On-demand webinars for nursery growers now available

Heidi Lindberg<wollaege@msu.edu> and Jill O'Donnell, Michigan State University Extension - February 26, 2019

The recordings from the 2019 Winter Nursery Conference are available online.

Spotted lanternfly. Photo by Richard Gardner, Bugwood.org

The winter of 2019 has not been an easy one here in west Michigan. From the polar vortex to massive windstorms with gusts up to 71 mph to freezing rain, travel to many winter programs has proved to be difficult. If you are a nursery grower and missed some of the main industry conferences, you can still learn about some of the most important topics facing your industry. On Feb. 18, Michigan State University Extension hosted a virtual nursery conference and recorded all eight of the educational sessions. The topics included how to improve water quality, limit root rot diseases, understand the difference between plant adaptation and acclimation, and insect pests that threaten the industry.

The eight recorded sessions are available for $10 and can be accessed by registering online at 2019 Recorded Winter Nursery Virtual Conference. Details about the sessions are in the table below.

Session	Duration	Topic	Presenter
1	36 minutes	Where it’s grown vs. Where it’s from: The Genetics and Physiology of Moving Nursery Stock	Bert Cregg, associate professor in the Departments of Horticulture and Forestry, MSU Extension
2	23 minutes	Sanitizing Agents and Methods for Removing Pathogens from Irrigation Water	Tom Fernandez, professor in the Department of Horticulture, MSU Extension, and Damon Abdi, graduate student
3	36 minutes	Preventing Phytophthora Root Rot	Monique Sakalidis, assistant professor in the Departments of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences and Forestry
4	35 minutes	Update on Boxwood Blight in Michigan	Monique Sakalidis, assistant professor in the Departments of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences and Forestry
5	28 minutes	Managing Nematodes in Bareroot Ornamental Plants: A Research Update	Marisol Quintanilla, academic specialist, Department of Entomology, MSU Extension, and Kristin Poley, Department of Entomology
6	34 minutes	Update on Hemlock Woolly Adelgid in Michigan	Deborah McCullough, professor of forest entomology, MSU
7	23 minutes	An Emerging Threat: Spotted Lanternfly	Deborah McCullough, professor of forest entomology, MSU
8	38 minutes	Michigan's Invasive Species Efforts	Michael Hansen, Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

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