During the month of October, a series of greening identification and survey training sessions will be conducted around the state by the Florida Cooperative Extension Service Citrus Extension Agents. The purpose of these sessions is to aid workers in properly identifying greening. These 2-hour training sessions will discuss the current known locations of greening, scouting recommendations, greening symptom identification, and conclude with hands-on identification of samples. The training will be conducted at these locations across the citrus region. Click here for
Meeting locations:
Oct. 11th – Bartow – South Polk Co. Ext. Stuart Center
Oct. 17th – Arcadia – Turner Exhibition Hall
Oct. 23rd – Immokalee – SW Florida REC
Oct. 30th – Sebring – Highlands County Agri-Civic Center
Oct. 31st – Ft. Pierce – Indian River REC
Program Agenda:
9:30 AM Registration
10:00 AM Distribution of Citrus Greening & Citrus Psyllid Management
10:20 AM Scouting Recommendations & Employee Safety Issues
10:40 AM Citrus Greening Symptom Identification
11:00 AM Hands-on Citrus Greening Identification Training
12:05 PM Adjourn
Speakers:
Multi-county citrus or horticultural agents: Steve Futch, Mongi Zekri, Ryan Atwood, Gary England and Chris Oswalt
While the training is free to attend, pre-registration is required. To register, please contact one of the Extension Service offices. To register for a specific location, please contact:
Bartow – Polk County Extension, 863-519-8677 ext. 111
Arcadia – DeSoto County Extension, 863-993-4846
Immokalee – Hendry County Extension, 863-674-4092
Sebring – Highlands County Extension, 863-402-6540
Ft. Pierce – St. Lucie County Extension, 772-462-1660
Attendees will receive 2.5 Continuing Education Units (CEU’s) for the Restricted Pesticide and Certified Crop Advisor Licenses. In addition, participants will receive a certificate of completion of Citrus Greening Identification Training.