Lethal Bronzing Summit

Name: Lethal Bronzing Summit
Start: 2025-05-27T08:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-05-28T17:00:00-04:00
Location: 3205 College Ave

Schedule

Tue, 27 May, 2025 at 08:00 am to Wed, 28 May, 2025 at 05:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

3205 College Ave | Davie, FL

A 2-day long workshop on all topics related to lethal bronzing (LB) that includes live demonstrations of OTC injections and vector ID.
About this Event

This 2-day workshop will focus on everything related to lethal bronzing (LB). The first day will focus exclusively on the pathogen causes LB and cover topics such as symptom recognition, host range, and management options. Additionally, there will be a live demon on how to inject palms with OTC and how to properly sample the palm. Finally, a tour of the facility will be conducted to show the impact of the disease and scout for symptomatic palms.

The second day will focus entirely on the vector, Haplaxius crudus. Topics will covere basic ascpects of the insects biology as well as how to identify it and how to sample for it. There will be a field and lab section to cover trap placemet and observe physical specimens under the microscope.

Registration will include:

1) breakfast and lunch for both days

2) coupon for 1 phytoplasma diagnostic test

3) yellow sticky trap of vector detection

4) digital copy of all slides and literature from vector lab

5) notepad

6) 4 CEUs maxs in the following sections: Ornamental and Turf Pest Control, Commercial Lawn and Ornamental, Regulatory Inspection and Sampling

487 General Standards/Core, 482 General Standards/Core and Demonstration and Research

MAY 27

8:00 AM: REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST (PRE-TEST)

8:30 AM: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW

9:00 AM: INTRODUCTION TO PHYTOPLASMAS AND THEIR BIOLOGY