Newest Research on the Value of Habitat for Pest Management
Webinar Details
When:
May 25, 2016 2:00 pm US/Eastern
Length: 00:59 (hh:mm)
Advance Registration NOT required.
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Presenter(s):
- Thelma Heidel-Baker, Ph.D., IPM Specialist, Xerces Society, Midwest Region, Random Lake, WI
CEU Credits/Certificate Offered:
- Certificate of Participation
- Conservation Planner (CP) - 1 hour Conservation Planning Credit
- The Wildlife Society - Certified Wildlife Biologist®/Professional Development Certificate Program - 1 hour TWS Category 1 Credit
Virtual Event Format:
Group Viewing Available:
Learn about the value of on-farm habitat for enhancing conservation biological control and the current scientific research that supports this natural pest control.
Join this webinar to learn about the benefits of creating on-farm habitat to support conservation biological control. The webinar will emphasize the most current scientific research on enhancing native beneficial insects and why maintaining habitat is so critical to these insects. Learn how adding diversity into agricultural cropland can provide the basic requirements to support these insects and how other farm management practices may have an impact.
Photo: Lacewing larva eating oleander aphid on swamp milkweed, Thelma Heidel-Baker.
This webinar is presented by the USDA NRCS East National Technology Support Center.
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