmont

Aimee Marshall

Anson County

 

Aimee Marshall
10:15am

Regional Update

Mountain/Foothills:

Linda_Blue@ncsu.edu

Buncombe County

Linda Blue
10:20am

Featured Speaker

Turf Management

Matt Martin

Extension Associate, Turfgrass

Horticultural Crops

Research Station
3800 Castle Hayne Road
Castle Hayne, NC

Matt Martin
11:00

Current Issues in Entomology

David Stephan

Plant Disease & Insect Clinic

Insect identification specialist

40 years of experience in the clinic

David Stephan
11:30

Current Issues in Plant Pathology

Mike Munster

Plant Disease & Insect Clinic

Plant pathologist, Diagnostician

commercial ornamentals

(nurseries and greenhouses)

Mike Munster

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

10:05am

Regional Update

Coastal Plains:

Shawn Banks,

Johnston County

Shawn Banks
10:10am

Regional Update

Piedmont:

Taylor Williams

Moore County

 

Taylor Williams
10:15am

Regional Update

Mountain/Foothills:

Colleen Church

Davie County

 

10:20am

Featured Speaker:

Pollinators

Pollinator Gardens

Debbie Roos

Extension Agent,

Chatham County

Debbie Roos
11:00

Current Issues in Entomology

David Stephan

NC State Plant Disease & Insect Clinic

Praying Mantid

David Stephan
11:30

Current Issues in Plant Pathology

Mike Munster

Plant Disease & Insect Clinic

Plant pathologist, Diagnostician

Disease of Fruit

Mike Munster

 

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

10:05am

Regional Update

Coastal Plains:

Tom Glasgow

Craven County

 

 

Tom Glasgow
10:10am

Regional Update

Piedmont:

Paul McKenzie

Vance & Warren Counties

 

Paul McKenzie
10:15am

Regional Update

Mountain/Foothills:

Tim Mathews

Haywood County

 

Tim Mathews
10:20am

Featured Speaker:

Edible Landscaping

Julie Sherk

Assistant Professor
NC State Hort. Science
Teaches design studios, graphics, site planning, and construction.

Registered Landscape Architect

Outline Edible Landscaping

Julie Sherk
11:00

Current Issues in Entomology

David Stephan

NC State Plant Disease and Insect Clinic

Insect identification specialist

40 years of experience in the Clinic

Featured Insects

Lantana Lace Bug, Teleonemia 

Bat Bug, Cimex adjunctus

Broadnecked Root Borer, Prionus. laticollis

Tilehorned Prionus, Prionus. imbricomis

How insects overwinter

 

David Stephan
11:30

Current Issues in Plant Pathology

Mike Munster

Plant Disease & Insect Clinic

Plant pathologist, Diagnostician

commercial ornamentals

(nurseries and greenhouses)

Control of Disease in home orchards

Downey Mildew on Sunflower, Plasmopara halstedii

Artillery fungus, Sphaerobolus sp.

Wolfiporia extesnsa, = Poria cocos

Black Root Rot, Thielaviopsis basicola

How Pathogens Survive Winter

 

Mike Munster

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For assistance with specific gardening questions contact your local Cooperative Extension Service Center.

NC State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Cooperative Extension Department of Horticultural Sciences
NC A & T State University Cooperative Extension Program School of Agriculture and environmental Sciences

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