Conference ticket sales end January 31, 2021
January 18, 2021 - If you would like helpful answers and practical solutions for a successful and healthy lawn and landscape, plan on attending the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service online East Texas Turf and Landscape Conference Thursday, February 4, 2021. The program is $25 and will be held online via Zoom. Registration and payment are online at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/east-texas-turf-and-landscape-conference-tickets-135366991315.
The event is geared toward professional turfgrass employees, pesticide applicators, landscape maintenance professionals, golf course personnel, sports field managers, Master Gardeners, and homeowners. Texas A&M specialists will focus on common concerns, including lawn diseases, insects, weeds, herbicides, and irrigation along with the management and identification of common tree diseases and insects in addition to their control. Five Texas Department of Agriculture continuing education units (CEU’s) will be available (pending TDA approval) for those with a TDA pesticide applicators license.
Registered participants will receive an email with the link to join the Zoom conference a few days prior to the event. For more information contact the Smith County Extension office at 903-590-2980.
The speakers and their topics include:
- Dr. Chrissie Segars, Extension Turfgrass Specialist-IPM Strategies for Turf Insects and Diseases
- Dr. Becky Bowling, Extension Specialist for Urban Water-Turf Weeds and Watering: Cultural Control, Indicator Weeds, Water-Driven Weed Ecology, Watering, and Herbicide Movement
- Segars-Managing Weeds in Turf with Herbicides
- Daniel Duncum, Staff Forester, Texas A&M Forest Service-Common Tree Diseases and Treatment Options
- Allen Smith, Regional Forest Healthy Coordinator, Texas A&M Forest Service-Tree Pests and Treatment Options
