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Green Industry Update

  • March 13, 2015
  • 8:00 AM - 3:15 PM
  • Gwinnett Technical College, Lawrenceville

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GWINNETT COUNTY


GREEN INDUSTRY UPDATE

March 13, 2015, 8 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.


Program


 8 - 8:45 am
Registration and check-in

 8:45 - 9 am
Introduction
   Tim Daly, Gwinnett County UGA
   Cooperative Extension Agent

 9 - 10 am
"Unusual landscape pest problems:
   Issues that disturb clients"
   Steve Pettis, Rockdale County UGA
   Cooperative Extension Agent

 10-11 am
"Increasing the efficacy of your spray
   programs by understanding surfactants
   and adjuvants"
   Pat Mawhinney, Prestige Tree & Shrub

 11 am - 12 pm 
"The Identification and control of early
   season insect pests of ornamentals"
   Will Hudson, UGA Professor of
   Entomology

 12 - 1 pm
Lunch

 1 - 2 pm
"Pesticide Division regulatory update"
   Rick Hayes, Georgia Dept of Agriculture
   Pesticide Field Agent

 2 - 3 pm
"Emerging invasive insect pests of
   ornamentals"
   Tim Daly, Gwinnett County UGA
   Cooperative Extension Agent

3-3:15 pm
Conclusion and credits


Location:  Building 200, Room 104, Gwinnett Technical College, 5150 Sugarloaf Parkway, Lawrenceville, GA 30043


Pre-registration is required by March 10.

To pre-register or if you have any questions, please contact Timothy Daly, Gwinnett County Extension Agent at 678-377-4010 or tdaly@uga.edu.


Cost: $10 per person payable by cash or check (payable to Gwinnett County Extension/4-H). No credit cards.


CEUs Available:

5 Pesticide Applicator credits in Categories 21, 24, and 27

1 Private Pesticide Applicator credit

5 ISA Arborist credits

5 GCLP/GCPP credits



Georgia Arborist Association


Email:  info@georgiaarborist.org
Phone:  (404) 913-1422
Address:  GAA ~ P.O. Box 2516, Decatur GA 30031

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