Extension

The 2024 Pecan Pest Management Workshop topics include problems that pecan growers may face; current and best management practices for pest control, and opportunities to receive continuing education units for private pesticide applicator license. The event is open to anyone and will take place February 22, 2024, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The workshop location is the Gordon Cooper Technology Center, 1 John C Bruton Dr, Shawnee, OK 74804.

 

Pesticide applicators in categories 1A, 10 and private applicators will receive 5 CEUs (pending approval). There is no charge to attend but registration is required using the online form.

 

Tentative Agenda

• 8:30 a.m. - Registration begins
• 9:00 a.m. - Welcome & Introductions – Becky Carroll & Trent Boles
• 9:15 – 10:15 a.m. - Partnership for success: Opportunities for grower-academia partnerships in managing emerging pecan disease frontiers – Mustafa Jibrin, Assistant Professor, OSU Entomology and Plant Pathology
• 10:15 – 10:30 a.m. - Break
• 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. – Opportunities and Challenges for Microbial Biopesticides in Pecan Weevil Control - Kelly Seuhs, Associate Extension Specialist, OSU Entomology and Plant Pathology
• 11:30 a.m. -  1:00 p.m. – Lunch on your own
• 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. – Pesticide Application Safety – Kevin Shelton, State Pesticide Coordinator, Pesticide Safety Education Program, OSU Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology
• 2:00 – 2:30 p.m. – Pesticide Storage & Disposal – Charles Luper, Extension Associate, Pesticide Safety Education, OSU Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology
• 2:30 - 3:00 p.m. - Sprayer Information – Kenton Stanley, Savage Equipment, Inc, Madill, OK
• 3:00 - 3:15 p.m. – Break
• 3:15 – 4:15 p.m. – Controlling Weeds in the Orchard or Grove – Becky Carroll, Senior Extension Specialist, OSU Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
• 4:15 p.m. – Door Prize, wrap-up, and questions