Course (1) Integrated Pest Management in Turfgrass

Course (2)SPONSORED COMPOSTING WORKSHOP: CA. Integrated Waste Management Board "NO CHARGE"

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Additional Workshop instructors/speakers: Dr. David Crohn, Professor - University of California, Riverside and Dan Noble, Executive Director - Association of Compost Producers

Biography:

William Baker is a Certified Golf Course Superintendent and a Certified Arborist. He is a California licensed pest control advisor and he holds a pesticide applicators license. He received his Bachelors Degree in Environmental Studies from the University of Redlands. He is the consultant for Green Industry Programs, and a course instructor, at University of California Extension at Riverside. He has written over 60 articles on trees and turf. He has managed two golf courses that were listed in the Golf Digest "Top 100" in America. He has been host superintendent for nine nationally televised events, including the Bob Hope Desert Classic, the Los Angeles Open, and the PGA Championship. He is the past president of three separate Golf Course Superintendents Associations and the Southern California Turfgrass Council.

Course (1) Title: Integrated Pest Management in Turfgrass

Course Description: This presentation addresses an integrated approach to pest control in turf. It covers the several tools and options available to the turf manager that serve as alternatives to using registered pesticides. These first lines of defense tools include establishing threshold tolerance levels, planting host resistant varieties, cultural control methods, mechanical control, sanitation, monitoring, and biological control. Some combination of these approaches can greatly reduce the incidence and severity of diseases and insect infestations. Pesticides are applied as a last resort.

Course (2) Title: Composting Workshop

Course Description: Workshop instructors will promote the benefits of compost and provide practical tools and information on how to use compost effectively for landscape and environmental enhancement, including the new Caltrans Compost-Use Specifications and the US Composting Council's Seal of Testing Assurance program. Participants will also receive instructive manuals on ?EUR??,,??Compost Use for Landscape and Environmental Enhancement - by Dr. David Crohn & Janet Hartin and ?EUR??,,??Using Compost Specifications for California Municipalities and Landscape Professionals - by R. Alexander Associates Inc.

Schedule subject to change