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Posted by: WCM Staff 11/16/2006 10:49 PM
The Madison Field Scout Training Classes will be held January 8-12, 2007. This course is designed to provide the skills necessary for proper pest identification, crop scouting techniques and can help people prepare for the CCA exam.

 IPM Field Scout Training Class

Bryan Jensen, IPM Program

The Madison Field Scout Training Classes will be held January 8-12, 2007.  This course is designed to provide the skills necessary for proper pest identification, crop scouting techniques and can help people prepare for the CCA exam.  In addition, basic information such as crop growth and development, pest life cycle, damage symptoms and economic thresholds will be covered.  Pest control recommendations, although may be discussed, will not be highlighted during this course.  Crops covered will include, corn, alfalfa, soybean and wheat.  CCA credits will be applied for.  Exams and quizzes are optional for non-students. 

Non-student registration fee is $200/person.  To register for the IPM Field Scout Training Class, make checks payable to University of Wisconsin-Madison and send to CALS Conference Services, 620 Babcock Dr., Madison, WI  53706. For more registration information please contact the CALS Conference Services office at 608-263-1672.

For more information on the course content, please contact Bryan Jensen at:

Dept. of Entomology
1630 Linden Dr.
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 263-4073

email- bmjense1@facstaff.wisc.edu

MONDAY, January 8, 2007

8:30

Jensen

Introduction

8:50

Lauer

Corn Growth and Development

9:30

Proost

Consequences of Misidentifying Weeds

10:15

Heider

Monocot Weed ID Lecture

11:30

 

Lunch

12:30

Jensen

Corn Insect ID Lecture

2:00

Heider

Monocot Weed ID Lab, section 1

 

Jensen

Corn Insect ID Lab, section 2

3:15

Heider

Monocot Weed ID Lab, Section 2

 

Jensen

Corn Insect ID Lab, Section 1

4:30

 

Adjourn

 

 

 

TUESDAY, January 9, 2007

8:30

 

Quiz

9:00

Heider

Annual Broadleaf Weed ID Lecture

10:00

Jensen

Alfalfa & Soybean Insect ID Lecture

11:00

Heider

Annual Broadleaf Weed ID Lab, section 1

 

Jensen

Alfalfa and Soybean Insect ID Lab, section 2

12:00

 

Lunch

1:00

Heider

Annual Broadleaf Weed ID Lab, section 2

 

Jensen

Alfalfa and Soybean Insect ID Lab, section 1

2:00

Hudelson

Field Crop Disease Identification

4:30

 

Adjourn

 

 

 

WEDNESDAY, January 10, 2007

 

 

 

8:00

Hudelson

Field Crop Disease Lab, section 1

 

Heider

Biennial and Perennial Weed ID, Lecture and Lab, section 2

10:00

Hudelson

Field Crop Disease Lab, section 2

 

Heider

Biennial and Perennial Weed ID, Lecture and Lab, section 1

12:00

 

Lunch

1:00

Heider

Fine tuning your Weed ID Skills

1:45

Boerboom

Herbicide Mode of Action and Injury Symptoms

3:00

 

Break

3:10

Wolkowski

Diagnosing Soil Compaction

 

 

 

THRUSDAY, January 11, 2007

8:00

 

Quiz

8:30

Bundy

·         Soil Testing

·         Plant Tissue Testing

·         Nutrient Deficiency Symptoms

10:30

 

Break

10:45

Gaska

Soybean and Small Grain Growth and Development

12:15

 

Lunch

1:15

Sturgul

An Introduction to Nutrient Management Planning

2:30

Boerboom

Trouble Shooting Crop Injury Symptoms

3:30

 

Quiz

4:00

 

Adjourn

 

 

 

FRIDAY, January 12, 2007

8:30

 

Identification Exam

10:30

 

Adjourn

 

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