UK Crop Pest Management Webinar Series Begins in November

Information regarding your pest management questions is just a few mouse clicks away. As offered in previous years, the University of Kentucky has once again organized five webinars on field crop protection topics that will be hosted

through the Southern Integrated Pest Management Center beginning on Nov. 8. The weekly webinars will feature University of Kentucky Extension Specialists speaking on topics ranging from Weed Science to Plant Pathology to Entomology.

Credits have been applied for regarding Kentucky Pesticide Applicator credits and Certified Crop Advisor continuing education. Pre-registration for the webinars is required through the registration URL provided. Dates, speakers, and registration links are listed below. All webinars will begin at 10 a.m. EST/ 9 a.m. CST, on the Tuesday morning listed.

For more information contact Jason Travis, Agricultural Extension Associate for the University of Kentucky, at (859) 562-2569 or by email at jason.travis@uky.edu.

Webinar 1 -- Nov. 8 with speaker Dr. JD Green on Weed Control Lessons Learned From the 2022 Crop Season.

Webinar 2 -- Nov. 15 with speaker Dr. Carl Bradley on Managing Important Soilborne Diseases of Soybean in Kentucky.

Webinar 3 -- Nov. 22 with Dr. Travis Legleiter on Implementing Defensive Shifts Against Problematic Kentucky Weeds.

Webinar 4 -- Dec. 6 with Dr. Kiersten A. Wise on Corn Disease Management Questions Asked in 2022.

Webinar 5 -- Dec. 13 with Dr. Raul Villanueva on Entomological Studies in Corn and Soybeans Under Difficult Circumstances (COVID, a Tornado and Drought) in 2022.