Given COVID-19, Eugenia Banks, potato specialist with the Ontario Potato Board, is bringing her annual training day online to a live webinar series to ensure scouts and growers are prepared for the 2020 growing season.
The free three-part webinar series discussing the common diseases, insects and physiological disorders affecting potatoes during the growing season is now available as recorded sessions. Registrants will be asked to re-enter their emails to ensure data collected follows CCA-CEU standards for tracking.
These sessions are approved for three CCA-CEU credits: two in integrated pest management and one in crop management. You can email your full name, CCA number, and session watched to sgordon@annexbusinessmedia.com to ensure your credit is recorded. CCA reports will be sent on the last day of each month for the duration of the summer.
Diseases
Watch the Diseases webinar recording.
Approved for: 1 CCA-CEU in Integrated Pest Management
- Guidelines on how to scout potato fields
- Review of diseases
- Disease identification
- Distinguishing look-alike diseases
Insects
Watch the Insects webinar recording.
Approved for: 1 CCA-CEU in Integrated Pest Management
- Guidelines on how to scout potato fields
- Review of insects that feed on potatoes
- Keys for the identification of adult and larval stages
- Methods for trapping insects
- Economic thresholds
Physiological Disorders and Injuries
Watch the Physiological Disorders and Injuries webinar recording.
Approved for: 1 CCA-CEU in Crop Management
- Air pollution
- Toxic Seed Piece syndrome
- Herbicide damage
- Weather related injuries
Registrants will be asked to re-enter their emails to ensure data collected follows CCA-CEU standards for tracking.