1ST ANNUAL MULTI COUNTY ROW-CROP & IPM
CONFERENCE
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and Texas Pest
Management Association are hosting the 1st Annual Multi County
Row-Crop & IPM Conference on March 19, 2019 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the
Ollie Liner Center, 2000 S. Columbia St. in Plainview. TDA and CCA CEU’s are
available. The cost of registration is $20.00. Lunch will be provided.
TDA APPROVED CEU’S – 4 + {2-Auxin} (1- IPM, 3- Gen,
{2-Laws & Regs})
CCA APPROVED CEU’S – 6 (1.5 - IPM, 3.0 - Crop Man.,
0.5 - Prof. Dev., 0.5 - Nut. Man., 0.5 – Soil & Water Man.)
TOPICS
- Bt Efficacy and Corn rootworm Management & 2018 Corn IPM - Dr. Pat Porter
- Thrips Control and Early Season Cotton Pests in West Texas & Early Season Insecticide Tank Mixes - Dr. Suhas Vyavhare
- Bollworm Resistance Update and Management in Cotton & Advances in West Texas Pest Management - Blayne Reed, Dr. Pat Porter, Dr. Suhas Vyavhare
- 2018 Local Phytogen Cotton Variety Trials - Nikolas Clarkson & Blayne Reed
- 2018 South Plains Cotton Variety RACE Trial Results & 2019 Cotton Agronomic Research Direction - Dr. Murilo Maeda
- 2018 Mid-Plains Cotton Variety RACE Trial Results & 2019 Irrigated Cotton PGR Considerations - Dr. Jourdan Bell
- Roundtable Discussion - Practical and Potential Uses of Drones and Field Imagery in Agriculture in West Texas - Dr. Murilo Maeda, Blayne Reed, Dr. Jourdan Bell, Forrest Baldwin. Moderator – Dr. Pat Porter
- Review of Cotton Water Use Efficiency and Application Timing Trial Results from Halfway - Jim Bordovsky
- Review of Cotton Weed Control Systems Approaches - Dr. Pete Dotray
- Roundtable Discussion – Crop Rotation / Profitably Growing Cotton in 2019 - Dr. Jourdan Bell, Dr. Peter Dotray, Jim Bordovsky, Dr. Suhas Vyavhare. Moderator – Blayne Reed
- Gene Drive Technology; Introduction & Impressions of the Next Potential Breakthrough in Pest Management - Blayne Reed
- Auxin Training - Nikolas Clarkson
WHO’S WHO
- Nikolas Clarkson –Extension Agent Agronomy Hale, Lamb, & Castro, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Lubbock, TX
- Blayne Reed – Extension Agent IPM Hale, Swisher, & Floyd, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Plainview, TX
- Dr. Pat Porter – District 2 Entomology Extension Specialist, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Lubbock, TX
- Dr. Suhas Vyavhare – District 2 Cotton Entomology Extension Specialist, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Lubbock, TX
- Dr. Murilo Maeda – District 2 Cotton Agronomy Extension Specialist, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Lubbock, TX
- Dr. Jourdan Bell – District 1 Agronomy Extension Specialist, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Amarillo, TX
- Forrest Baldwin – President & Chief Pilot, AeroInfo, Wichita Falls, TX
- Jim Bordovksy, P.E. – Agricultural Engineer and Research Scientist, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Halfway, TX
- Dr. Peter Dotray – Professor, Texas Tech University/Weed Science Extension Specialist and Research Fellow, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension & Research, Lubbock, TX
Thanks to our sponsors!
Gowan Phytogen Cotton Tri-Star Chemical Texas Corn Producers
Plains Land Bank Texas Pest Management Association
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Hale County USDA/NIFA
Come out and see us for a great meeting!!!
Blayne Reed
