2023 Eastern Shore Pest Management Conference

This conference is for Commercial Pesticide Applicators, Landscape Contractors, Arborists, and Professional Fertilizer Applicators to get education credits for renewing their license. As soon as you have paid eventbrite, an email will share a zoom link.

7:30-800 Check in and Registration

8:00 – 8:50 Aquatic Pest Control Kelly Billing, Owner Water Becomes a Garden

9:00 – 9:50 Plant Diseases are Shifty Enemies Dr. Timothy Waller, Rutgers U

10:00 – 10:50 Plant Insect Pests are Shifty Enemies Emily Zobel. UME

11:00 – 11:50 Plant Diseases are Shifty Enemies Dave Clement, UME

12:00 – 12:30 Lunch Break - gourmet on your own

12:30-1:20 Turf Nutrient Management: Determining the Correct Fertilizers PFA Andrew Ristvey, UME

1:30-2:20 Does your calibration Measure up? PFA Chuck Schuster, Emeritus UME

2:30 – 3:20 Right Of Way and Turf W**d Identification and Control Ginny Rosenkranz, UME

3:30- 4:00 MDA Pesticide Update David Parks, MDA

Brief breaks will be taken between topics

Chuck Schuster, Emeritus UME

Please make sure that you sign one of the MDA Attendance Sheets after the session in order to receive recertification credits.

MD Credits: 2 (forestry), 3A, 3B, 3C (Turf, Ornamental Interior, Ornamental Exterior), 5 (Aquatics), 6 (Right of Way), 7 (General Pest), 10 (Research & Demonstration)

DE and D.C. Credits: 2 (forestry), 3A, 3C (Turf, Ornamental Interior, Ornamental Exterior), 5 (Aquatics), 6 (Right of Way).

VA Credits: 3A, 3B (Turf, Ornamental Exterior), 10, (Research & Demonstration), 60 (Registered Technician).

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The University of Maryland Extension programs are open to any person and will not discriminate against anyone because of race, age, sex, color, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, religion, ancestry, national origin, marital status, genetic information, political affiliation, and gender identity or expression.

Host or Publisher Ginny Rosenkranz, Commercial Horticulture, UME