| Date |
January 28, 2009
9:00am-3:30pm |
| Description |
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Controlling insects is a lot more complicated than just applying pesticide controls. To effectively manage insects, you must:
Identify the insect
Understand its life cycle
Distinguish between beneficial and harmful insects
Apply the right control at the right time
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Who should take this course?
See approved course credits
Meet the Faculty
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| Fees |
| Early Registration Fee |
$195.00 |
9/19/2008 - 1/14/2009 |
| Registration Fee |
$225.00 |
1/15/2009 - 1/28/2009 |
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| Location |
| New Brunswick, NJ. |
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This course was approved by the New Jersey State Approving Agency for Veterans Training
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| Mail / Fax / Phone Registration |
Registration by Phone
Please call our Registration Desk: 732-932-9271
Registration by Mail or Fax
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Full Course Description
Taught by Dr. Paula Shrewsbury, one of our top-rated instructors, this one-day course provides a solid foundation in pest management of ornamental plants. You will come face-to-face with the most common insect pests in our region through photographs, live insects and hands-on demonstrations. You’ll also learn how to diagnose problems through identification of the types of damage different insects inflict on plants monitoring – one of the most important aspects of pest management and how beneficial insects & biological controls can be used in IPM instead of chemicals. Perhaps most importantly, you’ll leave with a set of comprehensive, practical handouts filled with the information you’ve learned that you can refer to long after the course ends.
Course Objectives
• Review common insect pests of ornamentals in the Northeast
• Use plant damage and other factors to aid in diagnosis
• Learn monitoring basics to keep insect pests at bay
• Learn which control measures to implement based an insect’s biology
• Understand the use of biological controls & beneficial insects in IPM
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Should You Take this Course?
If you are a professional in one or more of the following groups, then this course is for you!
- Arborist
- Athletic Field Maintenance Crew
- Cemetery Grounds and Maintenance
- Gardener
- Golf Turf Superintendent / Grounds Crew
- Horticulturalist
- Landscape Architect
- Landscape Contractor
- Landscape Supervisor
- Landscape Professional
- Master Gardener
- Nursery Owner / Professional
- Parks Crew / Supervisor
- Pesticide Applicator / Technician
- Public Works Crew / Supervisor
- School Building and Grounds Crew / Supervisor
- Anyone interested in plant care and pest control
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Approved Credits for this Class
PESTICIDE CREDITS APPROVED:
New Jersey & Connecticut
11 in 3a, 6b, 8c, and PP2
New York
5.25 in 3a and 25
Pennsylvania
9 in PC, 06, 18, and 23
6 in 22
Delaware
pending
OTHER CREDITS APPROVED:
CPWM Credits
5 Technical
ISA
5.25 Hours
Visit our credits page or call 732-932-9271 x625 for details on pesticide recertification credits.
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Meet Our Faculty
Dr. Paula Shrewsbury received her B.S. in Plant Science from the University of Rhode Island and completed her Ph.D. in Entomology at the University of Maryland. Dr. Shrewsbury has written and contributed to countless reports and articles on entomological and horticultural importance in industry journals, and has received awards and recognition for her outstanding teaching ability.
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Course Evaluations (2006-2007)
Here’s How Your Colleagues Rated This Program
This is the tally of the responses we received:
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Excellent |
Good |
Fair |
Unsatisfactory |
| Rate the Overall Content |
53 |
12 |
1 |
0 |
Rate the Usefulness of theInformation You Received |
50 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
Here’s How Your Colleagues Rated the Instructors of this Course
| Instructor |
Excellent |
Good |
Fair |
Unsatisfactory |
| Paula Shrewsbury |
49 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
We asked: “Would you recommend this program to an associate?”
This is the tally of responses we received:
Yes – 60
No – 1
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Here’s What Your Colleagues Said About the Course & Instructor (2005-2007)
“One of the best I have heard. Great job, Paula!”
“Very informative instructor, great information”
“Hands-on activity with predator/prey insects was very cool!”
“She was honestly the best teacher I have ever had.”
“One of the most uniformly excellent programs.”
“I didn’t think it could get any better than Dr. Gould [instructor of Pest Management of Ornamental Landscape Plants], but it did!”
“Paula proved herself to be incredibly knowledgeable.”
“One of the best seminars I have ever attended.”
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